Big News!
I got a new computer!
Right, it's not "I got a job!" big, but hey, when your old computer tells you to speak up every time you ask it to do something and grudgingly acquiesces while telling you there are some damn kids on the lawn, it's time to put Gramps in the Home. (The Home is currently the chair next to me, but Mom may take it eventually, since she doesn't really do much other than check her e-mail.) It just got to a point where I couldn't do work. As some of you know, I've been working as the booking manager for my friend's quartet, which requires me to have at least two browsers open, each with multiple tabs. This afternoon, I had two browsers, three Word documents and a spreadsheet open. If I had asked my old computer to do that, it would have taken five minutes for it to navigate between things. On my new computer, I blinked and it was done! Miraculous! It actually isn't new, but new to me. I went to NY this weekend and bought it at Computer Overhauls, which sells refurbished computers for a fraction of the price.
I'm still getting used to the keyboard, which is just enough different from my old one, but it's no big deal. I am so thrilled not to have to struggle to work. Now, to get all my stuff off the old one!
In other news, this was the first time I've been to NY in more than a year that did not include my cello! I could have walked all over Manhattan and not noticed! And since there was no cello, I went and saw Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, which is in the process of being completely remodeled. The photo in the link is of the new building. It is so awesome. A-L said that being in Juilliard, which is behind the Hall, is like being on the bridge of the Enterprise. I'm hoping to take an architectural tour when I go up for my next lesson in March. After purchasing the computer, which took less time than expected, we walked down to FIT to see the Gothic exhibit. Of course, as we walked in we were distracted by Seduction, an exhibit of beautiful dresses. Okay, it's more in depth than that; there's a brief overview of underwear from the 1700s (including a glorious embroidered corset) and there are many accessories (including shoes!). But it's really just beautiful dresses. Then we went downstairs to see the Gothic exhibit, which was fascinating. The link leads to the press release, which includes photos, as the exhibit closed the day we were there. Which super sucks because we didn't get much time to see it and the guards started pushing people out shortly before 5. But in the first room there were displays of full Victorian mourning dresses and the dress Mina wore in Dracula. Some of the dresses were not to my taste, but they were fascinating nonetheless. I really wish we'd gotten more time to see it.
If I'd brought my cello, there would have been no way I could have seen Alice Tully Hall and gone through FIT. Especially FIT, since I was running into people just with my backpack! But really, the highlight was my new computer. :)
Right, it's not "I got a job!" big, but hey, when your old computer tells you to speak up every time you ask it to do something and grudgingly acquiesces while telling you there are some damn kids on the lawn, it's time to put Gramps in the Home. (The Home is currently the chair next to me, but Mom may take it eventually, since she doesn't really do much other than check her e-mail.) It just got to a point where I couldn't do work. As some of you know, I've been working as the booking manager for my friend's quartet, which requires me to have at least two browsers open, each with multiple tabs. This afternoon, I had two browsers, three Word documents and a spreadsheet open. If I had asked my old computer to do that, it would have taken five minutes for it to navigate between things. On my new computer, I blinked and it was done! Miraculous! It actually isn't new, but new to me. I went to NY this weekend and bought it at Computer Overhauls, which sells refurbished computers for a fraction of the price.
I'm still getting used to the keyboard, which is just enough different from my old one, but it's no big deal. I am so thrilled not to have to struggle to work. Now, to get all my stuff off the old one!
In other news, this was the first time I've been to NY in more than a year that did not include my cello! I could have walked all over Manhattan and not noticed! And since there was no cello, I went and saw Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, which is in the process of being completely remodeled. The photo in the link is of the new building. It is so awesome. A-L said that being in Juilliard, which is behind the Hall, is like being on the bridge of the Enterprise. I'm hoping to take an architectural tour when I go up for my next lesson in March. After purchasing the computer, which took less time than expected, we walked down to FIT to see the Gothic exhibit. Of course, as we walked in we were distracted by Seduction, an exhibit of beautiful dresses. Okay, it's more in depth than that; there's a brief overview of underwear from the 1700s (including a glorious embroidered corset) and there are many accessories (including shoes!). But it's really just beautiful dresses. Then we went downstairs to see the Gothic exhibit, which was fascinating. The link leads to the press release, which includes photos, as the exhibit closed the day we were there. Which super sucks because we didn't get much time to see it and the guards started pushing people out shortly before 5. But in the first room there were displays of full Victorian mourning dresses and the dress Mina wore in Dracula. Some of the dresses were not to my taste, but they were fascinating nonetheless. I really wish we'd gotten more time to see it.
If I'd brought my cello, there would have been no way I could have seen Alice Tully Hall and gone through FIT. Especially FIT, since I was running into people just with my backpack! But really, the highlight was my new computer. :)