Death of a Mac
11/October/2007 Filed in:
JottingsOur trusty G4 is in terminal decline just as we are at our busiest in the Veilpress, so this may be the last post for a day or two until we can get a new machine (grey faces in the bursar's department, notwithstanding). The computer is the new monastic scriptorium. Each user has her own peculiar arrangement for the files and folders she uses most often, quirky bits of software that no one else is supposed to pry into, pet projects begun some time since and still "in via". There are also orphaned treasures that no one lays claim to, rather like the relics of a bygone age. There are (digital) reams and reams of liturgical material, account books, correspondence, chronicles and so on: an archive on silicon rather than parchment. There is a special prayer that we use before booting up, too. Next week we may share it with you.