Tried once again to solve the problem of wifi collapse on the eeepc: I got my hands on a dvd drive and did a system restore back to the factory original settings. No go – which leads me to conclude that it is indeed a hardware problem, not a software one. It looks like I will need to move on and consider a replacement.
It’s easy to get bummed out about these sorts of things: when I have a machine that I enjoy using, especially one that I shopped for for almost a year before I purchased it, I get attached. It’s also disconcerting how wedded I am to having a laptop at hand every minute of the day. That’s not exactly a good thing. Some how the machine becomes symbolic of all the work I could get done, and without it I feel cut off. It’s simply a perception, not the way things really are. But there you go.
Yesterday as I was outside picking up sculpture supplies and feeling a little bereft, I decided that I’d treat myself to a sustaining meal instead of my usual rushed and thoughtless eating. I went over to Souen, one of my favorite simple, non glamorous restaurants. It’s macrobiotic and I always feel much more emotionally together once I’ve eaten there, even though, as Dominick has reminded me, the food there is all stuff I could easily cook for myself. But once again I was thwarted: the location is being renovated. Good for them and all, but I was really hoping for my Planet Platter with extra daikon. So it was salad at Chopt instead. It ain’t easy to be a crusty old techno hippie these days.
Tags: computer, daily photo, eeepc, emotions, food