blah blah blah laptop blah blah blah Disney

[fuyu]

As might be indicated by my previous post, I have a laptop.

He is a black Toshiba Satellite and his name is Fakir. I love him dearly and he's almost ready for me to use; he just needs iTunes, my music, my artwork, and Creative Suite. Vista is pissing me off, but I'm learning to get around it; I think I found a way to save files where I want them to be saved, so that's nice. If I can make that work, and turn off the resource-draining OMGSHOPRETTY visual style, I think we'll be in business. He's a fine laptop to take to Disney. :D

So with that taken care of, and as I start thinking about what else to pack, I've decided I need to get together a Stupid Little Things Bag.

You know the little necessities around the house, the ones that seem so trivial and useless until you need one and don't have any? Stupid little things.

So far, I've planned for:

• Pens/pencils
  
• Pocketknife (knife, scissors, file, screwdriver tip, tweezers, toothpick)
  
• Matches
  
• Calculator
  
• Tissues
  
• Batteries
  
• Measuring tape
  
• Nail clippers
  
• Rubber bands
  
• Paper clips
  
• Staples

Any other ideas?

Comments

[elanor-pam.livejournal.com]

uhh.... spare toothbrushes? Hairbands? I've never traveled far enough to care about minutiae...

Also, if you can fix Vista to look like an actual computer OS, you might want to try out windowblinds to make it look prettier. Window's default themes tend to burn one's eyes, and even in my new-albeit-inferior computer this program barely uses any memory.

[fuyu]

Hairbands probably aren't necessary, with the length of my hair...

Windowblinds?

[elanor-pam.livejournal.com]

It's a program that allows you to set/make custom skins in windows, with special effects and different settings. The taskbar in my favorite skin, for example, is narrower, the buttons are smaller, and it's also a little transparent, letting the wallpaper be seen through lightly. Windowblinds skins tend to have more pleasant color schemes, too; muted and without that horrible metallic sheen/glare. There are even custom movies/gifs, like the one that shows up when you're moving folders and emptying the recycle bin, and they're generally better than the standard ones.

Someday I want to make a custom windowblinds skin as well, but it must take an insane ammount of work.

/pimping

[elanor-pam.livejournal.com]

Oh! I can send it to you through AIM next time I'm online. Sleep now!