I’m thinking of buying a new computer. Of course, I’ve been thinking of buying a new computer for a year, but this time I’m thinking of buying one this very week, since I’ve found a nice new G4 on sale for about $1300. Strangely enough, this will be considerably less than I spent for much less machine four years ago.
Of course, my move into the USB universe will require new peripherals, etc., so it’s not like I’ll get off quite as cheaply as the above might suggest. But it sure would be nice to be able to open big files and not to worry (for a while at least) about cataclysmic disasters involving my hard drive. It would be great to get DSL without having to buy a new card and without worrying whether it would do any good with my wheezing old 1995 machine.
And why not spend all this money right now? My finances are always precarious, but this way I’d be broke with a much faster computer. That’s an improvement, right?
Maybe it’s time for the first annual Planet SOMA Pledge Drive. I could insert pledge breaks right in the middle of all my most popular pages, making appeals to guilt and offering overpriced premiums. For a $10 pledge, I could offer an autographed JPEG. For $25, a color copy of my Best of the Bay award from 1998. And $100 could get you a cum-stained jockstrap or a pair of official Planet SOMA used Nikes. But I hate to think what I might have to do (or to whom) for $500.
It could work, couldn’t it? Or did I piss everyone off yesterday with my email sabbatical?
Things I love today:
- Christmas leftovers
- The triumphant return of Bringdown.com
- Blue Oyster Cult
Things I hate today:
- “In the Heat of the Night” at 6:00 instead of 5:00 on TNT
- Michelina’s Signature frozen entreees
- The new condo-loft project which is about to obscure the Herb Caen mural on Mission Street
- This damned “freezing cold inthe morning but warm in the afternoon” weather which renders a coat first a necessity and then a burden