No word yet from Symantec
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Computer musings
I blathered last time about NAV going down and having to uninstall it. I wrote a paper letter (shock! snail mail!) but no response. I'll give'em a while before pursuing it further.

The weather is beautiful here, finally hit 73 F (at nearly 1:30). I mowed this morning, pulled weeds later on, and now have moved inside to do boring stuff like laundry. The cats are sending sleepy waves my direction, pulling me off course from household duties. Of course, my gf is having to work again. Grr.

JS

Which antivirus software?
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Computer musings
I had paid to extend my subscription to a certain antivirus software (that I won't mention here), but low and behold, it suddenly decided that not only had I not renewed, but that my original cd key was bogus! After fighting with it, search the vendor web site, and generally growling for the better part of ninety minutes, I decided to give up. I uninstalled the puppy, had to use its special uninstall tool to get rid of the rest of it in the registry, and downloaded/installed avast! home edition free antivirus http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html.

Now, I've been using computers for 25 years, had one of my own for ten, built six computers from scratch, upgraded/reinstalled Win 95/98/2K/XP, installed/configured countless programs, and been a webmaster personally and professionally for more than eight years. If I can't get this puppy to accept that I paid for the subscription, then I don't think the average Joe or Jane could either. I'm pissed.

Okay, I feel a little better now.

Rant over.

JS Stephens

Just wondering
Mood:  rushed
Topic: My fiction
Now that my stories are hosted elsewhere, why keep a blog?

JS Stephens

Stories now all at the Athenaeum
Mood:  special
Topic: My fiction
They're all over there now. When I was going through, I missed seeing where they had posted "The Impossible Dream" http://xenafiction.net/scrolls/js_stephens_the_impossible_dream.hts.

Oops.

So, now all of the story files here should redirect to their new location within 8 seconds.

Thanks.

JS Stephens

Almost all moved
Mood:  lazy
Topic: My fiction
Okay, almost all of my fiction is now at the Athenaeum, aka tXenafiction.ne. The only story that didn't make it (and it might later) is my sole Facts of Life story, The Impossible Dream. This link is to my current web. If it changes, I'll post a blog update.

Thanks to everyone who read my stories. I'll continue blogging, so watch this space for any announcements.

Sincerely,

JS Stephens

Still working on redirection pages
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: My fiction
I'm still working on redirection pages for all of my stories, but at least everything is now over at the Athenaeum. I also don't have it broken down by "universe", but you can see a list of all stories & URLS, in the correct universe order (Xena, Original, Star Trek, Uber) at https://jsstephens.tripod.com/athen_chron.html

JS

Getting Ready for the Big Move
I've done a couple of things - if you hit my home page https://jsstephens.tripod.com/, you'll get a new page with a link to my author's page at Xenafiction.net. Also, I've started subbing redirector pages for stories under my Xena fiction. I'll try to get this finished by the end of the week.

Index posted
Topic: My fiction
I now have an index of my stories, in their chronological order, with the new URL for the Athenaeum. The index is here.

Note: the original stories are in random order since none of them were in a series. The Uber stories have not been posted yet.

JS Stephens

Not really Xena or fiction related...
Mood:  irritated
Topic: My boring life
I've been biking after work for almost five months now, but have become increasingly frustrated by the lack of cycling clothes in the stores for larger women. I walk into a store, and find that a "large" or "extra-large" is what used to be a "medium" or "large". I was in my local REI the other day and noticed that depending on the brand, that XL cycling shorts seemed to be somewhere between a 14 and 18.

I want to be healthy, I want to keep pushing, but it's not fun with just three pair of shorts - and one pair is getting pretty old. I keep seeing news stories about how obese Americans are getting, but if we can't buy the proper clothing to DO SOMETHING about it, it's extremely easy to just give up and crawl back on the couch with a bag of chips and a remote control or laptop.

Grrr.

JS Stephens

More of my stories being posted on Xenafiction.net
Mood:  surprised
More of my stuff over at The Athenaeum. They don't lack many more to post - and, surprisingly enough, I'm still in the Top 25 for the week of August 15 - 21, 2005.

Amazing.

JS Stephens