How I wish for a thunderstorm and rain. 32 degrees Celsius in the shade in South Moravia yesterday. Today, the sky is completely clear and the day's shaping up for a repeat, and that's been going on for days if not weeks. I keep cool by keeping the windows open at night...

And I feel you on the computer updates. If it's any use to you, Linux (Ubuntu, at least) is very user-friendly in that regard. But I still need Windows programs on the laptop I use for school, so, yeah, not always an option. :P