Since I started this blog, my real goal was to hit one post per day and try to keep that up over time. Clearly that has not happened and of late, it’s lucky when I get one a week. So what to do… what to do.
Well this here guy decided he would fix this problem the old-fashioned way: self bribery.
In case the photo above is not glaringly obvious enough, I am getting a new computer and it’s going to be a Mac. ‘Twas no easy decision for me as the son of 30 year IBM employee. I was there during the heady early days of home PCs when the mighty IBM PC was battling it out with the Apple IIe. It was a pitched and vicious battle, for sure.
But those days are long gone and I’ve been in need of a new computer as my trusty Dell desktop begins to sputter and fade a little more every day. So a brand spanking new 15” MacBook Pro is en route to me right now. FedEx still shows the damn thing in China with a Thursday delivery date… but damn it, I WANT IT NOW! *ahem*
The deal I made is that this would be the tool through which I build this blog and my overall on-line presence… umm, which is basically this blog and my Twitter account. I have told myself with a powerful laptop, I will be able to blog and do all this groovy social networking anywhere the moment I am struck by the muse’s song. I think this will be true for the most part… but I also know a decent chunk of me just likes having a new toy to play with. So I am expecting more posts on a regular basis to coming flowing from my gray matter down through my fast-typing fingers (seriously – I am uber-quick) and onto the Interwebz for your reading enjoyment.
Now excuse me while I Google the best coffee bar to take my MacBook and fully immerse myself in my new hipster persona. I’m writing the great American novel and pontificating on all things cool… obviously, you bourgeois swine.
Take a big bite of the Apple, my friend! Ah, another convert! I took the leap a little over two years ago and couldn’t be happier!! I have also been a relentless advocate! No more pop-ups, no more virus software, lightning fast connections and glorious graphics! This is not to say that you can’t remedy these issues on a PC but now you don’t even have to THINK about them and can focus on more important things – like entertaining the masses – oh, and me of course! P.S. Panera’s in G-Bury has some nice niches in which to work/play!
Maybe I will check out Panera… or I could just sidle on into Starbucks, order a trendy coffee and discuss Icelandic poetry in a condescending tone…