Hellooo Internets

[saavedra77]

I nursed seven years of life out of my last laptop, so long that software updates had long since become unavailable and the hardware's performance had become decidedly wonky. Toward the end, the machine wouldn't even start, half the time. I more or less gave up on the old thing, during the summer, turning instead to stolen moments of free time and bandwidth at work, and to internet cafes. Neither situation exactly made me feel all that writerly.

Well, after some scrimping and saving, I finally bought myself a brand-new MacBook with all the bells and whistles: Mac OS X Leopard, Wi-Fi card, DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive, iTunes, iPhoto, etc.

So I'm savoring the pleasure of surfing wirelessly from home and looking forward to spending a lot more time with them intarwebs, while the rain it raineth every day, this winter.

Also, really looking forward to checking out this whole "YouTube" thing ...

Comments

that YouTube thing

[drglam]

Some current favorites of mine:

Attenborough on birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y
levitating frog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-xw_fmB2KA
a musical rant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM
Alanis covers "My Humps"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W91sqAs-_-g
Brokeback Rotation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFjG3TdaGbE
Cat herders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdwrYiNJc_E

Re: that YouTube thing

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Yay! It worked! I feel so plugged in, now.

I just saw this one (OMG!)

[drglam]

Portuguese singer David Fonseca covers "Rocket Man". He's obviously lipsynching in the video.

Backwards.

Re: I just saw this one (OMG!)

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

... boggles ...

[cakeface.livejournal.com]

A few more to get you started:

A bit of Fry and Laurie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_yXtaICt3Y&mode=related&search=)

THe history of LOLcats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jDfSqtG2E4&eurl=http://slog.thestranger.com/)

A seriously insane cockatoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utkb1nOJnD4)

How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9jJyhu0qOw)

Baby panda sneeze (a classic!) (http://youtube.com/watch?v=jx9szd8DK4k)

Bunny show jumping (no really) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPOdffkkLo&mode=related&search=)

La grua y la jirafa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAjeBshr0pc)

[saavedra77.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I've clearly been missing a world of silly. :)

[verbicide.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! A new computer is a thing of joy!