Moved in, now

[fivemack]

I'm moved in, at least most of the way; my housemate makes complaining remarks about the minimac setup occupying only 25% of the dining-room table, and the ADSL hasn't been reconnected so I'm using a weird 08456-number dialup service with no user authentication. It's a first-floor flat, it feels reasonably cosy but gives me the strong feeling of having too many possessions for the space.

email me tom@womack.net if you want the new address.

Comments

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

OK, for us `Merkins - what's a "08456-number" ?

ANd how can a minmac take up 1/4 a dining table? Using a big CRT?

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, the British phone-numbering system.

Local calls cost money, though less than long-distance ones; so it makes sense to have a category of phone number which is charged as local rate no matter where it's called from, precisely for things like ISPs, and area code 08456 is one in this category.

The mini-mac, keyboard and mouse, and LCD monitor occupy a strip about 30cm x 80cm at the end of a 120cm x 80cm dining-room table. I can't get them much narrower without the LCD base pushing the keyboard off the table. Does the passage of the Atlantic make dining-tables grow?

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

I knew about the basic billing system, but the prefix thing was totally over my head. Thanks.

Everything is bigger and better here in `Merka, just ask beloved Leader. 8-) And I knew someone who left a table outside on their deck over winter and spring. It did grow, a nice thick coat of moss with various plants sprouting out of it. Don't know why you'd want to do that, as it would seem to make it difficult to use a computer on it.

I see the problem. A keyboard tray would allow more space, but is not a typical addition to a dining table. And you're not going to get much smaller than a mini-mac with LCD. You could have gone with the cordless keyboard, I suppose.

How do you like the mini so far?