I hate computers!

OK, I really don't hate computers, but I don't understand them, am easily frustrated by them, and wish I didn't have to use them...but without them, I'm out of business.

Computers have made it possible for me to build a home studio, record, edit and email voiceovers all over the world...and I like that. The convenience of working in my studio rather than driving to a, sometimes distant, production facility is something I appreciate beyond words.

But now, my computer (or the software, I never know which) has decided after each log-off to the internet to inform me I have no connection to the internet when I try to re-establish activity. AAGGHHHH! So, following the directions provided on my screen, I disconnect the modem, turn off the computer, wait at least two minutes, reconnect the modem, wait another few minutes, turn the computer back on, and, BINGO, there's the internet...until I log off and try again.

Of course the online tech-service options are open, so I email the manufacturer, the software developer, and the folks at Road Runner. But it's difficult to explain you're emailing because you do not have access to the internet.

Technology has made my business (www.smooth-male-voiceover-talent.com) successful and keeps me in the overextended lifestyle to which I've become accustomed. But it drives me nuts.

This is a forum for discussion of issues dealing with voiceover artists, advertising, etc.. It is also a pressure relief valve I shall continue to use...as long as I can get onto the internet.

Here I go; I'm going to log off...so I have a feeling I won't be back immediately (unless my problem has somehow corrected itself).

Bill