software | Karavansara

And so we’re back to normal.
The delivery boy delivered (that’s his job, right?) a big box that turned out to be mostly fluff and a smaller box in which there was my new PC – black and with a big power button that turns blue when pressed.

The bad news: this new PC thing set me back of a nice amount of cash, and I would have happily done without the expense.
The good news: buying online a no-brand machine without a pre-loaded operating system meant spending exactly one third of what the local big chain dealer asked for the same set-up.

So, all in all, I could have done without the expenditure, but it was not that painful. Continue reading →

Ok, this is the usual boring “tools I use for writing” post which they tell me is a must on an author’s blog.
But then who knows, someone out there might find it interesting, or useful.

First thing first – the only piece of hardware you need to be able to write anywhere/anytime is a paper notebook (aka “the platform”) and a pen (aka “the input device”).
And please take notice – this is not some form of silly nostalgia thing, but a simple statement of fact: in the middle of the wilderness, with no energy grid and no hi-tech, good old pen-and-paper works.
One has to spend some time to find the right notebooks and the right pen – because writing is also a phisical activity, and the tool must fit the hand.
But given some times, anyone can find his fave low-tech writing environment.
For me, it’s Mead Composition Notebooks and BIC black-ink pens.
But I’m developing a sort of fetish for the sort of rough, blank-pages hardbound notebooks you find at IKEA or other such places.

Incidentally, a notebook can be used for two good writing practices
. keeping a journal
. keeping a commonplace book, to use H.P. Lovecraft’s definition – a book in which you jot down ideas for future reference.

Moving on to computers and software, now… Continue reading →