#Write a romance novel#
D10.31.22
I’ve had some good talks with Dee lately. She writes and I respect that. She writes. I envy that she writes. To write one must write.
Technology
I am lying to myself if I don’t admit I love fiddling with things. I forget it sometimes, usually if i’ve failed and wrenching life out of some end of life thing.
To me all computers have some value. Computers must live in their moment though. Computers are assembled to pair with software. Mostly computers fall out of favor when we upgrade them past their abilities.
Music
I’ve been listening to Isabelle Pierre. Casey Neistat played one of her songs in the background of a video. It perfectly matched with the sentiment of the footage. When I find a song I like will usually make a note about it and see if I feel the same in a week. I’ve gone decades not knowing the words of a song. This has never been a big issue for me, in my head that’s the song. When you tell me what the right lyrics are, my version does usually seem to be the better song. New songs don’t have that same protection and my mind greedily digs through the words. Really looking at lyrics can beat down an otherwise catchy song.
Markdown
This is my fourth go at Markdown. Each time i’ve come to this simple way of formatting a doc I have failed. In each instance Markdown was paired with a vintage computer. I have a closet of thin and light laptops that i’ve bought for executives over the years. These computers have all had three things in common: they are small (12 inches is the biggest), weigh less than 3 pounds, are underpowered.
An underpowered portable laptop is the perfectly wrong computer. Most users come to the relationship seduced by the size; the light and tiny wins them over. They then go on to use their tiny computer. They exalt all the freedoms of not being weighed down. They disregard the bruises and challenges of always bumping their head on the performance ceiling. Eventually, these devotees to the tiny go in search of a nother small computer, one that is as awesome as the one they have, but faster. Back in the dark days (before ARM*), there wasn’t really “faster”. Yes! The machine was quicker, but always paired with a new operating system, thus a heavier load, the cycle repeats.
More on Markdown later…
references
[Colon vs semicolon] (https://www.grammarly.com/blog/semicolon-vs-colon-vs-dash/?gclsrc=ds)
[exalt] (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exalt)[*ARM] (https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/linux/what-is-arm-processor)
