1) Have now tried more than 5 times to install spiffy new HP Photosmart all-in-one printer for wireless access. Have uninstalled and reinstalled software for new printer dutifully each time. Have uninstalled software for old printer and then reinstalled software for new printer. Have downloaded newer version of software for new printer. Have tried several things gleaned from search of HP support forums (which are to HP "technical support" as the OED is to a page from Dick and Jane Fail Basic Language Skills). Have even defragged computer as a whole (generally useful, specifically ineffective). Notwithstanding all of this, the process fails at the same !&^(_@$^!@#$&*(@#$ point EACH TIME, giving me a Generic Win32 error. The installation software then pops up a cheerful message saying "Yays, u can haz new printer!" - a message promptly belied by the Printers/Faxes list, nowhere upon which does there appear the new printer in question.
As y'all might imagine, this is. hm. a little hard on what remains of my sanity. (*does newly patented gimpy dance of technorage*)
The printer works acceptably when connected to the computer via an Ethernet cable (although the scanning function has rickets even then). But I bought this thing specifically so that I could print wirelessly. I can't return it - it was a Circuit City castoff - and I'm okay with that. But I would really, REALLY like it to do what I am paying it for. If there is anyone out there who might be willing to help me troubleshoot this, I would be eternally grateful.
2) At her death, very much to our surprise, La Mama left the sistergirl and me some money. I want to use a bit of mine to obtain tools and training in some areas that have long intrigued me but for which I could not hitherto afford the capital outlay. One of these is the intertwined (...!) area of spinning and weaving. I've wanted to be able to do these things since I developed a fascination at ten with the antique spinning wheel my grandparents had at their farm, but I am at a bit of a loss as to where to start, as Aunt Google provides a rather large and definitively unsifted pile of wheaty chaff on the subject. Therefore, I turn - as per usual - to my knowledgeable circle. I believe![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
aukestrel and twistedchick both know more than a little about these things; I would be grateful for guidance from you and from anyone else who has thoughts/pointers/links/opinions/etc.
3), a brief open letter to the weather gods:
Dear Thundering Herds -
Spring rocks - not least because it is my birthday season and that of an awful lot of other nifty people. Please quit fucking with it. Workville does not lie in monsoon latitudes. Nor is it Florida. Some brief period of cool bearable prettiness seems requisite before we plunge right straight into hot wet heat, no?
--irritably, Q
4) I've returned to work this week, working 15-20 hours max from home. My goal is to ramp up to 40 hours/week by the end of May, and to return to my firm's physical plant on 1 June, by which time I should hopefully have been cleared to drive again. I am ... ambivalent about this. Bears thinking about, no?
As y'all might imagine, this is. hm. a little hard on what remains of my sanity. (*does newly patented gimpy dance of technorage*)
The printer works acceptably when connected to the computer via an Ethernet cable (although the scanning function has rickets even then). But I bought this thing specifically so that I could print wirelessly. I can't return it - it was a Circuit City castoff - and I'm okay with that. But I would really, REALLY like it to do what I am paying it for. If there is anyone out there who might be willing to help me troubleshoot this, I would be eternally grateful.
2) At her death, very much to our surprise, La Mama left the sistergirl and me some money. I want to use a bit of mine to obtain tools and training in some areas that have long intrigued me but for which I could not hitherto afford the capital outlay. One of these is the intertwined (...!) area of spinning and weaving. I've wanted to be able to do these things since I developed a fascination at ten with the antique spinning wheel my grandparents had at their farm, but I am at a bit of a loss as to where to start, as Aunt Google provides a rather large and definitively unsifted pile of wheaty chaff on the subject. Therefore, I turn - as per usual - to my knowledgeable circle. I believe
aukestrel and twistedchick both know more than a little about these things; I would be grateful for guidance from you and from anyone else who has thoughts/pointers/links/opinions/etc.3), a brief open letter to the weather gods:
Dear Thundering Herds -
Spring rocks - not least because it is my birthday season and that of an awful lot of other nifty people. Please quit fucking with it. Workville does not lie in monsoon latitudes. Nor is it Florida. Some brief period of cool bearable prettiness seems requisite before we plunge right straight into hot wet heat, no?
--irritably, Q
4) I've returned to work this week, working 15-20 hours max from home. My goal is to ramp up to 40 hours/week by the end of May, and to return to my firm's physical plant on 1 June, by which time I should hopefully have been cleared to drive again. I am ... ambivalent about this. Bears thinking about, no?
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*hug*
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I've only ever spun with a drop spindle-- I can't help you with getting a wheel. I would recommend getting a drop spindle first anyway, though, to get a feel for how different fibers behave.
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As it is, your best bet might be to see if there's a local craft fair coming up near you: while you can buy fiber and equipment online-- The Mannings are a one-stop shop for all the basics-- you really do want to be able to pick up and handle things at first, until you get a feel for what different types of wool feel like, and how heavy a 1.5 oz spindle actually is.
But! If you want to just dive in, you could do worse than to order, say, one of these from The Spanish Peacock-- I bought one of their stone-whorl spindles last weekend, and it's a beauty, and the wooden ones on this page are a good, basic, not-too-pricy spindle.
As for fiber-- the keyword to google for is roving, which is combed and carded wool in a narrow roll, ready for handspinng. I'm not sure where to send you to shop, though; I usually stock up at Sheep and Wool rather than buying online. But you want to start with a fiber with a high crimp-- something kinky and twisty that desperately wants to be yarn. I started spinning with a pound ball of Jacob roving, and that spun up quite easily.
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Excellent advice on sources and keywords. Just what I needed - thank you. What makes Jacob roving Jacobean?
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And Jacob roving comes from the Jacob sheep. I'm working on some roving right now that's probably Romney (or that's
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If I understand your question correctly, the wireless connection is handled via set-up on the printer itself, using the built-in Wireless Connection Wizard. I've had no problems with that; I have a WPA-secured network, and it sets up just fine.
I have not enabled network sharing for printers. I'm not even sure what that is. (I am not very good at hardware, as you can see.) Enlighten me?
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I'm on a Mac, but I think you need to do the same for Windows. Go to Settings, Printers and then click on "add new printer". After the welcome screen you should get to "local printer or network" where you need to choose network and then enter the address of the printer to set it up for your computer to see (or let the network search for it). (I'm not sure whether the set-up already takes care of that. It's worth a try, I guess, though.)
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