Chromed out
Jun. 30th, 2025 17:24![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bill_schubertI received my $300 from SoFi today and immediately applied it to my Google store so now I've only got a couple of months to pay off the interest free loan. I could have easily put that money into an interest bearing account and paid off Google slowly but I do so love not having any debt at all and will be back there shortly.
My PC will be insecure in a couple of months so I finally did what I've been thinking about for years and moved to a Chromebook. Actually a Chrome ASUS mini computer. It came today and in typical Google fashion I was fully up, updated and signed in as I am now in about 20 minutes. Longest thing was the initial download and getting my Jelly KB and mouse to connect. I did get that to work but may end up moving back to the logitec. The Jelly is OK but once I went ergonomic all the other keyboards seem so tiny and cramped. The Jelly is a backup and will still work and be here for me but I think I'll go back to Logitec.
Rather than ask for a password and user my new computer said, 'hey, I see you've got a pixel, you can just scan this code and we'll set everything up based on that authentication. DONE!! The coolest ever set up.
I've got a friend in the computer biz still who is going to give me a nice used monitor to replace my secondary VGA monitor (not compatible with the mini computer). He's got a monitor and HDMI cable he's giving me for free. So I'll be fully operational and shutting down Microsoft forever by Wednesday. It frees up a bunch of room and wires once I pull the PC so I'll be rearranging things and will have more room in my office now. Actually will now have room for a couch. Thinking about it.
Meanwhile, I found out today about a new pickleball facility with four indoor courts being built near us. I signed up as a founding member. Air conditioned indoor courts close by. I am ready.
Off to cook supper.
My PC will be insecure in a couple of months so I finally did what I've been thinking about for years and moved to a Chromebook. Actually a Chrome ASUS mini computer. It came today and in typical Google fashion I was fully up, updated and signed in as I am now in about 20 minutes. Longest thing was the initial download and getting my Jelly KB and mouse to connect. I did get that to work but may end up moving back to the logitec. The Jelly is OK but once I went ergonomic all the other keyboards seem so tiny and cramped. The Jelly is a backup and will still work and be here for me but I think I'll go back to Logitec.
Rather than ask for a password and user my new computer said, 'hey, I see you've got a pixel, you can just scan this code and we'll set everything up based on that authentication. DONE!! The coolest ever set up.
I've got a friend in the computer biz still who is going to give me a nice used monitor to replace my secondary VGA monitor (not compatible with the mini computer). He's got a monitor and HDMI cable he's giving me for free. So I'll be fully operational and shutting down Microsoft forever by Wednesday. It frees up a bunch of room and wires once I pull the PC so I'll be rearranging things and will have more room in my office now. Actually will now have room for a couch. Thinking about it.
Meanwhile, I found out today about a new pickleball facility with four indoor courts being built near us. I signed up as a founding member. Air conditioned indoor courts close by. I am ready.
Off to cook supper.