No, I wasn’t driving and using a computer!

I have recently reset up my “gym” room at home, now that the office has moved out. One of the things I have in my gym is a computer in front of the treadmill so I can watch informative tech news and tutorials as I walk/run.

Of course, not having been used for several months, there were a heap of updates to be done, so my first ride on the treadmill was mostly doing software updates. I also uninstalled AVG8 so that I could replace it with my new preferred free AV: Microsoft Security Essentials. In the process of Uninstalling (using the control deck of the treadmill as a mouse pad) I accidentally hit the treadmill’s 8Km/h button with my wrist and found myself at a bit of a run as I was going. Hi speed Uninstalls. I found I was (just, slowly) able to use the mouse while running at 8Km/h

In total the updates took considerably longer than the 20 minutes I spent on the treadmill, what with the AV change, iTunes Updates & Windows Updates, all on a somewhat underpowered machine to begin with (though fine for watching iTunes Video). I ended up finishing the job by Remote Control.

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