June 04, 2003
Frrrrreeeedom!
Posted by Jess in
Geek Humor
My laptop arrived yesterday, and it didn't take me long to get all set up with a wireless access point and be ready to go. I've set up more laptops for other people than I'd care to say. I've never had one myself. There's nothing worse than having to give up a really fun toy five minutes after getting hooked on it.
Oh. My.
At the moment, it's 7AM and I am in the living room sipping coffee (well, okay, that was a lie. Chugging with a vengeance is more like it). What's different this morning you say? Why, I'm also typing this blog right now from my living room futon.
I wish I could say that developing is the only thing I plan to do in my living room, deck, or dining room.
As Matt jokingly pointed out to me yesterday, "we can now play Game Show Network's Interactive Lingo!"
We can also look up people on IMDB when we think of them to see if they are still alive.
We can settle bets a heckuva lot faster to see if a certain actor was in a certain movie.
I can be outside when Weatherbug changes a degree to see if I can actually notice a difference.
We can email companies immediately when we approve/disapprove of a particular ad, or are just left scratching our heads saying "what"?*
And lastly, we can check the Easter Egg Archive whenever we put a new DVD in.
*Matt and I are very interested in ad effectiveness, we sent off an email after seeing an anti-marijuana ad stating "Marijuana. It won't get you nowhere." So we sent them an email saying, "ah, so it WILL get us somewhere."
They sent a terse email back with one statement: "We get your point."
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"I wish I could say that developing is the only thing I plan to do in my living room, deck, or dining room."
why do you wish this? ;-)
its high time for wifi in my house, but i lack the necessary venture-type capitalage. last night i was writing on the laptop while we were watching tv (i'm getting more creative with the use of my time) and my daughter was typing letters into a word doc (blue letters dadddy! orange letters!), and asking to see the Bear in the Big Blue House web site, and i kept having to explain that we weren't hooked up to the internet. actually it was a relief, i can only take so much of children's web stuff... hehe. but still, kinda wish we had the wifi thing happening.
you guys must keep us updated on whether being hooked up to the net while on the futon turns out to be a good thing (as in quality of life upgraded) or not. :-)
Yay for you on the laptop and WiFi!
Personal opinion on being hooked up around the house? Yippppeeeee! As much time as I do actually spend working from my desk, I also spend a fair amount of time at the kitchen counter, on the couch, or in the backyard -- and love every second that I can be a little more free. :-)
So far I seem to LOVE it! My favorite part so far is the morning coffee on the futon with my laptop on my lap. :-)
It's worth it just for that alone. I love my mornings, and to not have to be cooped up in the office is beyond measure!
i have to admit it sounds rather wonderful.
:-)
yay Jess!
BTW- excellent choice of words: "to be cooped up" ;-)
