Green Violet

…but enjoying it greatly nonetheless. I’ve had a laptop since it was my sole computer: a Titanium MacBook circa 2001 or so (550 MHz, 20GB HD). The past several years it’s been an occasional internet music streamer or portable DVD player and not much else. I didn’t have a wireless set-up (years ago had an early Airport which had since been sold) and hadn’t replaced the ancient original battery in the laptop (which made it impractical for remote use — if you wanted more than 15 minutes you needed to be near a plug).

But within the past week or two I’ve invested about $90 in a new battery, about $60 for an 11g card — the highest it will take (less the $50 rebate I’ll get for turning in the old 11a card), and about $99 for an Airport Express (11n out) wireless device.

On the “out and about” end of things, I’ve recently had one and will have another client meeting using the laptop.

But to the genesis of this post. I am lying back in M’s hammock in the shade of the pergola in the back garden, browsing inspiration sites to generate some trains of thought for a new (self) project, listening to birds twitter and coo whilst watching the leaves tremble in the gentle breezes.

I think I’ve “got” this laptop thing you’ve spoken about, D.

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