Week 282: Frankenpad

I attended a Prokofiev concert. Not that one, although Gabriel Prokofiev is the Russian composer’s grandson. Even though I used to go to gigs at Iklectik regularly when they were in Waterloo, since they’ve moved into their new venue in the same building I work in I hadn’t been until last week. It doesn’t help that their website’s “What’s on” page still says that they’re updating it; I only knew about the event from a poster. The programme was some of his older work followed by a UK première of his Dark Lights album for electronics and chamber orchestra. I sat right in front of the stage and felt completely immersed. Gabriel Prokofiev and some of the orchestra The hinge on L—’s laptop broke, though through wear and tear rather than an accident (like when I dropped mine on the floor). I looked on eBay for viable used ThinkPads and found one that was very cheap (about £80) and in excellent condition apart from some keys that didn’t work. It was a T470s, exactly the same as the one I…