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Aug. 17th, 2008
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Aug. 17th, 2008 12:49 pmNecessity being the mother of _something_ this morning I set out into the big wide world in search of a wifi hotspot. It lead me to a spot in Park Slope not too far off my usual stomping ground up and down Seventh Avenue called the Tea Lounge. It's very very hard to remember that I'm not sitting in the Mercantile in Northampton - the vibe here is very similar.
Spent a good part of last night playing with Dad's iPhone. I still want one, but totally realize I cant afford one right now unless I won the lottery. Not the phone itself, but the data plan that goes with it is so powerful that I can't even really conceptualize how much THAT costs. But.... aaaagggh, they are SO COOL. Maybe I'll look more closely into an iPod Touch, as it has much the same functionality.
I set Dad up with his first honest to goodness ever email address last night too. Now I can keep up with everyone in my family electronically, finally. That'll be nice... I love Dad, but I hate talking to him on the phone.
I'm not sure how this lack of internet's gonna affect vacation time, as I'm rather fabulously stressed out without it. I don't think I'm going to resort to cutting it short or anything, though the thought crossed my mind. In the meantime, I've found this place, the library will be open tomorrow, and with any luck a little bit of time up at the stronghold. On the other hand, i do find it a little sobering how jacked in my existence has become - maybe having to forcibly to deal with a lack of it will be good for me. I know less computer time will be probably a good thing, as both my wrists, after last week's marathon computing horror, are doing something very alarming. Gods. The last thing I need at this point are wrist problems. >:( Especially while ibuprofen's on the verboten list.
Speaking of which. Got some pills to take. More later.
Spent a good part of last night playing with Dad's iPhone. I still want one, but totally realize I cant afford one right now unless I won the lottery. Not the phone itself, but the data plan that goes with it is so powerful that I can't even really conceptualize how much THAT costs. But.... aaaagggh, they are SO COOL. Maybe I'll look more closely into an iPod Touch, as it has much the same functionality.
I set Dad up with his first honest to goodness ever email address last night too. Now I can keep up with everyone in my family electronically, finally. That'll be nice... I love Dad, but I hate talking to him on the phone.
I'm not sure how this lack of internet's gonna affect vacation time, as I'm rather fabulously stressed out without it. I don't think I'm going to resort to cutting it short or anything, though the thought crossed my mind. In the meantime, I've found this place, the library will be open tomorrow, and with any luck a little bit of time up at the stronghold. On the other hand, i do find it a little sobering how jacked in my existence has become - maybe having to forcibly to deal with a lack of it will be good for me. I know less computer time will be probably a good thing, as both my wrists, after last week's marathon computing horror, are doing something very alarming. Gods. The last thing I need at this point are wrist problems. >:( Especially while ibuprofen's on the verboten list.
Speaking of which. Got some pills to take. More later.
So. All was well, Id found Internet cafe, I'd checked on stuff, I had a general plan for the next couple days, and then I shut the laptop and stuffed it away.
Yeah. The next time I opened it? Moire pattern all over the screen. The computer's still usable, but the display is seriously fucked up, and is from bootup on through windows. It won't display flat black anymore: I get this odd blue and black checkerboard pattern. Even more alarmingly, it changes when I tap the side, which indicates a hardware problem. This was confirmed by running system restore a couple of times. So either the motherboard or the video card (if by some miracle the two are separate) has gone fucko bazoo, and me not being a hardware person, I'm rather effectively screwed. Suggestions are welcome.
This is doing nothing for my general anxiety, which has been at terror alert yellow since getting here and finding no internets, and is now a quite lovely shade of orange. Balls. Honestly I'd had a bad bad feeling about this trip since Friday, and so far it hasn't let up much. :(
In good news, after leaving the Tea Lounge, I spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out over at Ruthy's watching Olympics and ribbing each other as is protocol when hanging out with ones older sister. Even managed to get a little bit of a workout in, as if I hadn't been getting a bitching amount of exercise walking places today. Throw 30 minutes on her buildings gym elliptical onto it. Afterwards I had a lovely adventure with her shower and the curtain's propensity of falling down at the most inconvenient times, and much yelling and smacking of the aforementioned computer.
Now there is coffee and me thinking about heading home for the evening and helping Dad retrieve the emails I've sent him throughout the day, and trying not to have a complete meltdown over the computer situation... Of all the things I did not need going wrong.... *sigh*
Yeah. The next time I opened it? Moire pattern all over the screen. The computer's still usable, but the display is seriously fucked up, and is from bootup on through windows. It won't display flat black anymore: I get this odd blue and black checkerboard pattern. Even more alarmingly, it changes when I tap the side, which indicates a hardware problem. This was confirmed by running system restore a couple of times. So either the motherboard or the video card (if by some miracle the two are separate) has gone fucko bazoo, and me not being a hardware person, I'm rather effectively screwed. Suggestions are welcome.
This is doing nothing for my general anxiety, which has been at terror alert yellow since getting here and finding no internets, and is now a quite lovely shade of orange. Balls. Honestly I'd had a bad bad feeling about this trip since Friday, and so far it hasn't let up much. :(
In good news, after leaving the Tea Lounge, I spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out over at Ruthy's watching Olympics and ribbing each other as is protocol when hanging out with ones older sister. Even managed to get a little bit of a workout in, as if I hadn't been getting a bitching amount of exercise walking places today. Throw 30 minutes on her buildings gym elliptical onto it. Afterwards I had a lovely adventure with her shower and the curtain's propensity of falling down at the most inconvenient times, and much yelling and smacking of the aforementioned computer.
Now there is coffee and me thinking about heading home for the evening and helping Dad retrieve the emails I've sent him throughout the day, and trying not to have a complete meltdown over the computer situation... Of all the things I did not need going wrong.... *sigh*
