Mechanical Memories Magazine

Editorial
Hello, and welcome to the April issue - which hasn' t happened quite as quickly as I
had hoped. As if I haven' t enough to contend with at the moment, with the ongoing
difficulties at Brighton, I've now had to buy a new computer - hence the delay.
Literally a couple of days after posting out the March magazines, the computer
suddenly developed an unhealthy dislike for doing what it was supposed to. Given that
the computer was eight years old, my lovely wife eventually persuaded me that rather
than spending money on its repair, it would be better to buy a new one - brilliant,
more expense!
So I am now using a lovely new shiny computer that' s about as user-friendly as a
bike with no wheels. Windows 8? Who dreamt that up? Although, in fairness, I can
just about put up with Windows, after all it' s only an operating system (by the way,
since when have programs been called 'apps ')? What's not so easy to stomach is the
new software I've had to buy. The new version of Coral totally clutters the screen with
pointless widgets that I'll never use, and someone was either having a laugh or a
nervous breakdown when they dreamt-up Office 2013 - what a box of bollocks!
It also came as a considerable shock to learn that Microsoft, in their infinite
wisdom, scrubbed Outlook Express donkey's years ago . Why? What on earth was
wrong with it? Better still, they haven' t replaced it with anything, so I now have to
receive emails via my browser. But here's the best bit, Microsoft also no longer
supports Post Office Protocol, so unless you have a Gmail , yahoo or something else
(that I can't remember) email address, then you can't receive emails - brilliant!
Consequently, I've had to set up a Gmail address (that I didn' t particularly want) in
order to receive my Tiscali emails - double brilliant!
Anyway, rant almost over. However, I haven ' t yet been able to retrieve email
addresses from my old computer, and currently have just seven in the new address
book. So it would be really helpful if you could all email me, thus saving me the time
in having to plough through reams of old subscription forms and typing in email
addresses manually.
Well, that' s just about it for now- hopefully, I'll be in a better mood next time!
All the best
Jerry
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