{"id":5851,"date":"2022-04-21T17:06:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T17:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=5851"},"modified":"2022-04-21T23:52:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T23:52:47","slug":"mostly-good-news-new-computer-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/mostly-good-news-new-computer-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Mostly Good News: New Computer For Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and son are giving me a new computer. It&#8217;s both a wedding anniversary present, and a much-needed upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s good news.<\/p>\n<p>More good news, at least from my viewpoint: I decided that it is financially possible to upgrade hosting for this blog. One of my next steps will be to talk with the hosting company&#8217;s folks, and learn how I do the upgrade with a minimum of unsettling surprises. Maybe I&#8217;m being overly cautious. Or pessimistic.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate: a few minutes ago my son asked me if I could give him access to my computer today, so he can start that time-consuming process of transferring files and whatever else needs doing.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been about a decade since I passed the household &#8216;computer guy&#8217; mantle on to my son, so my skills in that area are not only metaphorically rusty. They&#8217;re very seriously out of date.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is good news; or satisfactory, at any rate.<\/p>\n<p>But between my having spent much of this week figuring out whether or not upgraded hosting is practical and my son&#8217;s upcoming work with a new computer \u2014 I may not have anything ready for my regular &#8216;Saturday&#8217; post.<\/p>\n<p>So I figured it&#8217;d be prudent to let you know what&#8217;s happening here, and how events at my desk affect A Catholic Citizen in America.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to be back online later today. Or tomorrow. Or whenever it happens. Thanks for stopping by, and I trust I&#8217;ll have something ready by a week from Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked about the &#8220;much-needed upgrade&#8221; angle before, among other things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/norbert-nerdly-rides-again-keyboard-concerns\/\">Norbert Nerdly Rides Again: Keyboard Concerns<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(April 2, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/brain-defogging-technical-issues-and-me\/\">Brain Defogging, Technical Issues, and Me<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(March 22, 2022)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/comments-technical-difficulties-and-other-frustrations\/\">Comments, Technical Difficulties and Other Frustrations<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\n(March 12, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My wife and son are giving me a new computer. 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