I don't ever have the sound turned on on my computer at home unless it's absolutely required, so I have missed out on all the silly Windows XP chords and buzzes and clicks and other whale noises the machinery makes when things happen.
But here at work, where it is cold and lonely and something must be done to supply entertainment to me so I won't go stark raving mad, it was nice to hear all that after I got my speakers plugged into the correct jack.
One thing I noticed is a particular sound that happens when you try to do something without closing a dialogue box. It's a short, pleasant ::bing:: sound. It reminds me of the old department store bell pagers from back in the olden days when I was young. I always was mystified by the tones, and thought whenever we went into the big downtown Sears store that this must be what it's like when people go shopping in New York City. It just sounded very cosmopolitan and swanky, before I even understood the concept of swanky and cosmoplitan. (Admittedly, my understanding is still a bit weak, confined as it is to department store paging bells and the Dean Martin Show.)
Anyway, it's a nice sound, so sometimes I'll open a dialogue box in Word and click all around it just to make the ::ding::ding-ding::ding:: sound.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at October 20, 2005 03:51 PMTwo things of note:
1) You are easily amused, or bored even beyond my wildest imagination;
2) "Swanky" is highly overrated, particularly where NY City is concerned. Two kinds of people here in the Big Apple shop at "Swanky" - those with so much money they could lose a check for $150,000 and not be concerned; and those who think they have to look like the first type.
The rest of us try & shop at lower priced places, because we like to use our money for other frivolities, like food and housing.
Posted by: skinnydan at October 21, 2005 09:44 AMIn order:
1) a: Yes
1) b: Yes
2) Overrated, possibly, but still, when you're six and your idea of New York is based almost entirely the image created by Zsa Zsa Gabor singing the Green Acres theme song, well, you know.
The bad part is that now that we have our very own Saks Fifth Avenue store, no one uses dinger bells anymore.
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at October 21, 2005 10:11 AM