A Piece of Pi

Presenting Pi, my computer. If not for her, I would not be able to work at home and be a hands-on mama to my two daughters. I spend more time with her than I do with anything else.

The least I could do is give her a moment in the sun.

For as long as I have been using the computer, I have never placed anything on my desktop because I think it's a travesty to the wallpaper. I hide the icons for a seamless vista. I usually change images on a monthly basis, rotating between new and old favorites. For high resolution wallpapers, you cannot go wrong with Interfacelift and DeviantArt.

I do not use any anti-virus, anti-spyware thingies because based on experience, they are always one step ahead anyway. I feel it's a waste of pc resources to defend against them. But when I do get infected, I clean up by using an online virus tool and do manual repair (regedit, sysinternals, hijackthis, etc.) There is great fulfillment in being able to get inside my pc and fix her with my own hands. And the fact that I am not a techie makes it even more satisfying. Fortunately since using Vista, I have not had any problems yet.

The icons on the bottom right are power, wifi, and volume indicators. The ones on the left are CC cleaner, IE7, opera, firefox, word, and the recycle bin. I use opera for most of my surfing, but I use firefox for posting in blogger. Anything I cannot do with either, then I use IE.

I am proud of Pi and I hope she feels the same way.

Go ahead Pi, take a bow.

Thanks to the laidback buddhist for this tag.