Gay Boy Thailand

I feel conspicious, walking around in a Bangkok shopping centre with dark sunglasses. I handed in the old Macintosh to the repair shop without taking my sunglasses off. I don’t want to scare the natives.

They said they would check the Mac and call me to discuss the repairs tomorrow.

Chalerm is teasing me.
- Now what you do? No video no Internet! You can only read book.

I can watch Thai television too but I am not that desperate yet.

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I am paranoid about repairing stuff in Thailand. In Farangland most computer problems are due to software. But in Thailand it usually ends in hardware repairs - new motherboard, new hard drive, or whatever. The repair guys cheat a lot. Sometimes I suspect them of re-installing the operating system and charging for new hardware they don’t put in.

But I know one small shop where they seem honest and competent. I have known the owner for years. They are dedicated Macintosh service people. So I went to them even if it is quite a distance from Silom.

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I have used surge protection for my Mac. But I figure my repeated attempts at reboot when it hang was too much for it. I don’t want to spend more than max 5 000 baht fixing it. It is worth something as a backup computer, Chalerm can use it for chat, and it would be nice to look through the data on the hard drive to see if there is something I want to keep.

Backup? Backup is for cowards and sissies. Actually I DO have backup. All my important files are on an external hard drive, and a mirror hard drive, and none of these are affected by my Mac’s illness.

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I went to look at new Macs. The new 20 inch iMac is gorgeous. To see it is to want it. Steve Jobs has good taste for a straight guy. But then I saw the 24 inch and it was even more tempting. What a huge, brilliant display. Who said material things can’t bring happiness? Give me an iMac 24 and I am in computer nirvana.

Since I can’t afford the 20 inch I might as well buy the 24 inch as I am getting broke anyway. That makes sense, doesn’t it?