Calming some and still doing QA.... after all of these years!

First, I was a tad concerned about seeing the pastor this morning.  While I did not want to scratch his eyes out as I have for the last couple of days, I was still upset enough I was afraid I might say something that I might regret.  To understand... during the church service I run the projection system where we have lovely backgrounds, the words to the hymns for the day show on screens for those who do not like to open a book, etc. and the pastor uses PowerPoint to move through his sermons, so we usually deal with one another.  (I had also noticed that after 7 months, he had misspelled my name in the bulletin.)  So, when he showed up, I had finished my stuff with the system... and I just left without saying a word.  I guess that is saying something without saying anything.  I am still considering not going to the Church Picnic on the 21st, his last official day... if it is as hot as today, it will be because I do not do well in heat these days.  But my anger is finally calming down.  I really do not want to waste my time being angry when it will change absolutely nothing.  So I am better, but not quite there yet.  Pray for me!

Today I managed to do something that the Samsung Corporation had told me twice could not be done.

For those of you who do not know, I used to work in the QA (Quality Assurance) Department for a payroll company that processes payroll for little, medium sized and large companies.  I was in the area where the software was being developed.  My job, when they compiled the new software in a run, was to test the software on a variety of Operating Systems and, once we got Internet based software, on a variety of web browsers.  I was to use the software correctly and then pound it with all kinds of wrong entries to make the software break.  Far better to work out bugs before it is released than to send it out riddled with flaws and breakdowns.  Once it broke once, I needed to continue to make it break until I could determine which action was actually flawed.  Sometimes I could even determine a direction needed to make it work.

I have a lovely little Samsung 'Point & Shoot' camera that allows me to send the pictures I have taken directly to my computers via the Internet.  It is so much easier than using a card reader and taking the cards in and out of the camera and computer.  There is a PC Auto Backup software that acts as the transfer from the camera.  I have had it loaded on several of my computers.  It was on my Windows 8.1 computer that I updated to Windows 10 and the program runs beautifully.

If you have been reading, you know that I am putting together a lovely little Dell computer to take on trips so I am not dragging my big laptops out where they might get lost or broken.  I wanted to get the PC Auto Backup loaded on it so I would not have to do the card in and out thing.  But I could not remember how I got it in the first place.  So I contacted Samsung Customer Service with a detailed explanation of what I needed.

The first email was obviously the canned response to my inquiry.  I was told that my camera was not compatible with Windows 10.  So I plugged my camera into my computers and sure enough, the software, which resides in the camera, was not visible.  So I wrote back, and asked them to just send me the program, because if I could get it installed, it works on Windows 10.  I gave them the number that was the reference from their first response.  Their second response was the same canned response with an emphasis on downloading the user manual and follow instructions that would not accomplish what I wanted.

So I sat back and did some more research... like my old QA days.  Today something clicked.  There is an I-Launcher program that also must run first.  I searched the Internet and actually found a link to the I-Launcher software.  I sent to link to myself on GMail so I could open it in my little Dell.  It opened, installed and this time when I connected the camera, the PC Auto Backup software was right there.  I installed that, took a couple of pictures and it works perfectly..... So take that Samsung.  I found the work around for this glitch.  I am sure you would have preferred I just buy a new camera... but not today!!!

Tonight I made Clams Sauce with Linguine.  It was one of those Easy Peasy recipes that came across my email.  I just needed two small cans of chopped clams and a box of linguine.  The rest is stuff I usually have in the fridge.  I altered it some as it called for a lot of mushrooms and, while I love mushrooms, I wanted to taste the clams.  I added onions, too, as everything is better with onions.  It was delicious.  Another keeper!!

So, have a lovely evening.  Another week begins!