Dispatches from the City of Angels
I'm a writer and humorist living in and writing about Los Angeles. You can catch my novel LOSING CLEMENTINE out March 6 from William Morrow. In the meantime, feel free to poke around. Over at my website you can find even more blog entries than I could fit here, as well as a few other ramblings. Enjoy and come back often.
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Computer anarchy
Do you ever get the feeling your computer is doing things without your permission?
Today, I was staring at a paragraph, not typing, just staring - the universal writer's signal for "Now what?" - when my laptop started making its little Morse code clicking noises. All the indicator lights started flashing like it was about to launch the Mars Rover. And then - nothing. Nothing at all. It just got quiet again like nothing ever happened.
I cocked an eyebrow and stared at it suspiciously. What the hell was that about? Some sort of hardware rebellion? A statement of independence? Is my laptop launching a military coup? What the heck is going on?
I had the sudden urge to drop a towel over it, wrap it up like a cat about to get a shot and pull the plug.
And then - I kid you not - it snickered at me. A little digital, clicking computer snicker.
It mocks me.
Tonight, before I go to bed, I'm playing it safe. The computer gets locked in the closet.
Today, I was staring at a paragraph, not typing, just staring - the universal writer's signal for "Now what?" - when my laptop started making its little Morse code clicking noises. All the indicator lights started flashing like it was about to launch the Mars Rover. And then - nothing. Nothing at all. It just got quiet again like nothing ever happened.
I cocked an eyebrow and stared at it suspiciously. What the hell was that about? Some sort of hardware rebellion? A statement of independence? Is my laptop launching a military coup? What the heck is going on?
I had the sudden urge to drop a towel over it, wrap it up like a cat about to get a shot and pull the plug.
And then - I kid you not - it snickered at me. A little digital, clicking computer snicker.
It mocks me.
Tonight, before I go to bed, I'm playing it safe. The computer gets locked in the closet.
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