Once again downloading all the required and recommended reading/videos in advance. University logins provide access to plenty of documents which I otherwise wouldn’t have, so these things are worth archiving locally…also makes it less of a pain when I actually do need them in class.
@kdfrawg Indeed. T’was a lot of fun. I look forward to their future events if this is any example of what they normally do.
Wow, this uni’s wine society is pretty awesome. Wonderful sit-down tasting, 6 wines poured for us over 3.5 hours, lots of good conversation. Definitely one of the best evenings I’ve had in a while.
@matigo I don’t have much of a choice regarding external monitors — not with a Mac Pro :P
And thanks, I do obviously intend to take this with me when I leave. Too good to leave behind, I think.
@matigo I don’t have an awful lot of experience with monitors, but I’d say post-OS X calibration, black is as black as I’d wish for black to be.
And that’s a pretty good review from someone who likes dark themes.
@matigo The Asus PB287Q, which I sniped for 250GBP. The other one is the Samsung UE590 (~340GBP on Amazon), but they apparently use the same AOC panel, so there’s no point keeping it. Both have 1ms response time though, so quite future-proof, and 60Hz on DisplayPort 1.2.
Also, I want to save up in case a 5k display comes out next year…
An interesting turn of events: both 4k monitors — 2 shipments from 2 senders — were grouped by Parcel Force into the same delivery (the boxes were literally taped together), which was signed for by the concierge (who obviously don't have the authority to refuse any shipments).
Which means the seller in Germany now has to be the one to arrange for a return collection.
Also, wow. 1 4k monitor is already quite a lot of screen space, and I have it scaled down one level for my not-amazing eyesight.
@matigo Seafood, no need for a dryer, and roast bird every night…and no one to have to share it with!
// @jussipekonen @kdfrawg
@matigo PEI is so quiet that even someone from Helsinki would struggle to stay sane…so actually Jussi would love it.
// @jussipekonen @kdfrawg
@matigo Names? He didn’t even ask them. Didn’t seem interested when I approached him to ask a question after the class either.
But I’m sure it’ll be nice to get into the more technical side of linguistics.
// @indigo