The power went out at my place tonight. Not sure if the cause was a bit of thunder or human incompetence. No matter.
Plunged mostly into darkness, I intrepidly found my way to the flashlight, and then to a candle, and from there to some matches. In short order I was basking in the flicker of some seriously old-school illumination. I actually rather like power outages (provided I’ve got nothing that immediately needs doing which requires moving electrons). A power outage is a bit like having school canceled on account of snow – it’s an unscheduled (and forced) bit of “time off”. When the lights give out there’s not much to do but take a deep breath, light some candles, and put your feet up.
I played my guitar for a while: some nice mellow music to go with the candlelight and the rain tapping on the window.
Okay, now I feel a bit guilty. I’ve set this up as a tale of technology being defeated by a thunder storm, and yours truly being forced to eschew the ADD world of the internet for some relaxing music making, and now I’m going to go and dash that image.
See, my laptop, like most, has a battery that lasts a few hours. So, by the by, I sat my guitar down and decided to pass the time working on a little extra-curricular coding project I’ve got going.
Programming by candlelight. I thought to myself “this is what the victorian coders must have done”.
Wouldn’t they have used gas lamps?
Hmm, you’re probably right.
I’ll chalk it up to you reading/playing more Steam Punk than me.