I'm such an idiot. My office has windows and a door (obviously). When the wind's blowing, the unequal air pressure sends things flying.
Today, what went flying when a colleague walked in was one of my framed pictures. What it hit was my lovely Apple MacBook Pro. Terrible cracks in the glass and a dent in the body. The machine's still working, but I' m looking at £150+ repairs. I'm such an idiot. What a waste of a large amount of money. Looks like the book diet's back on.
Showing posts with label Macbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macbook. Show all posts
Monday, 20 September 2010
Monday, 14 June 2010
Macritte
I've attached this decal to my MacBook, as I'm a fan of Magritte's work and thought it was witty. The designer has it laser-etched onto his machine - wish I had access to such technology.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Just because I can
Going home, despite its drawbacks, has its advantages: digital TV (reminds me that multichannel = lots more of nothing on), wood fires, a fat kitten (which apparently tries to get at the snooker balls on the television screen) and mother's new MacBook Pro. I'm very attached to my 7 year-old iBook, but it's starting to struggle. A MacBook keeps appearing in my dreams (largely, it must be said, enabling me to mark endless essays) and now I'll have to buy one… In the meantime, I'm just playing with this wonderful machine.
So, apart from marking, what have I been up to that I'd want to share with the world? Well, reading. I know, I know. It's a crazy zany mixed-up world. How about if I said I was reading TO THE EXTREME!!!!!? NU-reading? Reading to the MAX? Mm… perhaps not.
What have I been reading? While marking, I read stuff that I'll never have to teach. Recently it's been Norman Spinrad's Child of Fortune, a really interesting exploration of the hippy ideal and where it went wrong - set in space (which is very 60s in itself). I've also read Burgess's End of the World News which is fun and interesting, and now I'm on Francis Wheen's Strange Days, his history of the paranoia and weirdness of the British political scene in the 1970s. Highly recommended.
So, apart from marking, what have I been up to that I'd want to share with the world? Well, reading. I know, I know. It's a crazy zany mixed-up world. How about if I said I was reading TO THE EXTREME!!!!!? NU-reading? Reading to the MAX? Mm… perhaps not.
What have I been reading? While marking, I read stuff that I'll never have to teach. Recently it's been Norman Spinrad's Child of Fortune, a really interesting exploration of the hippy ideal and where it went wrong - set in space (which is very 60s in itself). I've also read Burgess's End of the World News which is fun and interesting, and now I'm on Francis Wheen's Strange Days, his history of the paranoia and weirdness of the British political scene in the 1970s. Highly recommended.
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Take a bite
I know I'll lose most of you now, but yesterday was a glorious one for Apple Mac users: new iPhones (time to get one), a stunning new OS coming in September, and radically upgraded laptops - I'll be replacing this 7 year-old iBook with one of these beasts in September, thanks to the education discount we can all get.
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