Sorry, couldn't help throwing a vague U2 reference in there... (Strange, but I've actually softened to Pop over the years...)
And, of course, a very bad reference to the "2012 Phenomenon", as it's come to be known. This round of wackiness just floors me. You wonder how anyone with even the slightest scintillation of brain function could believe this hokum... But, then again, look at the education system in this country...
Anyway, I've been a bit reticent to post much... Just didn't seem to be the time for prattling on about computers, pens, and other silliness...
But, as it's the end of the world (OK, I'll stop), I thought I'd drop off a few notes...
Guess I should note that I picked up (and somewhat assembled) a new computer. (yeah, yeah...) Again, another bit of a collector's item, this one being an HP TC1100 tablet hybrid. This was a rather cool little notebook/tablet computer system made c.2005-2006. Apparently, HP took the design from a Compaq model they got after acquiring Compaq. They seem to have fixed many of the problems with the earlier system, and made a handy little road warrior system out of it.
The TC1100 comes with a detachable keyboard (which can also be folded up under the screen for tablet use). When it's set up for standard keyboard use, it sort of looks like a miniature desktop system. Rather cool. My only major complaint is that you can only use the tablet with a special stylus (which I had to track down separately.) It uses a special version WinXP, which doesn't thrill me in the least. But it's a cool, and capable little computer. Mine came with OpenOffice on it, which isn't really useful for the stylus stuff, but it works. It may get dragged into courthouses with me, next year. (I hope...)
I'd throw up some photos of the little HP, but they're on my MBP, and I'm using my Powerbook G4 right now. The reason for that is I was trying to get an old version of Macromedia Director set up to run under Classic. Alas, the version I recently grabbed from Macintosh Garden was archived oddly, and you require an alternate unarchiving package. After fighting with this for a while, I put the project on hold. (I did find/grab the proper software package, but I'd lost my enthusiasm by then...)
I have so many things I really need to do...
Funny, how all those things get put off...
Especially right at the end of the world...
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