Cool!
I now have about a half-hour train ride each way to work, so I've been using mine to write fiction while on the train. (I may buy one of those mobile hotspot thingies so I can has internets on choo-choo as well.)
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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tommyrot - Feb 24, 2011 9:16:04 am PST #16119 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
le nubian - Feb 24, 2011 9:34:45 am PST #16120 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
you must have a mind like a steel trap. If I don't have 2-3 hours to write, I cannot write anything.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2011 9:46:26 am PST #16121 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Heh. Writing on the train does make the time fly. Often I'm like, "Wait, we're already here? Shit." One of these days I'm gonna miss my stop.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2011 9:50:08 am PST #16122 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION, I've volunteered to fix a friend's broken MacBook LCD display. Anybody ever buy Apple laptop screens online? These are what she's found:
eta: from first link:
For this listing, we will ship you a brand new OEM Compatible LCD screen manufactured either by Samsung, LG, Chi Mei, Chunghwa, Sharp, or AUOptronics.
Does that sound good?
Gudanov - Feb 24, 2011 9:59:27 am PST #16123 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Sometimes I write stuff in 10 minute bits, 'cause that's the only time I got.
NoiseDesign - Feb 24, 2011 11:55:32 am PST #16124 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I adore my 11" MacBook Air. I'm pretty amazed at how much power this little wonder can pack. I've even been able to do some audio editing on it in ProTools with no issues.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Feb 24, 2011 12:04:22 pm PST #16125 of 25501
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
New Macbook Pros today with first use of Thunderbolt (Light Peak) connector.
More interesting to me though is that with the developer release of OSX Lion, they've discovered a whole bunch of support of resolution independence which is paving the way for retina-display level pixel-density monitors. [link]
Monitors like that may be a year or more away but that's just dandy by me. I just need mine to last until they're released.
tommyrot - Feb 24, 2011 12:07:24 pm PST #16126 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
paving the way for retina-display level pixel-density monitors.
I can't wait!
Or maybe I can, until the MacBook Pro has one of those high pixel-density displays.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Feb 24, 2011 12:18:40 pm PST #16127 of 25501
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
I would imagine the MacBook will see it before I get mine. They're talking about retina displays for the iPad (though #2 or #3 is a source of debate) so the leap in size from an iPad to a Macbook isn't that bad.
I, on the other hand, await a 23"+ retina display. I may have a bit of a wait.
Theodosia - Feb 24, 2011 12:32:41 pm PST #16128 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
This seems like a good place to ask... for my Mobile Apps class I need temporary use of a Mac that will run the latest version of OSX -- my 6yo iBook, which is fine for most things, won't run the Apple SDK for the iPhone apps portion of the curriculum.
Ideally, I'd love to borrow a more modern Mac laptop of any kind whatsoever for about two months. I'd treat it obsessively well, guard it with my LIFE, and sing it to sleep each night, and only install the SDK IDE for my actual class work. I could pay for safe shipping both ways, which has to be an order of magnitude less expensive than buying a new and/or used one.