Work in progress: A little brown dog sweater in a lightweight acrylic yarn. I’ve been feeling a bit ambitious lately, trying out a double cable knit pattern. So far, it’s working out nicely.

/facepalm

As it turns out, the outage wasn’t just our building. When Bella and I got outside, you can see little clusters of people out on the sidewalks, obviously office workers from the nearby buildings. I looked up and down one of the major streets and at least 4 intersections were without functioning traffic lights, at least in the north-to-south direction. We walked a little further southeast and took an east-to-west glance and the outage went another 4 blocks. Being lunchtime, the sidewalks were slowly filling up with people, more so than usual. You could hear police and firetruck sirens, impatient car honking, and even helicopters! Probably just news crews, but all the noise, you’d think people were looting or something. If it weren’t so hot and humid outside, Bella and I would’ve just hung out in the shade somewhere. But, of course, all the good spots were already taken. We came home instead. Took a deep breath and marched back up to our 4th floor condo. We even ran into two guys moving out, carrying a mattress down the stairwell. “So, it’s just had to be today, huh?” I joked to one of them. As Bella and I squeezed passed them, I added, “At least you’re going down and not up.” “Yeah, thank God.”

It’s amazing how things come to a halt when the power goes out. Without lighting or access to computers, several businesses are forced to stop, although the restaurant patios filled up quickly. Once we got back inside, I got caught wondering what to do in the meantime. No power. No internet access. No TV. Can’t surf. Can’t play World of Warcraft. Can’t watch TV. I thought about playing a game on my iPod Touch, but the games I’m into right now all require wi-fi access. I’m really surprised at how bothered I am that I can’t tweet about what’s happening.

So before I forget this little moment in time, I opted to write my thoughts out offline and upload as soon as the power’s back. Now let’s see how far I can get on this laptop’s 79% battery power.

(UPDATE: Power came back on at 1:03pm.)

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Please note: There is no mention of “Arial” or “Comic Sans”. ;)

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Way to go, Canada! You continue to make me even prouder to be Canadian. :)

I was never in the market for a Netbook or eBook, but this is a really impressive piece of hardware. Much like the very first iPhone or even the MacBook Air, it is probably a much different experience when you get something that sexy into your grubby little hands.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to be running out to get in line for one. It’s not something that I feel I “need”. I have a trusty 15.4″ MacBook Pro and a cheap cell phone that work fine for me right now. Perhaps if I had only a desktop computer and wanted something more streamlined and portable than a MacBook Air, for the base price of $499 (US), it’s an amazing device. Oh and the accessories, like the keyboard dock, are pretty slick. ;)