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| 2009-11-27 14:13 |
| unexpected Hardware Squee - Sony e-book reader |
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Since this Wednesday, I'm the proud owner of a Sony PRS-505 e-book reader (in silver). I've been wary about e-book reading devices for a long time - expensive, incompatible proprietary formats, horribly overpriced e-books in Germany, DRM, intrusive companies (Amazon deleted bought books on the fly!) - but recently, Sony dropped the price for the key-operated device by a hundred euros, adopted the open standard epub along with its proprietary formats and - let's face it - the lack of inbuilt WiFi (in comparison to the Amazon devices) comes as a large plus with respect to my books & privacy, so...
( Squee! )
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current chapter word count: 5254
less again because I decided against the shower (and the fan service) and for the Seishiro-Makoto talk and some Subaru contemplation time
resulting in better characterization and more focus on the plot than the butt.
continuing with Subaru-Michiko (one scene given, since working speed is closer to normal now)
character in for a tough talk: Makoto
character clearing the premises: Subaru
character actually drawing an ofuda: Ameru
character more professionally savvy now: Michiko
quote of the day: His pulse. Not Sado's.
totally unrelated side-note: ( cut over drool tech )
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( On cleaning )
( On drool-tech (as in "to drool over" and "technology") )
I'm so looking forward to type in all the scribbles for chapter 17 that accumulated over the last few days. Granny Talk 2 got a makeover, and the intro to Daylight Sex is finally written. Though there's still a gap to be closed in that scene... :)
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current chapter word count: 6433
because of extensive tinkering in the first third of the chapter
resulting in better read, more liveliness of the plot
amount of chapter in continuous text: 75%
amount of chapter considered done: more than that, but there are fat gaps and skeletal scenes in between
research of the day: kamidana equipment
quote of the day: "Jasmine doesn't suit you."
Unrelated: Starting tomorrow (or probably Saturday, depending on exact time of arrival and amount of time moving takes) this shiny black'n'red baby is going to take a central place in my writing environment. Say "hi" to my new Samsung R560 Aura laptop, replacing my old (beloved) silver Samsung P30, which is facing retirement at my mom's desk after having been my companion for over five years. :)
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New shiny white teeth all in, all done, no longer "smile and the world runs screaming!" for me!
Yes! *rawr*
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It feels great...
...to have your data available again.
...to have more desk space than before (because 2 500 GB drives fit l&r under the TFT, whereas the 1TB drive box did not)
...to have two silver 4 USB 2.0 ports on top of each (I'm a physicist - we're suckers for symmetries!)
...to have now enough ports for all of my periphery at once!
...to have the whole system back behind high-grade surge protection (*)
...to have all the black & silver wires neatly bound back again
...to finally be able to focus on writing!
(*) yes, I'm paranoid. You should see my UPS!
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I finally went around and bought English TB in seven books. The first 4 arrived today. I *love* the bigger size, the color folding poster in the front and the glossary at the end (I didn't know about the last two things when deciding to spend the money!) Now if only books 3, 5, and 7 were here already...
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| 2007-11-05 19:59 |
| New Hardware Squee - USB Stick |
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| hardware, squee, usb |
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I got around and a new USB Stick, because I was kind of sick growling at my old 4 GB (Intenso) model for its *comfortable speed* (as in "comfortable for the usb stick, uncomfortable for my patience). And after a weekend of testing, running fat image-burdened openoffice docs (60 MBs +) right off of it, all I can say is: wow, despite its kind of embarassing brand name -- *cough*power-ram *cough* safe-stick *cough* -- and the weird sensation of having a blue flexible -- *cough* rubber *cough* -- USB stick that actually bounced when falling off the desk.
Of course, said blue rubber is the reason the thing is not only "drop-safe", but able to survive a trip through the washing machine (40°C, easy to clean), so yeah.
Maybe no glitzy optics, but cool performance! YeaH!
(and thanks to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) solo____ for calling my attention to the double entrende of it! *eg*)
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I finally got my little black (no, not from Dior; it's a Samsung Q45) laptop three days ago, but I was too busy with work, story posting, review answering, and overall daily life (eek) to give it it's deserved new hardware squee
It's small, black, shiny, powerful and lightweight with an acceptable battery life of 5+ hours!
Now I'll beat the OS into submission and start feeling mobile!
on a totally unrelated sidenote: the new version of Semagic (1.7.0.9) now also supports automatic tags on IJ. :)
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