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[02:14] What, and it's going downess
Date: 8/21/05 at 10:14AM
OK, it's been one of those exciting weekends, and there's still more to come. But first, a rant:
In a display of personal munificence I bought some speaks last weekend. To be precise a Logitech X-230. This was cool because now we have sound coming out of our (borrowed) computer. Unfortunately, said computer is running Windows 2something and as I didn't build it it has the default sounds turned on (which I turn off in my winnt.sif and never have to worry about normally). So anyway, there I was this morning eating my breakfast and checking out what music I wanted to put on my MP3 player, I open up explorer and click on C: ... *click* ... OtherDirectory ... *click* .... *MP3* ... click, at which point I started screaming at it, then I turned the default (aka crap) sound scheme off. Now my question is - who is so stupid that they would click on a directory and, in the time it takes to render the contents, completely forget what they were doing and require an audible prompt???? Let me present the scenario:
Characters:
- elBoxen: A default install W2x machine
- The Androgynous One : A Human Bean
Scene: A computer on a desk (elBoxen). A person (The Androgynous One) sits in front of the computer, mouse in hand...
Act 1: It Begins
The Androgynous One: I think I'll see what is in the "My Documents" folder, first I shall click on the folder
*clicks on folder*
The Androgynous One: Now we wait
nanoseconds later
The Androgynous Ones Brain: Oh SHIT, what were we doing....are we skydiving?!? SHIT!
elBoxen:CLICK
The Androgynous Ones Brain: Oh YEAH - waiting for a folder to load...let's click on another one...
nanoseconds later
The Androgynous Ones Brain: Oh SHIT....
*fade out*
Not likely really is it? Now I know I'm being a little melodramatic here (yes, just a little thank you). I know that the stupid clicky sound is actually the "Complete Navigation" event firing off. I can see there is possibly some leeway here in that a webpage might take longer to load than your directory full of files but it still pisses me off!
Right, onto more exciting news. I bought a bicycle yesterday. It was THE cheapest one I could find in the city that was still a legal purchase. I didn't want to get something bright and shiny because bicycle theft in this city is abundant. I also bought the plethora of locking devices on requires to cycle in modern-day London. A D-lock for securing the bike to something, a cable lock for securing the wheels/seat to the D-lock, another D-Lock to secure the first D-lock to something else in case the first thing gets cut/bent/removed and a small trailer to carry it all in.
I bought the thing because my Oyster card runs out on Monday and I'm not particularly keen on shelling out another 80 quid for the questionable privilege of ramming myself into a stinking, sweaty, overpopulated tube for "high-speed" transportation to somewhere close to where I want to be! I cycled in this morning in 14 minutes and 09 seconds - the Tube journey from Waterloo to Bank takes that long alone (including walking time form my house to Waterloo), it's another 5-7 minute walk from Bank up to where I'm working so so far most of me is happy - my tender buttocks are not so happy but they'll toughen up :)
Tonight we're off to see She Talks In Maths, a show by a lass named Eliza Lumley. She's a broadway singer and the show is launching her new album (of the same name). The album is "a re-working of songs by Radiohead". It sounds interesting and that's all we know about it. I'll let y'all know if she's any good!
One last thing, for those of you on the edge of your seats wondering where I left Bodies (the book, not the objects) - I haven't yet. It was pissing down on Friday and yesterday wasn't much better - not good weather for abandoning books to their fate in (even if they do have rain jackets - water resistant is NOT waterproof). Maybe when we go out tonight....