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<\/p>\nThe saying “when it rains it pours” is unfortunately true. I had been having a really bad week as far as technology goes. My in-law’s computer experienced a hard drive failure, my brother-in-law’s computer needed some upgrades, and the battery on my beloved 17in MacBook Pro, Winona, decided to flip out. Since no one in the family besides me has any technical training, I naturally became the defacto tech support. I usually hate working on and upgrading PCs. I can do easily enough but I just really dislike the whole process. I think that is part of the reason that I am always quick to downplay my background. I have to do it as part of my job as a teacher so I really hate getting pulled in to troubleshooting a multitude of computer problems by family, friends, and sometimes complete strangers.<\/p>\n
This time wouldn’t have been so bad except for the fact that all the instructions and prompts were in Norwegian.<\/p>\n
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I really need to learn Norwegian because I could get paid if I was better at the language. The PC technology in the Scandinavia countries seems to be at least a good two years behind the US. Also there is a good portion of the general population in the Scandinavian countries that did not grow up with computers. As a result of the lack of computers in their formative years these individuals need alot of technical assistance. The Norwegians also tend to keep their computers longer and are more likely to upgrade and repair their computers than Americans. I suspect this is because they pay premium prices for their computer equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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