A treat

Exciting, slightly nerdy news, I have a new computer! Holly has been superseded (hopefully she will find a good home with my parents, who are still running Windows 95). It was a nice day. I went for a picnic, then a walk. Then a coffee. Then went to catch the ferry home, and happened to walk past the Apple store ... actually it was all planned. And I had an encouraging friend with me just in case I lost my nerve. I spent the picnic rehearsing the pros and cons with her. Some people can only ever see the positive side of life; these are good people to take with you when buying expensive treats.

Anyway. I now have Holly2. We made sure she saw the sights on the way home.

 

 

 

My trip home reminded me of the story about the man who found a penguin in the street. He brought it to the police station but the sergeant was busy and suggested the man take the penguin to the zoo. The next day the same policeman passed the man in the street, who was walking alongside the penguin. Both the man and the penguin had sunglasses on and were holding ice-creams. "I thought you were taking him to the zoo!" the surprised policeman exclaimed. "I did, and he loved it," the man replied, "so today we're going to the beach."

Comments

[Philippa]

Ohhh you will love Holly2. I am slightly jealous. Let me know if you ever find the pound sign on the keyboard, or you will spend the rest of your life writing "quid" ENJOY.

[ianbee]

Well it helps if you dont buy your computer in Singapore! I get £ by pressing shift-3. Although the button says # (which I get by pressing alt-3). If you set your keyboard to British I think youll get £ whatever is written on 3. Otherwise hit alt-everything and hunt for it! I remember it did cause some consternation originally.

[C Saunders]

Is it 20', 24' or 27'?

We have 24' and a nice little Time Capsule for backing up and wireless access...

Keeps the Wife Happy.

Are you working Christmas day again?
Or do you have time to play on your new iMac?

[ianbee]

21.5 - big enough! Cant believe how good my photos look on it!

Not working Christmas. Will have a day with friends annoying them with tales of winter traditions.

[Philippa]

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Yay! Thanks Ian!