Computer-based news and musing.

Between public libraries, the campus libraries, the eighth-floor lab, and my landlady letting me use her computer on Sunday night, I'm fairly well set on Internet access. At present, my Laptop is a word processing/media box - it has Wordpad and the capacity to play CDs and MP3s, and also recognizes USB drives, which means I can work on an essay due next week with minimal complications.

In terms of replacements, I'm still looking. According to this information, I can get Microsoft Office at no charge, but I'm unclear as to whether or not it means I can also get Windows XP or simply some sort of upgrade. I still have the XP disc that came with my original computer, which got my computer up and running, so that might mean I don't need to purchase an OS if I've got the mode I want to begin with. If this is the case, it opens up a whole realm of possibilities. And the implosion was traumatic enough I'd rather not get used to something else.

I'm going to miss being Internet-social for the next few weeks. Don't get into trouble without me: I'd hate to hear I missed out.