I bought my first computer…
I remember the day when those big ominous boxes arrived and the technician set up this magical machine that looked like a big cabinet attached to a typewriter. It was the bomb. I wasn’t allowed to touch my dad’s “Computer” for the first couple of months (until I sort of took over). I remember my joy and excitement about hearing the sound of those two 8inch floppy disks spinning, that green monochrome monitor lighting up with the CPM command prompt, those 64kB RAM clicking away…
Since, I have had 8086s, 8088s, 286s, 386s, Pentiums, AMDs….. all the way up to my last two machines which I love. They are both tablets. Definitely as close to how computers should be in my mind.
BUT… a couple of days ago I finally crossed over. Many of my friends have had Macs from the get go and avoided the corporate tie-in. Many of them have used Macs for their art for many years. My official reason was Final Cut Pro, as I have several movie projects coming up. Then there is the Joymonkey record, so I decided to buy an mBox and ProTools as well, which is where many hours of my life went since. My first two experiments with it can be downloaded here: “One Track Mind” and “Divine g(od)-u-i-dance” (in collaboration with Stosh Machek). Have fun… More to come on that… Back to the Mac… LOVE this machine. It appears to be the fastest PC I have ever had, too… At least so far. But the design, the usability, the all around concept of this gorgeous Powerbook Pro I know get to play with is just absolutely stunning. Have no other words for it. Feel like I bought my first computer…
On a general update note: The Sin and Soup Salon was a delight and the next one is already in the planning. Have been loving the artist life. Last week I had the first “normal” day of my life be so exciting that I did not want to go to bed and could not wait to get up the next morning (2 hours later). Quite a fascinating time and I am enjoying allowing the artist in me emerge a bit… We shall see where that leads 
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