Because the perfect is the enemy of the good, I decided to stop fretting about what the perfect PDA-replacement for me would be, and have bought an iPod Touch. Because I have an old iPod I never use, the software went ahead and loaded music onto the new machine. It's possible that, if I have a reason to carry it anyway, I will find headphones that are a plausible combination of not hurting my ears, and not awkwardly huge* and use the thing as a music player. But for now, it's a PDA† that wants to hum to itself when I don't have it doing arithmetic or tracking appointments or shopping lists or people's addresses. I still need to hand it huge amounts of data; it currently contains one appointment, for Thursday evening. (And if I do solve the headphone problem, I might even start listening to music at the gym, on days I'm not working with Emilie.)
I spent last weekend in Boston with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
adrian_turtle. We hadn't seen each other in longer than usual, and neither of us was feeling especially energetic, so mostly we stayed home, except for a walk around her neighborhood on Saturday and a trip to the supermarket Sunday morning. We'd been planning to go out for sushi Saturday evening, but the elevator broke at an inconvenient time, and rather than walk down five flights of stairs and risk having to walk up the same number, we looked in the cupboards, and had black beans (cooked with onions and a tofu-based chorizo), rice, and a cucumber for supper. (The elevator was fine Sunday morning, or we wouldn't have gone shopping then; I would have just walked down when it was time to leave.)
I saw the very beginnings of fall color in Arlington on Sunday afternoon from the bus, just a couple of branches of orange on the tree next to the Town Hall that's always early. (The tree that used to be the first to turn red and orange near my house was cut down about a year ago;![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude and I were not surprised, as it had been ailing for some time, but that doesn't mean we don't miss it.)
Yesterday after work, I went to the gym, as semi-usual.
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*Most headphones, definitely including the basic Apple earbuds, are uncomfortable for me. I have a pair that sort of work, for a half hour or so at a time; they are very big, which both makes them a nuisance to carry around, and drains batteries quickly, which wouldn't be a problem at the gym but is for traveling. I am not currently looking for advice on headphones from anyone who isn't in a position to hand them to me and say "try these."
†On the other hand, I am looking for some apps, specifically a good calculator, and a shopping list; I'm open to other suggestions, but not looking for anything in the TV/video direction.
I spent last weekend in Boston with
adrian_turtle. We hadn't seen each other in longer than usual, and neither of us was feeling especially energetic, so mostly we stayed home, except for a walk around her neighborhood on Saturday and a trip to the supermarket Sunday morning. We'd been planning to go out for sushi Saturday evening, but the elevator broke at an inconvenient time, and rather than walk down five flights of stairs and risk having to walk up the same number, we looked in the cupboards, and had black beans (cooked with onions and a tofu-based chorizo), rice, and a cucumber for supper. (The elevator was fine Sunday morning, or we wouldn't have gone shopping then; I would have just walked down when it was time to leave.)I saw the very beginnings of fall color in Arlington on Sunday afternoon from the bus, just a couple of branches of orange on the tree next to the Town Hall that's always early. (The tree that used to be the first to turn red and orange near my house was cut down about a year ago;
cattitude and I were not surprised, as it had been ailing for some time, but that doesn't mean we don't miss it.)Yesterday after work, I went to the gym, as semi-usual.
( cut to avoid boredom )
*Most headphones, definitely including the basic Apple earbuds, are uncomfortable for me. I have a pair that sort of work, for a half hour or so at a time; they are very big, which both makes them a nuisance to carry around, and drains batteries quickly, which wouldn't be a problem at the gym but is for traveling. I am not currently looking for advice on headphones from anyone who isn't in a position to hand them to me and say "try these."
†On the other hand, I am looking for some apps, specifically a good calculator, and a shopping list; I'm open to other suggestions, but not looking for anything in the TV/video direction.