Thursday, June 12, 2025

Thoroughly Thursday

I don't remember if I reported the fact that I was given a couple of tablets from a friend of mine who worked for the state information technology assistive technology program. When was he Android tablet a Samsung and the other was an iPod or iPad or whatever Apple calls itself- - tablets. I took the tablet just because I was offered and thought perhaps maybe I would figure out how to run one someday couldn't hurt. I guess I should mention the fact that the reason this agency had these tablets was they were to be given out to folks with disabilities or who met the guidelines but these are a couple of machines that never got passed out and therefore just taking up space. Anyway, I wasn't really hot on the Apple system but like I said it was free. I tried to integrate myself with the machine that just didn't work out and I put it in a spot, charged it and kind of forgot about it until the other day when I was talking with one of my friends here at the complex. He's a great guy much older than I am but he still gets around pretty well, I have some hearing issues and is basically electronic illiterate. Anyway he commented he needed to get a computer and I questioned him on this saying that really all he needed was an iPad or a tablet type of a device because he really doesn't want to do any computing he just wants to be able to run applications, photographs and the camera and possibly some writing and stuff. All this stuff is really best done on the tablet anymore. I've got a huge computer that I basically use just two play music back. I suppose I could use it if I lost use of my tablet. I could write on the big Computing system but it's not nearly as good as this tablets software for dictation and printing. So of course I suggested to Jimmy that I had a tablet that I'll be willing to give to him and he was just totally Blown Away not so much it was a tablet as much as I was giving it to him no strings attached no money changing hands- - just as a good guy. I say that with my tongue in the cheek but still it's kind of true then I find out that I really don't know how to operate the system and when I first got the system for Mark Anthony I went ahead and put my own information in that would have to be taken off if you were to take over ownership of the property. So I basically had to reformat the whole thing and I couldn't even do so I called my son this where I go to anytime I need help with computer stuff.


Mark came over this evening and helped me format the tablet. I still don't really know what I'm doing he did everything of course now I have a tablet that's completely been formatted it needs to have all the information put into it again but this will be Jim's information not mine. I sometimes wonder if I've bitten off more than I can chew or swallow however that one goes. So tomorrow or the next couple days I plan to sit down with big Jim and set the system up and his own image and maybe he can use it to take advantage of the whole world of internet offered through the Apple systems. I don't have much faith in myself that I can pull this off. Why do I always get myself into these weird situations? I shouldn't take the stuff to a personal I mean after all Mark indicates that no matter what I do to the system we can always reformat it if we have to and start over and Jimmy's just happy that I'm helping him with this apple iPad that he's messing with I just hope I can bring it off okay

 

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