Windows 10 Upgrade

Welp, I finally took the plunge and upgraded my PC to Windows 10. I haven’t used it much yet, but so far I like it better than Windows 8. And I liked being able to upgrade it the same way I upgrade Ubuntu; for free over the internet without it messing up my directory structure that it took me years to cultivate. Even the desktop remained the same! I mean, just in case I pulled everything off the desktop except for stuff I didn’t care about, but all that desktop stuff I didn’t care about remained in its place.

As of yet, I can’t say much more about the operating system itself, other than it was the smoothest Windows upgrade I’ve ever done. All of the old Windows operating systems I had, I refused to upgrade until the machines running them straight up died, because I did not want to deal with the hassle. Man, I used Windows 95 FOREVER. It was actually kind of embarrassing.

And it only took Windows becoming a dwindling brand, desperate to remain relevant, to make them improve the upgrade experience.

I did actually like that cat riding a T-Rex with grabbers gif that they put out as Windows 10 promotional material, though. That was pretty cool.

Wish me luck!

I Bought an Electric Car

I bought an electric car

So this weekend I finally took the plunge and bought an all electric car. This is something that I have wanted really badly for a long time now.

I was going to wait until 2017 for Tesla to (maybe) release their $30,000 car (because I am an obsessed Tesla fangirl), but there’s no guarantee that will happen. Also, Nissan is practically giving away used Leafs right now. Partly because nobody knows how they will operate after 5 years (since they are so new) and partly because the technology is changing so fast right now. And also because of scares over battery capacity loss.

I decided to go for it anyway because: Continue reading “I Bought an Electric Car”

Daylight Saving’s Time

Well, daylight saving’s time is on again. It is no secret that I am no morning person, so I have a lot of trouble adjusting to daylight saving’s time. I really, really dislike it. It is also really important for me to have light in the morning so I can wake up and feel rested.

This year I’ve tried staying up late last night and waking up early this morning so I’d be good and sleepy tonight. This is not a strategy that I have tried before, at least not as I can remember. I’ve been really, really sleepy all day today so it seems to be working thus far.

I’m still not looking forward to tomorrow morning, though.