Click click, wink wink, nudge nu...aww, crud

[slipjig3]

I got my ten-year service anniversary gift from work yesterday. As I think I'd mentioned earlier, they give you a small catalog full of gift choices, ranging from low-end electronics to jewelry to lunchoens out on the town. I went with the digital camera, my first ever, and although it's not a very good camera, it's absolutely free! All I need to run it are three AAA batteries (not included), a memory card (not included), and the enclosed software (not Mac compatible). Grr. Oh, well, we do have a better-than-decent Windows machine in the apartment now courtesy of issendai, so we can do the dirty work on that and transfer the materials back to the Internet machine on a flash drive (not included).

I really shouldn't complain, though, because it was a gift, albeit one from the company who makes me take those calls every day. Which brings me to the official Work Gripe du Jour:

Dear Mr. Caller Guy,

I know you're a busy man, but could you do me the courtesy of urinating after the call is over? Thank you.

Disdainfully,
Mr. Disgruntled Operator Guy

Comments

[daev.livejournal.com]

How long before you need to set up an even-more-NSFW filter?

Aren't you glad videophones never succeeded?

(Also, memory card readers for the Mac are pretty cheap, like five bucks.)

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

1) Not. Going. To happen.
2) *looks at webcam* Wha'dya mean, "never succeeded"?
3) That's a definite possibility! I'll see how this goes once I have the memory card; I might be able to patch in right from the camera itself.

[ckd]

If the camera shows up as a USB mass storage device, you shouldn't need any software; just plug it in and watch iPhoto launch. If not, then card readers are cheap.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

I gave it a try; the camera recognized the Mac, but the Mac didn't acknowledge the camera. Then again, I'm still working off of what passed for internal memory, so I should try it again once I have a memory card. Thanks for the tip!

[lbitw.livejournal.com]

So, I got a SD Card you can have if you want it and your camera accepts them. It is very big, but hey, free.

[lbitw.livejournal.com]

Somewhere. CRAP, it was right here. *continues searching* OOoooo something shiny! *distracted*

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! Thank you so much! *happyboogies*