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Mon 7 May, 2007 08:30 pm
Couple weekends ago I'm walking through one of the local squares on a gorgeous day, and walk by Starbucks. Completely filled with dorks sitting with their laptops.
Gorgeous weekend day, gotta get out of the house, go chill in a cafe? Cool. Bring your computer because you can't get away from the internet for an hour? It should be legal to bitch slap these people.
I want to fit in. I'm going to buy an old Commodore 64 on Ebay, and lug the whole f'n thing into Starbucks, plug that bitch in and play video games. Chicks will be flocking.
Seriously. Is this some kind of status thing for hippies? What kind of laptop you're pimping in Starbucks, or how many stupid "SUV's Suck/Rainbow/My Car is a Hybrid" stickers they can fit on their '84 Volvo wagons?
Porn and latte, latte and porn.
patiodog wrote:Porn and latte, latte and porn.
Is there a category for "hippie porn?" If not, they just look for hairy broads who don't shave their underarms.
I will occasionally carry my laptop in somewhere if I'm out on a gig and in the middle of downloading music or something but that's it. It's a convenience if you need it, but I'd rather be working out or riding my bike or on the water or *&^&%#@^ing or something that's for sure.
I hate starbucks and have so stated on a previous thread.
They are the devil.
They are teh antichrist.
They are the reason society is so f*cked up.
They will bring down mankind.
I hate starbucks.
I don't drink coffee.
I don't like Starbucks.
BUT
I do computer-based work, and if I had a laptop (which I don't), I'd totally take it out to the cool local (independent, non-chain) coffeeshop that has Wi-fi and work once in a while.
Yep, I've used our local coffee house as an office before when my internet was down.
Ain't no coffeeshop better than my hammock.
Unless it's an Amsterdam coffeeshop with hammocks set up on a hot, sunny, sandy beach somewhere. But the likelihood of that is slim to none, I think...
OK so this is a question I've had (I'm coveting a laptop, won't get one anytime soon but that doesn't seem to make a dent in the coveting):
I have AirPort, and could take a laptop anywhere around my yard, which I would totally do. (Mmm, hammock, sounds nice.) But if you need an internet connection, can you use a laptop just anywhere? Beach for example? Or do you need to work offline (not always possible for me) unless you're in a spot with Wi-fi?
sozobe wrote:OK so this is a question I've had (I'm coveting a laptop, won't get one anytime soon but that doesn't seem to make a dent in the coveting):
I have AirPort, and could take a laptop anywhere around my yard, which I would totally do. (Mmm, hammock, sounds nice.) But if you need an internet connection, can you use a laptop just anywhere? Beach for example? Or do you need to work offline (not always possible for me) unless you're in a spot with Wi-fi?
Offline, unless you're in a spot with Wi-fi.
Of course, many hotels have wireless Internet that might reach to the beach....
Oh, and there are adapters (for PCs at least) that will let you use wireless Internet over cell towers. Works pretty well; my brother has one.
I do a lot of "stuff" on my computer (besides A2K). I don't have a laptop, and if I did, would not dream of taking it to a coffee shop. I suppose if I were employed, I might use it to do work on a commuter train, but beyond that.....................fuggagetaboudit!
That's interesting. Will look into whether macs have some version of that, probably.
At any rate, if I had a laptop and wanted to work somewhere in the area it'd have to be my yard or someplace with Wi-fi, which seems to usually be coffeeshops. (Slappy, you mentioned "writing on the internet," didn't correct you then but since it's pertinent here I don't do the blogs, I do the research/ editing, so I need an internet connection for that.)
I'm sure one person there on that Saturday or Sunday was actually doing work. The rest were just doing their best to look like douchebags.
I saw a Mac sticker on a car the other day....a little white apple. They must work for them. Nobody is that big a douche, right?
Wrong!
When I was in Germany a few years back, I couldn't believe how many kids were driving around VWs with Bon Jovi stickers -- and always in the same place, too. Went by a car lot and realized it was a dealer option.
That's right, you could buy a car and ask that it come equipped with a Bon Jovi decal. Damn.
I got the decal with my mac. Gave it to sozlet. She stuck it to a stuffed animal or something.
I thought people did that to avoid having to talk to anyone. You know you've gotta be careful 'cause someone might want to tell you about Jesus, or about "network marketing" or simply ask you to pass a napkin or something to otherwise invade your space.
boomerang wrote:I thought people did that to avoid having to talk to anyone. You know you've gotta be careful 'cause someone might want to tell you about Jesus, or about "network marketing" or simply ask you to pass a napkin or something to otherwise invade your space.
If you want to avoid having freaks talk to you, don't leave your house to hang out at Starbucks.
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