Botheration!
Apr. 30th, 2008 10:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
As I walked past the building site around the new School of Informatics building, I tore the sleeve of my coat on a bit of fence. As this is the coat I wear when visiting companies and other posh places, I'm going to have to buy a new one. This is very irritating. I'm not sure which annoys me most; having to spend the money or having to spend the time and effort to find a new coat that I like.
Probably the time is the more important, as it's time that I basically don't have. Although admittedly, if I were going to spend money, I'd rather spend it on new electrical goods. (I've been reading about HD TVs, although it seems a little early to buy one yet because there aren't enough HD TV signals (or HD DVDs) to display).
Probably the time is the more important, as it's time that I basically don't have. Although admittedly, if I were going to spend money, I'd rather spend it on new electrical goods. (I've been reading about HD TVs, although it seems a little early to buy one yet because there aren't enough HD TV signals (or HD DVDs) to display).
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Date: 2008-04-30 10:40 pm (UTC)Or is the damage beyond that?
(You can guess where my mind goes when I see a sign for invisible menders)
Or, get the informaticons to weave you a new coat from the very fabric of the universe. Or have I missed the point of what they do?
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Date: 2008-05-01 11:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-01 08:33 pm (UTC)A small tear says "look, I'm an on-site guy. I deal with people who actually do things." It's a badge of office.
A huge tear - yep, new coat.
HD - another way of spelling "don't bother". I have a huge HD ready projector: standard DVD images projected on a 9' x 6' canvas are stunning, with no dots visible unless you concentrate on a particular square foot of the image - which you do not when watching a movie.
BluRay - see also Betamax. It's a better format than HD DVD, as Betamax was better than VHS, but as before, doubtless Sony won't licence anyone else to produce BluRay discs. So it is doomed. Sony is a very stupid company when it comes to mass-market technology. I will certainly be avoiding Blu-Ray in case Sony do another Betamax. Sadly I will have to buy a PS3 in order to run GTA4 - will I?
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