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October 4th, 2002

kyrielle: Middle-aged woman in profile, black and white, looking left, with a scarf around her neck and a white background (Default)
Friday, October 4th, 2002 02:02 pm
What size shoe do you wear? 9.

How many pairs of shoes do you own? I'm not sure; I'm a packrat. I think 5 or so that I really use, probably 8 or so counting ones I just haven't thrown out yet. I wear the same pair to work every day, though. Heh.

What type of shoe do you prefer (boots, sneakers, pumps, etc.)? Favor sneakers, accept flats. Heels are not okay and neither is anything that irritates or pokes my ankles. (So-called supportive shoes that go halfway up the ankle cause me more grief than no support at all.)

Describe your favorite pair of shoes. Why are they your favorite? Mmmm. Recently, this would have been my work shoes. It is now, however, my pair of denim-and-unnatural-substances sneakers. They've got a nice thick cushioned sole, and arch support designed to break my foot (shallow arches). I countered that with heel-and-toe gel pads, and walking in them is heaven.

(The work shoes are plain black lace-up not-quite-sneakers - with metal shanks in the bottom for support; just ask airport security. Sigh.)

What's the most you've spent on one pair of shoes? My parents could probably answer this better. Lately I buy everything at the discount shoe place; they're just as comfortable, and if they don't last as long, net cost per time is still lower. I think I've spent as much as $25 there, but I'm sure I spent more on shoes before that, it's just been years now. :)
kyrielle: Middle-aged woman in profile, black and white, looking left, with a scarf around her neck and a white background (Default)
Friday, October 4th, 2002 03:38 pm
OK, so I'm easily spoiled. But now that I have this new USB card reader, I have this little problem. See, that leaves me with two important USB devices: the card reader, and a microphone headset that I use with ViaVoice. So I went out and bought a USB hub. Since I already was buying a hub, I went ahead and bought another adapter I'd been wanting to get, but not getting because it would mean paying for a hub as well. So now I can hook but once normal keyboard and mouse up to the USB controller on my laptop, since my laptop doesn't have a normal mouse and keyboard plug ins. I can now use my Glidepoint with my laptop. (But now I need a keyboard I like - the ones we have are in use and I'm not that fond of them anyway.)

Technically speaking, this is really very minor thing, but I'm still very pleased with it --and I still have a slot free for a USB device. Any suggestions?

Actually, if I can't resolve the networking problems on my local network--which are really driving me quite insane at this point, actually-- then I'll go ahead and get a USB CDRW or USB hard drive. I'm favoring the idea of the CDRW right now. Sadly, my computer only supports USB 1. However, the hub supports 2, and if I ever do update the laptop or get a new laptop which supports it the hub will continue to be useful.

At any rate, color me pleased. I have my toys.