Word: laptopping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Yesterday, I did go to Lamont. I thought that might convince me that I should start studying. I ended up looking at my laptop for an hour and half and thinking about everything but studying--from my friends that are graduating, to House formals, to Wednesday's episode of "Dawson's Creek." The sun streaming through the windows was definitely over-powering the neat study schedule I had planned and carefully pencilled into my planner...
...LAMONT'S LAPTOP LOGE...
...added that the previous system wasinconvenient for laptop users, who make up abouthalf of all students. Laptop users who normallyaccess the programs on the Harvard network couldnot use the programs on their computers when theywere away from the network, including when theywere at home for vacations...
...instead. I didn't have to write this little essay, for instance. Before doing nothing became a lost art, one that I had put a lifetime of training into, I would have gone up to the roof deck for a good nap. I definitely would not have taken the laptop up there...
...taken this anorexic trend about as far as it can go: to invisible. The company, based in London, has developed a way to make speakers so transparent that they can overlay any flat surface--PC monitor, TV screen, picture frame, even car windshield. A prototype covers a laptop with a vibrating sheet of clear plastic and produces a stereo sound that seems to come right out of the screen. No licensees yet, but with tech this cool, it's only a matter of time...