new baby

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gadgets, Mac Book Pro, miscellaneous, quotes, random, technology, writing

NO I haven’t been hiding a pregnancy from you, nor have I accrued a child any other way (pram stealing or buggy napping) but my big Mac (pun intended) has now  a little sister.

On Tuesday I bought a Mac Book Pro, something I have been longing for and  do need for my teaching job. Finally I had saved up enough and splurged on my new silver baby. The timing was crucial as it needed to be during the semester to still get a slight lecturers discount and before my trip to Berlin.

Now I can play with my new technical toy and enjoy being able to carry a mini office around with me. Thankfully Easter is giving me a few extra days to install all  things I need and spend time getting use to the smaller screen.

The only tiny problem I have with my beautiful new laptop is the fact that the charger for the battery is so big, and quite bulky. But then I’ll just take this opportunity to buy a little pretty bag to stow the cable in and which women doesn’t enjoy shopping for bags?

But for now I am just happy to look at my new baby and I can’t wait what magical things will appear on the screen, what enchanting words I’ll discover in the keyboard and what hidden treasures are just a mouse click a way.

And while I will refrain from taking it to bed with me to night or nibbling at it’s gorgeous exterior I can’t help but agree with the wonderful Steve Jobs:

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you’ll want to lick them

losing letters

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computers, gadgets, keyboard, miscellaneous, photograph, random, writing

At first the ‘e’ disappeared, then the ‘c’ went AWOL, after that the ‘w’ typed as ‘rt’ and when I hit ‘enter’ the letter ‘d’ just went for an unstoppable marathon down the page. It was the nightmare of every writer, my keyboard stopped working, started losing letters while the muse inspired.

So I had to save, reboot , replace the batteries but when the keyboard still was typing to its very own mispellt music, I packed it into my bag and went into town. My quest for a working ‘qwerty’ took me to the Mac store and was quickly disillusioned when I was told they don’t repair, especially when well out of warranty and then nearly dashed when the keyboards were out of stock.

Not wanting to be deterred, I decided to try my luck on the other side of the Liffey and PC World looked high and low till they found me a newly delivered and packed shiny new keyboard.  Clutching it with my restless fingers I waited to pay and suddenly realized I never asked the price. Luckily I had my credit card in my purse and although it hurt to spend most of my weekly budget on all those letters I decided it was worth it. After all I spend most of my day at my desk and a little bit of luxury for my fingertips is something i think I deserve.

So now I sit and type and as my fingers fly over the keyboard I enjoy the silk smooth texture and sparkling newness. Sadly the muse left while I was out and now I’ll never know what could have been if ‘qwerty’ hadn’t let me down.

a glimpse at my work in progress, and the new shiny keyboard