Limbo land

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Now they tell me the logic board is crapped out... necessitating another 3-4 days in the shop. (Thank Jeebus that I bought AppleCare.) I am seriously considering buying an iBook just so I never have to be without a backup again. And to be honest I have been thinking about getting a laptop for many months now. Maybe now is the time, as I may have more money coming in than expected. Then again, I may not.

In the meantime, my contract is up, so I decided to have one of my "pretend to be an academic" days at Brandeis, looking at books that I need to read to make the diss. into a book someday

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MAC

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You Mac people will defend those little nightmares until the ends of the earth ... why? why? why? What is so great about the Macintoshes?

Re: MAC

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I could say that this is the first time I have ever had a problem like this with a Mac in 15 years of owning them -- and this isn't costing me a dime....

Or I could say that I have owned them for 15 years and so am quite habituated to them...

Or I could say that Bill Gates is evil and almost any problem I've ever had with a Mac has been due to fuckups with Microsoft software...

Or I could say that most PCs are prone to problems that I don't understand or know how to remedy, and that the setup of the Mac makes sense to me...

But really, the answer is: they're purty.

At least, well-designed. This iBook that I have (for I did break down and buy it) is without a doubt the sleekest, niftyest piece of computer equipment I have ever used. The new iMacs with the dome bottom supporting a flat panel screen -- genius! I would have bought it if I needed a regular desktop unit, no question! And it has a G4 processor, incredibly fast.

Despite all of the problems that have followed, I find it neat that I could just open a panel in the back and snap in new memory units. That's the whole Mac aesthetic -- plug and play, simple to set up and use, and nice to look at.

As a designer, you should appreciate the lines and sleekness on this thing. The Macs being made today will someday be in the Smithsonian. They say something, in the same way that Art Deco designs really say something about the era in which they're made. It's the difference between a computer being an appliance and having some character.

But at the same time, you also have this aesthetic of "difficult=real" that I don't entirely understand (like the thing with stick shift driving).

So, maybe irrational, but I keep coming back to it somehow.

Overjoyed

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You know, that I think of you like a brother. I wish to god that I had been a better friend to you. Damn the shit that keeps us apart. Fuck this shit! Why can't you be in town? I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but I wish you and Mrs S. were here in town. Fuck. I fucked up! Mrs. S, was so great to be around the last time I saw her. I want to see you two again. You are so righteously in love sometimes, it was wonderful to see. And now you are having a baby! I am so proud! It will be such a beautiful baby! you are so lucky! But yoiu've worked hard to get the blessings you have.

I was thinking about you, and I hope that you are happy. That's all.

Re: Overjoyed

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I can't tell you the number of times that both of us have said, "God damn it, why can't Frank live around here?" It is hard not to think about it all the time.

Mrs. still remembers that you were the only person who told her she looked beautiful at the wedding... she'll always remember that. Don't ever give me no shite about better friend etc....

I will get out there some time. And you will get out here and see the baby. This will happen.

As for being lucky, I am trying really, really hard to have this not be one of those times that just floats by and then later, when I'm not as lucky, I think back and realize, damn, I was happy then. I am happy now. I hope you are finding your own happiness out there too in some measure...