Tag: MacBook Air

A More Genteel View of My New Computer

That last picture I posted was a little graphic.  I wouldn’t want anyone to get the idea that my new computer is strictly an opportunistic predator.  I assure you, it can be socialized.  Here we see it enjoying a glass of gewürztraminer and the composition of some new fiction.

You see?  That one little evisceration was an isolated incident.  It is, by and large, a gentle little beast.  Speak to it in soothing tones and don’t let it see you carrying any Microsoft software, and everyone gets along just fine.

New Computer, New Desktop

As my Asus Eee netbook committed the kind of suicide that fills the room with the smell of burning plastic, I’ve switched to an 11-inch MacBook Air for on-the-go computing. My background on the Asus was an image from  Shaun Tan’s Tales Of Outer Suburbia, made available by Tor.com when he was nominated for the Best Artist Hugo award. It’s a lovely image, but new hardware and a new OS require a new decor. Tan’s drawing was intricately detailed and busy, so for the new laptop I’ve chosen something minimal and clean: the poster from my favorite movie, set against a matching background. (Finding images to use that don’t require background fills is a bit tricky; the 11-in. Air has a 1366 x 768 screen.)

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So thats my desktop.  Anyone else want to show theirs?