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From The Lancaster County Apple Corps (LCAC) newsletter called Peelings, Lancaster County, PA. Beating the Download Blues by Busy Hands Cindy O'Hora I have become increasingly more annoyed waiting for downloads to finish. Fortunately, I have discovered a wealth of productive things to do while I not so patiently wait for my files and mail. Here's just a few for you to consider: Clean out your wallet. Read an article in MNJ. Declutter in de room de computer is in. :-) Write a brief love letter to your significant other. Move all the stationary supplies into the computer desk. Check for birthdays this month and address those cards! Tell your child/spouse/friend how proud you are of them. Write a thank you note to someone who did you a good turn. Sew on the missing button, repair a ripped hem, or darn a sock. Sift through your software and pick one title to review for MNJ. Organize your disks. This can apply either to floppy or compact. Mail a check to that shareware author, whose fabulous utility you have been using for the past two years. Wash the coffee/juice/soda stains off the computer desk. Don't bother denying you drink at the computer. Page through one of those manuals that came with your software. You'll be surprised what you discover. Start a shopping list. 1. Buy photo albums. Put the last few month's photos in an album. At one point I had 4 years of photos pitched in a box in the hall closet. Thanks to a recent update, I got them all in the albums. I'm once again accumulating a new pile, though, due to a lack of albums. Put all the loose paper clips running around the drawer into an empty film container. Tape a paper clip to the outside as a label. Start a Jello salad. If you are embarking on a few big downloads, consider adding fruit or making rainbow layers. Clean up the mess you left in the kitchen. Take out the trash Load/unload the dishwasher. Straighten a drawer Start a load of wash Move a load of wash to the dryer or the clothes line. Fold the stuff in the dryer or bring it in from the line. Put your clean clothes away. Paint your toe nails The tricky part of this whole plan is to remember a project when the download has you shifting around in your chair. Make yourself a little stickie list. Add to it ad-lib. Cross off what you accomplish. If you are anything like me, you have already thought of a bunch I've missed, skipped, or been too embarassed to add. __ In closing, I would like to clear up a mistaken impression you may have. I am NOT a neatnick. Quite the opposite is true, hence this sizable list. Beat those download blues. Go do something! I shall pass through this world but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do, let me do it now... For I shall not pass this way again. Etienne De Grellet __ The Lancaster County Apple Corps is a group of approximately 100 Apple/Mac users. We are located in Lancaster County, PA. LCAC publishes a monthly newsletter to members called Peelings. We meet monthly. Copyright 1997. Any user group newsletter may reprint this article as long as they contact me for permission. Straight ASCII Text version: LCAC-D-Ld.tx Who is Cindy O'Hora I have been using Macintosh computers for the past eight years. I provide Macintosh tech support, on a volunteer basis, to my children's school. I write reviews and computer tips for the Lancaster County Apple Corp's newsletter. __ I am currently serving as Vice President of LCAC. I created and maintain a web site Macintosh Tips and Tutorials. It offers newer user tips and step by step directions for getting things done on your Mac. It also offers advice about computer volunteering and how to aid technology at your school. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/8613/index.html

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