Day: January 1, 2011

bookmark_borderiPod Touch Stuff Again

Posted on by PaulaO

I was lucky enough to get the 4th generation iPod Touch for Christmas. I’ve had the 2nd gen for quite some time and love it. There have been updates to the “software” it uses but it could only do so much with what it had. This one, however, rocks.

Transferring over the apps and music was simple enough. Some bumps along the way but I think I have it figured out. This one comes with a camera, too, so I also had to figure out how to get the pics from there to my computer. Disgustingly simple, really.

Then I realized I had all my notes on the standard Note program. I tried to email them to me but for some reason, I get an error message. Then I remembered the newest thing for iPod Touch and the iPhone. Used to, if you wanted to transfer docs from the device to the PC or visa versa, you had to use a desktop program that may or may not work. Then Apple, in its wisdom, decided some of these transfer programs were illegal (especially the ones that actually worked). It was one of the big reasons why I don’t do much writing on the Touch. In one of the recent updates, transferring became much more simpler. Mostly.

screenshot of the file sharing section of iTunes

To transfer the Notes from the 2nd gen Touch to the PC, I copied the text and put it into Notebook as a ‘note’ (vs a ‘book’), a writing app I tried. I used this one because it opened the fastest. Then I plugged in the Touch, opened iTunes, and went to the apps tab. Below the apps listing is the File Sharing. Any app you have that allows this will be listed. Clicking on the Notebook app listed the folder it uses to store notes. I selected the folder then the “save to…”. Viola! There they were. I plugged in the 4th gen Touch and went to the file sharing. I selected Notebook app, then the “add” button and added all the text files I had made (you can also drag-and-drop).

But when I checked the device, none of the files were listed. I think it is because Notebooks uses a folder. You cannot open that folder and put the files directly there. If you select the folder then the ‘add’, the files are not put in the folder that way either. This time I tried DocsToGo and it worked. I will probably leave most of them there and only copy/paste over the ones that I use the most. Otherwise, I will just view them via that program.

Now, how to transfer over the ebooks…..

bookmark_borderWelcome to 2011

Posted on by PaulaO

I never thought I would live to be this old. Granted, 45 isn’t old by no means. I just didn’t think I would see it.

2011. 11 years after Y2K. We partied like it was 1999 after cramming bottled water into the pantry.

I don’t make New Year Resolutions. Don’t believe in them. I do like the idea of fresh starts and I do like the concept of chasing out the old demons of the past year.

2010 was an odd year:

– I spent a chunk of it up Nawth with my family. As an update, Mom is at home, still trying to get over whatever it was. She can sit up on her own and feed herself with her left hand and that, my friend, is what really counts in the long run.

– We got two rooms mostly renovated. The bathroom was mostly done in June and the Rose Room got finished just a few weeks ago.

– Lorna and I celebrated our 20th anniversary. Amazing. This has been a rough year for our relationship but we have worked out the kinks. This house…we love this house but over the years its problems have caused us to become very apathetic to it. And that apathy has spread like mold into everything else. The work we have done on the house has been opening our eyes to a lot of things. We’ve acknowledged that there are things that have been irritating but we’ve not doing anything about it. Like a dripdripdripdrip of the faucet that never gets fixed yet keeps pushing our head further and further below our shoulders without us realizing it. So, yeah, 20 years. I love that woman. I can’t ever express how much.

– In January, I was diagnosed with first pre-diabetes and now Type II diabetes. Yay. I lost weight (25lbs!) then promptly gained most of it back during my insane summer. I am trying to re-establish those good habits I had developed. Taking my blood sugar readings is depressing as hell but it is something I need to do.

– We lost PopCorn this year. Amazingly, she was our only loss. We have 3 dogs and 2 cats. Feels about right. Joella (Rottweiler) is 10. Sam (Catahoula mix) is…4? Mike (Rottweiler mix) is 2. Sass is about 9 or so and Annie is just a year.

– I got a lot of writing done but due to the insane summer, but never got anything sent off. I wrote like a fiend prior to June then, crash boom bam. I am writing again, just spurts of ideas. I am once again scared shitless I will never have another new idea ever again. Terrified of it. I need to stop cat licking Simple Sarah and just send it off. I need to write at least one Butch Girl book and send it off. My publisher has been patient but I wouldn’t be surprised if she kicked my non-productive ass to the curb.

That’s about it.

Here’s hoping things get better, whatever those things may be. Here’s hoping we are happy in whatever we get around to doing and feeling. Here’s hoping we seek joy in the doing, not the getting it done.

And here’s hoping that 2011 is what you need it to be.