Shiny.

[beowabbit]

Poor impulse control + tragically easy credit + (relatively) low cost = shiny

Should arrive shortly after Arisia.

Comments

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

-I blame myself. Just don't absent-mindedly put it in a backpack and lose it.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

So whatcha gonna use it for? Or did that not enter into the process? :)

(See you soon!)

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Looks like it would make a pretty paperweight.

[beowabbit]

It’s a little large for a paperweight, and a little light for a doorstop. Oh, well, I guess I’ll have to type stuff on it.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

bookend?

[beowabbit]

Too short for a bookend. Too heat-sensitive for a trivet. Insufficiently aerodynamic for a frisbee. Too hard and unyielding, and with too many sharp parts inside for a chew toy. No handle, so it won't work as a paddle.

Maybe if it has some LEDs on it it'll work out as a nightlight.

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

*grin*

I like the way you think.

[beowabbit]

The theory is that it’s going to become my primary workstation, and my Linux box is going to get turned on to do Linux-specific stuff, access hardware on it, and play Unreal Tournament (unless I can find that for the Mac for cheap). Most of the Unixy things I care about will still work on the Mac.

(It’ll be a little weird having the machine I sit at be a different architecture from aq.org; I think it’s going to feel a bit more like being my own ISP, and my own customer, than it does now. :-)

precious...

[(Anonymous)]

Look at that, Apple's strategy actually works.

They're adorable little systems. What duty will yours be pulling?

-d.d-

ps -- hi and hugs!

Re: precious...

[beowabbit]

Hi and hugs! Where are you these days? We should get together sometime!

Glad you’re still reading me. :-)

[qlewkr.livejournal.com]

You did it! oooh, I'm so excited for you.

[keyne.livejournal.com]

/me jealouses :-)

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

they are soooooo CUTE!!!

i am contemplating. and then just using it as a secondary system to run CAD and stuff on. hrm...... i could do that if i could hook my laptop to it......

n.

[beowabbit]

You can’t, if by “hook your laptop to it” you mean use the keyboard and screen of your laptop on it. But USB keyboards and mice are pretty cheap, and if you asked for a monitor on your LJ or craigslist you might find somebody with a spare one, since it costs people money to have CRT monitors hauled away.

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

ooooo.

i still have my old iMac keyboard. and i have the mouse that i use with my laptop....

i will wait until my school money comes in. and maybe if i can't get a flat screen (which i'd prefer) i'll just order one.

i maaaaaaay do this.

[continues contemplating]

n.

[spwebdesign.livejournal.com]

Apple has such a great marketing department!

[cathijosephine.livejournal.com]

Totally off topic, but this is awesome! http://www.livejournal.com/community/crochet/1742398.html?style=mine#cutid1

[beowabbit]

That is awesome, and so are the "learn to crochet" links in that communities userinfo. I've joined. Thanks!

[cathijosephine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'll flood your friendslist, but I'm loving it so far.