Because I can!

[rhythmaning]

So I am sitting in my kitchen writing this; and I have been surfing using a wireless connection.

This may not strike you as odd; except that my PC is not in the kitchen, and I do not have a wireless connection.

What I do have is my nice new shiny laptop, which finally arrived today. They tried to get it to me on Tuesday (when I was away) and Wednesday (when I was out) – not Dell’s fault, although the distribution company was a bit irritating: the driver rang me on my mobile on Tuesday, when I was on the train, and ignored my request not to deliver it the next day when I knew I wouldn’t be there. And it was very hard to get through to the delivery office…

But setting up my laptop was easy. Very easy. And the first thing it did when I switched it on was find a wireless connection, and logged me on. Which is very interesting – because as I said, I don’t have a wireless connection… Presumably one of my neighbours does, and I am piggy-backing on that – an open, unsecure connection, I guess.

Anyhow, it is amusing me no end!

There is one curious aspect though. As a kind of stand in, when I wasn’t sure whether I would need a laptop or not, I picked up a secondhand PDA, which is like a mini-laptop – a third-size keyboard. It is a bit heavy for my pockets, but I have been carrying it with me and writing in some different places – bars and cafes and trains. (Well, different for me.)

This laptop creates the same kind of mood.

But there is one difference: the PDA has a touch-screen. And I keep poking the screen of my laptop to move the cursor, as I would with the PDA…

Comments

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

I actually think I might like Macs and MacOS. I have thought about Linux just because I support open source and the DIY aspect - except that I think the DIY might be beyond me!