New Computer

As I've probably mentioned before, I'm a little askerd to install OSX on my old blue & white G3 at work. Today I found out, I won't have to. The design department is getting a new computer for me and all up-to-date software. The rest of the company is getting a new color printer so they don't have to disrupt our lives when they need press sheets printed. This is amazingly good news for us. We've desperately needed these things for a long time -- we're running software that is two- sometimes three- versions behind what's current.

The only cloud to this silver lining is how irritating it is that year-end accounting is more important than having functioning tools for your staff. The total kicker is that all this hardware and software adds up to a cost that didn't really warrant such pleading to get.

Still, I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. I'm pretty excited that we'll be all outfitted with current stuff. BTW, is the phrase really "look a gift horse in the mouth"? I was thinking about this yesterday and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

p.s. I'm getting the cheese grater.