Ransom Note!

Ransom Note

Tell the Tech Guy to fix the computer or the blog gets it!

or send M&M's & no one gets hurt!

Signed,

Blog Frogs

Hijack Alert ~ Frogs!

This blog has been hijacked by Blog Frogs!  (giggle)  We have been toad to let you know Ms. Pandora's computer died suddenly... without warning... all-of-a-sudden.  She is currently in the midst of planning a wake ~ or perhaps calling for geek-help!

While we are here, we are taking the liberty of redecorating a little.  We hope she doesn't croak when she sees it!  We created a blog button for Pandy and left it on her home page where you all can grab it and paste it in your "Favorite Blog" sections!  See it over there on the right??   Of course, we already have one on our "Blogs I ♥" page at The Thrifty Frog Blog!

Ms. Pandora - Out of the Box will return just as soon as she is able to get back online.   The computer is her lifeline, so please say a little prayer that whatever gremlins got into it are easily squished and that she will be back here quickly!

In the meantime, you may leave comments here or email her here and we will hop on over to her pad with your news!  Hoppy to do it!

Huge green hugs,

Pat @ Thrifty Frog Blog

Computer Literacy

It all began innocently enough.  I am not very computer literate.  I mean, I can edit photos.  I do documents in the word processing side of it.  I make greeting cards in Publisher.  And email.  So when I couldn’t download a game, I emailed my “computer guru” friend, “It’s telling me there’s not enough space.”  His response: “That’s impossible.  I’ll come and look at it.”

He did.  And you know that little pie chart that shows you how much space you have?  My pie was solid blue.  My friend, “How did you DO this?!”  My response was a deer-in-the-headlights look.  He continued, “This is a 7 gig hard drive!  It’s FULL!”

Now, this means basically nothing to me.  I have no concept whatsoever of how large a gigabyte is, nor kilobytes, megabytes, nor any of that.  I’m more of a “visual person.”  I can take a 5-lb. bag of flour, pour it into a bowl and, if it overflows, I need less flour or a bigger bowl.

“You can keep working,” he said.  But he was muttering as he left, “I gotta research this…how in the world…?”

So I just won’t play games for now.  Not that I’m a big “gamer” to begin with.  There are less than a dozen games downloaded to my computer – the usual like Solitaire, maybe two or three hidden object games, a word game, a trivia game….

I can write letters, get and send email and download photos.  That’ll tide me over for a while.

When I know something, you’ll know, too.

Wonder how many gallons are IN a gigabyte?