More tiny computer! and other random stuff

[corilannam]

My tiny computer arrived this morning! Although I am at work, and indeed have much work to do, I have taken it out of its box and caressed it and plugged it in to charge. It's the first non-desktop I've ever bought, and it's right there under my desk being all tiny and cute.

Thanks to everyone for your wise advice in my last post. I ended up getting neither of the two netbooks I was looking at before. Best Buy wanted to charge me an arm and a leg for tax and shipping, so I went over to browse at Amazon and found something that would cost only a little more total, but would solve my conflict about the keyboard, HD space, and processor speed. For the curious, it's an Asus Eee PC 1000HA (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM (but I'm upgrading to 2 GB tonight), 160 GB Hard Drive). Pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

Now I just have to name it.

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Can I just say, of all the Duran Duran members past, present, and future to show up on Twitter? It just figures that it would be Andy freakin' Taylor.

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Just in time for the new computer, my Merlin big bang story is eating through my brain like acid. I just hope it lasts long enough to actually get written, instead of stalling out like the majority of my longer stories. This has gotten to the point of becoming a phobia now.

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I can't bear to look at Starbuck anymore, so I made a couple of new "stuck at work" icons. This is the first one. It definitely evokes how I've been feeling at my job this week.

Comments

[batagur.livejournal.com]

*pouts*

But I still love Andy Taylor. He will always be the DD lead guitarist of my high school wonder years.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Oh, he's still the lead guitarist of my obsession years! I just find it entertaining that he's the first to jump on Twitter, given his rocky history with other social media.

[careless-smile.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new computer!

Did you get a follow request from Andy Taylor too? I haven't logged into Twitter, but I got a request email earlier.

I hope you get your Merlin fic written!

[semibold.livejournal.com]

Heh, I wonder if I'll get one, since I have the line "still waiting for John Taylor to marry me" in my profile.

I can't imagine Andy being able to write something in 140 characters or less.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think 140 characters is perfect for him. Forces him to be mostly coherent.

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

And yeah, I sure did get a follow request from him. It was a little weird to get the email! I guess he's auto-following everyone now -- I'm sure that will change once he hits some of the crazier Duranies again. *g*

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

Yay new toy!!! You will love having a laptop. Do you have wireless?

-J

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

I sure do! And I do have another laptop that I inherited from a very generous friend a while back, but it's large and I worry about banging it around too much. Since I've been traveling a fair amount lately, it seemed to make sense to get a cheap little netbook to take on the trains and planes--and even locally if I want to go somewhere pleasant and write.

I'm excited! :-D

[mistressd1971.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the tiny new toy!

Hmmmm. No follow request from Andy Taylor. Should I be hurt?

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And I'm sure you'll get a request eventually -- if not, try not to let your heart break too badly. ;-)

[mistressd1971.livejournal.com]

I'm weeping into my wine glass as we speak . . .

[luckycloverg69.livejournal.com]

Congrats for the tiny computer! ^^

So Andy is in Twitter? Did he write anything? :O

*lots of hugs*

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Yes, he's been chattering away from his studio. Very entertaining -- http://twitter.com/AndyTaylorSonic

[luckycloverg69.livejournal.com]

Hehehee, thanks for the link! :D

And Happy Easter!

[fanofall.livejournal.com]

That is the very same tiny computer that I just purchased! Don't you want to cuddle it and pet it lovingly?

[corilannam.livejournal.com]

I do! I really do! In fact, while I was waiting for something to install last night, I suddenly realized that I was absentmindedly stroking next to the touchpad with my thumb. *g*