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Mar. 5th, 2007 08:47 pmIt feels like the last week has been somewhat chaotic, and I haven't had nearly enough sleep for the distances covered - over the weekend I did 500 miles in the Astra and 120 in the RX8, and need to realign myself somewhat I think. My back is still very painful.
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jenova_red's new laptop should have been a chance to find all the latest Intel Mac offerings, but with the driving time, time to get organised the next day to get to the station - it was just about possible to prepare it for dual-booting and install a few setup applications. Hopefully she'll report her first experiences of Mac OS X over Windows, but she found a few things I didn't know about (dragging an application to the title bar in Finder adds it if you wait; no need for modifier keys as I understood it, though you still need to use the Command key for moving icons or removing them). But how does this happen? She comes Friday and leaves Sunday, yet it's like there's no time.
A big part of it has to be the distances and types of roads you need to cover around here. I just cannot get it across to city-dwellers just how insane the Borders is in terms of road networks amd public transport. There's a reason I drive a 190bhp car; I might not be able to legally drive at 140mph, but I damn well like being able to pass the people doing 40 when I get the slightest chance - driving the Astra fast, the road feels constricted - it's lovely when you're not in a rush, but if you have to cover ground, that 200-yard straight ceases to be the chance to get past the dithering tourist who is going to do the next 4 miles of bends at 35mph whilst braking for every corner.
Speaking of idiot tourists - there's three of you including the bus driver. The car's been waiting patiently for 15 minutes whilst you unload. You're all staring at the luggage lockers and being confused. The driver beeps and is smiling, and pointing at the back of the bus. Are they a: suddenly annoyed with your bus, at a bus station (temporary, but nevertheless clearly being used as such due to dead trains) being in their way, or are they b: trying to direct your attention to the three lonely bags on the opposite side of the bus that it takes you a further five minutes to find?
Focus on Imaging stuff is now being sorted though; losing my Manfrotto will soon cease to be an issue as I should get a new Gitzo for a while, but I am SO annoyed by losing my tripod during the lunar eclipse. I'm also looking for a "Charges four CRV3 batteries at once" solution for my Sigma SD10.
I'm gradually tidying up the upstairs chaos to free up rooms for decorating; the old computers have definitely reached critical mass, but also the dormer room needs the woodchip stripped and removed, plaster repairs where the roof leaked. Woodchip is evil.
Next weekend is Ed & Sarah's wedding, we don't have crash space in or near York; I'm perfectly geared up for doing an all-nighter on the drive but if anyone wants a visit fromsiani_hedgehog and myself, yell :)
After that aside from Bis I have no plans at the moment. Not sure what sort of plans I can afford to make at the moment, either - but I'm enjoying actually being sociable. It's a shame all the good people are SOUTH by a Bloody Long Way (TM). Whitby should be good, but it feels both Very Very Soon and A Long Time Away! I need to fill the time with more work, I think, of the productive variety.
What's the equivalent of the computer revolution of the 1970s and 80s now? I really wish I'd been the right age to be part of that; what am I missing out on at the moment? I look at the technology and the essential "Homebrewness" of old computers seems to be inaccessible for modern technology.
It seems like there just aren't enough hours in the day, at all -
jenova_red's new laptop should have been a chance to find all the latest Intel Mac offerings, but with the driving time, time to get organised the next day to get to the station - it was just about possible to prepare it for dual-booting and install a few setup applications. Hopefully she'll report her first experiences of Mac OS X over Windows, but she found a few things I didn't know about (dragging an application to the title bar in Finder adds it if you wait; no need for modifier keys as I understood it, though you still need to use the Command key for moving icons or removing them). But how does this happen? She comes Friday and leaves Sunday, yet it's like there's no time.A big part of it has to be the distances and types of roads you need to cover around here. I just cannot get it across to city-dwellers just how insane the Borders is in terms of road networks amd public transport. There's a reason I drive a 190bhp car; I might not be able to legally drive at 140mph, but I damn well like being able to pass the people doing 40 when I get the slightest chance - driving the Astra fast, the road feels constricted - it's lovely when you're not in a rush, but if you have to cover ground, that 200-yard straight ceases to be the chance to get past the dithering tourist who is going to do the next 4 miles of bends at 35mph whilst braking for every corner.
Speaking of idiot tourists - there's three of you including the bus driver. The car's been waiting patiently for 15 minutes whilst you unload. You're all staring at the luggage lockers and being confused. The driver beeps and is smiling, and pointing at the back of the bus. Are they a: suddenly annoyed with your bus, at a bus station (temporary, but nevertheless clearly being used as such due to dead trains) being in their way, or are they b: trying to direct your attention to the three lonely bags on the opposite side of the bus that it takes you a further five minutes to find?
Focus on Imaging stuff is now being sorted though; losing my Manfrotto will soon cease to be an issue as I should get a new Gitzo for a while, but I am SO annoyed by losing my tripod during the lunar eclipse. I'm also looking for a "Charges four CRV3 batteries at once" solution for my Sigma SD10.
I'm gradually tidying up the upstairs chaos to free up rooms for decorating; the old computers have definitely reached critical mass, but also the dormer room needs the woodchip stripped and removed, plaster repairs where the roof leaked. Woodchip is evil.
Next weekend is Ed & Sarah's wedding, we don't have crash space in or near York; I'm perfectly geared up for doing an all-nighter on the drive but if anyone wants a visit from
siani_hedgehog and myself, yell :)After that aside from Bis I have no plans at the moment. Not sure what sort of plans I can afford to make at the moment, either - but I'm enjoying actually being sociable. It's a shame all the good people are SOUTH by a Bloody Long Way (TM). Whitby should be good, but it feels both Very Very Soon and A Long Time Away! I need to fill the time with more work, I think, of the productive variety.
What's the equivalent of the computer revolution of the 1970s and 80s now? I really wish I'd been the right age to be part of that; what am I missing out on at the moment? I look at the technology and the essential "Homebrewness" of old computers seems to be inaccessible for modern technology.
