A whole month in one spot! Today was our last scheduled seminar. Jim usually stands and does most of the presentation while I 'drive' the computer - but I have to put my two cents worth in sometimes, even if it's just with my hands!


All totaled, we delivered 14 seminars this month. And we met individually with close to 100 individuals with questions about using Wi-Fi and their particular setup. You'd think we must really understand this stuff now. Far from it. The more you know, the more you know you don't know! Give me a brand new computer, a good USB wireles adapter and almost always, you just turn it on and it works - perfectly. But, then there's that one case, with a 6 month old computer, a good USB wireless adapter, that we couldn't get to work for the life of us. And, a 5 year old computer, with Windows ME that we said couldn't possibly work, connected right away with no problem.

Go figure.

Jim's Sony Vaio worked like a champ. He took it with him everywhere he went. So many times, a person's computer would be connecting but it would be very slow, or it would drop it's connection or something else annoying. He had to know, in these situations, whether the problem was with their computer or with the Wi-Fi system itself. His computer would connect right up and browse speedily along in almost every situation. And, it just has a built in adapter - something we normally don't recommend.

Go figure.

One user came knocking on our door asking for help. Jim was out and about, so it was up to me. I saw he had a new Sony Vaio and I breathed a sigh of relief. This was going to be a piece of cake. It was. He was just confused about the login process.

The most disturbing thing we discovered was about Spyware. Some folks were experiencing what looked like a bad connection - slow and ocassionally getting dropped. When we cleaned some Spyware off their computer it ran fast and smooth again. We may not be able to require that everyone buy a brand new Sony Vaio (or can we? that would sure be nice) - but we do need to require that they run anti-Spyware. Microsoft's new anti-spyware program is pretty good.

I'm afraid I can't tell you too much about Casa Grande, although we did make it to the ruins once, just before it closed. Here's the 700 year old structure that gives the town its name:




You can't go inside the 'big house' unless you're with a tour, but they let you wander all thru any of the other structures.



So, now we're back on the road! God it feels good! I just can't imagine living in a home without wheels anymore. I really like the views here in Arizona - the mountains are all over the place, rising straight out of the flatlands.




Oh Boy!