Type & Gripe, Ink Meeting Coordination

[Shrain]

lol. I took my macbook in to the apple store and they got it all fixed up. Updated my Quicktime and something called Firmware and then made sure MSN mssgr was installed properly. YAY! So there shouldn't be any trouble on my end. whew. I'll check jsut to be sure.

And I've already read the sub, too. See y'all tonite.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

firmware: so named because of it being sorta like a midway between hardware (the physical objects that make up your computer or other electronics device) and software (electronic/magnetic instructions to the hardware that can be removed, altered, or added). Firmware is the set of instructions hard coded into your hardware. It *can* be changed, added, or removed, but not as easily, as it's designed to be less accessible.

[Shrain]

Oh, okay. That's interesting. Thanks, oh wise SE.    How often should I update it? I think I have to hold down the apple key or something when it's restarting. I can't quite recall which key the Mac Genius held while restarting.

[Spriggan]

You shouldn't have to update it often on a PC since all the firmware does is allow the OS to load and lets it know what Hardware is present and there are rarely updates for them.

I would assume you can get them via Apple Update on your mac like other patches so I'm surprised to hear they had to manually do it.

[Shrain]

Yeah, it was odd. I have my macbook check for updates every week, but I think after my defective hard drive was replaced, a few loose ends still had to be tied up. I wish/hope my Firmware can just be upgraded automatically, but in this case they had to do it manually for some reason.

[Nessa]

So my story is next on the agenda. I'm almost finished with the chapters and plan to be sending it along by Monday evening at the latest (along with the first 9 chapters for the newbies to the group).

[Shrain]

Cool, Nessa.

Hey, guys, I also needed to mention something... I found out that my class this semester is, unfortunately, going to be on Wednesdays.  It's a creative writing class that focuses on short stories. So, uh, I was wondering if another night might be at all possible? I know Monday is probably out because of FHE. How about Tue or Thur, though? 'Cuz I'd really like to stay in the group.

[Nessa]

Not Tuesdays.

[Shrain]

*meep.

Does that mean Thursdays would work? /me looks hopeful.

[JenaRey]

I can adjust to Thursday, but I teach piano lessons from 6-7, 7:30ish that night.  That'd be my only concern.

[Shrain]

Hey, y'all. Thanks so much for working around my class time. You guys are swell. 

[Nessa]

Shrain, it's already Tuesday, where's tomorrow's submission? Hmm?

[Shrain]

Umm, it's at home on my 'puter. I spent time brainstorming and didn't write that much. Gosh I HATE how I suck at outlining. I will send what I have tonight.

[Shrain]

Hey, Ness. Where's that schedule you made? We're having group tonight despite the holiday, right? I got Jena and Kris's sub. So I'll be there at 9:30pm EST.

[Nessa]

http://www.vanessakchristenson.com/writersgroup.htm

Yes, we're meeting tonight.