We’ve been setting record high temperatures in Seattle these past few days. Since McMahon isn’t typically occupied during the summer, and Seattle’s summers aren’t really hot to begin with, the building has no air conditioning. Today it’s stayed pretty tolerable, but yesterday it was nasty. My room is reasonably well ventilated with the big window open, but the core of the building (hallways, stairwells, elevators, et cetera) doesn’t get a lot of airflow.
To add insult to injury, I’ve managed to catch a cold. Not fun. Better now than in the middle of finals week, though.
My PowerBook isn’t exactly liking the heat either. During the time I’ve had it on today (much less than usual, since it’s a pretty effective 65-watt heater) both fans have been running at full blast. Air cooling just isn’t as effective when there’s less of a temperature difference between the air and what you’re trying to cool. Right now, my battery is refusing to charge because it’s too warm.
It’s supposed to cool down a bit tomorrow. I’m looking forward to that. It would be nice if it would just stay somewhere around 65ËšF.
For now, I’m headed over to Ian’s Domain to buy something cold to drink. I’m planning on going on a walk once the sun gets a little lower and it cools off a bit; maybe I’ll have some photos to post later.
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged about anything. Sorry about that. I have a memory card with some photos on it that I should take a look at/post sometime soon.
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