Computer Blues

Well, not computer blues, more like computer black[out]s. The video card on my laptop has died again, and only six months since the CSAA conference fiasco at Fremantle.* Back in those heady pre-back up days, it took over three weeks before I was able to get back to a current draft of my thesis (which ultimately gave me a relatively stress-free Christmas, for a change). This time I'm safe, but while I wait for it to be fixed I am basically in lock-down in the Mac lab at SGS. The Dean's office is being repainted on the floor below, so I think I might also be losing brain cells to the fumes, which might be a reason for why my writing is taking so long, and why it is so wacky. Anyway, now you know where I am if you need me...

* I discovered just after Mel's excellent paper that my own paper for that conference was irretrievable from the dead machine, and I had to give my paper the next day. The result was a long night at my hostel with a borrowed computer and an ancient draft on my pen drive. Oh, and I was also kept company by the bed flea/midge things that covered my arms and legs in bites by the end of the trip.