sewing or computing

I had my computer before I discovered sewing, but it (internet) does take alot of my time.....It's always been addicting to stare at the screen, like a zombie! I used to have dial up, thank goodness for high speed cable or I would never get any sewing done!

For me the problem is kind-of opposite, I can't get away from my sewing machine because its one of my only creative outlets....except when my kids are needy for something.

My advice to you, if you want to spend more time sewing......get dial up if you don't have it already, and you will get so sick of waiting you will go back to sewing! (LOL just kidding, don't get dial-up)

Michelle Giordano

I HAVE dial-up. it isn't helping. LOL

Make Compute appointments........after breakfast, after lunch, and at bedtime. You will get all the messages and news and still get a lot of sewing done!

Nope - just the opposite! I get so many problems solved through this and other groups, and so much inspiration I can hardly keep up!

That's more or less how my day shapes...

"Kitty In Somerset, PA"

At work I just finished talking to a bunch of people who use a dial up company (not naming names). And probably 90% of the people I talked to were not impressed with the speed at all. I was surprised so many people use it, I thought just about everywhere but farms and very small towns had high-speed. Then again, these people were half a world away from me.

I remember having dial-up living on an acreage......How much fun it was......LOL

Michelle Giordano

Not hardly. A friend of mine is complaining that he can't get anything faster than dialup for a business client. In *Chicago*. Downtown.

I live less than 20 miles from a major university. We got highspeed two years ago. I administer the mailing list for a local church, and half of the congregation doesn't have a high-speed connection available to them. I think I'm the only one on the family mailing list that has a high-speed connection, and only one person on that list lives in the boonies.

-- Jenn Ridley : snipped-for-privacy@chartermi.net

In article , dnmgiordano of Shaw Residential Internet uttered

If it was AO-Smell, their performance on broadband is pretty poor too.

My downturn in sewing time has nothing to do with the computer, but I have far less *wasted* sewing time (i.e. that time spent sewing wadders) now that I have access to sewing info and help from web sites and ladies all over the globe, and I consider that a tremendous asset.

No problem with the computer taking too much of my time. I've had computers in my home for over 25 years, back when they were first available to the public (thanks to Apple computer and Atari) everything was text back then and internet wasn't even invented and Bulletin Board Services were the thing. =20

My delima has always been sewing -or- housework -- and the sewing always wins!

-Irene

-------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.=20

--Mae West=20

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What wait?

I'll admit I read my newsgroup messages while waiting for graphics-heavy Web pages to load. The design of Web sites gets worse every year, and pages take longer to load.

And the Web is less webby. When I first got access, I spent

*hours* crawling the WWW, marveling at how the topic could change utterly in six clicks even though each link was relevant to the page I found it on. Now I go only to pages mentioned on Usenet or in e-mail, and a very few pages that I have bookmarked, and practically never find a link to click on.

I suppose I should add some links to my own Web sites -- perhaps a link to fabric.com in Rough Sewing? Once I've linked to my spouse and the National Fantasy Fan Federation, I'm out of ideas.

Joy Beeson

Joy, have you tried using the Mozilla Firefox browser yet? It loads things up so much faster - you won't believe it.. Plus, you can download extensions that block ads, it speeds things up a LOT, especially if you block the ads that use the "flash" thing.

Other than that,I'm with you though. The internet is just turning into one big advertisement, nothing new to see. (Although the mapping tools are handy. :) )

And I'm guess I"m getting old, because even though it's all the rage, I have no interest in reading other people's blogs. And less interest in writing one (which would be quite dull anyway.)

A

I am getting a lot of both done. My problem is that I am not getting the correct computer stuff done: work or reading news. I used to follow a couple of news blogs reading them several times a day. Now I read sewing/quilting NGs and sites.