The Vicarious MacBook
07/30/06, 16:45
from David’s Blog:
MacBook mission a success
Today I upgraded to a MacBook (2.0 GHz Core Duo with SuperDrive)…..
For some unknown reason, I’ve wanted a MacBook for the last few weeks. *REALLY* wanted. The probelm is I don’t really need it, and can’t exactly afford it. They’re sweet laptops, perfect ratio of size to power (13″ wide screen, 2GHz Core Duo, Superdrive), and not overly priced. Well, a friend of mine picked one, er two of them up yesterday (the first one kernel paniced out of the box, returned it for another, which didn’t). Spent a good chunk of the afternoon watching him set it them up. The thing plays 1080p HD videos beautifully, something my iMac cannot do (though 720p are more than adequate for me). I figured for some reason that if I watch him set his up, it would settle my urge to buy. Mission failed, I want one even more now.
Jealousy ensues…
1Hot and busy
07/24/06, 14:09
Appologies for the lack of posting lately. And a big fat “F.U.” to comment spammers. Anyhow the spam has finally got me to upgrade to Wordpress 2.x (from my measly 1.2x). I’ve been really busy with the move, and with building the room. It’s coming along nicely. See below for some photos! The temperatures for the last several days have been 90-105 and HUMID (read: miserable) so working in the cool basment has it’s benefits.
Also been busy trying to get things off the ground with the waterski club. Recruiting at IntroDUCKtion, and trying to get people to do things they say they’re going to do. Still working on getting a boat, so if you have a nice one you don’t need, you could make a tax-deductable donation to the U of O Waterski Club (wink wink, nudge nudge…)!
With upgrading to anything above Wordpress 1.5 comes the need for a new layout. I didn’t feel like coding my own from scratch because it’s a bit of a beastly project and I’ve got a couple other projects I’m kicking around.
Yadda yadda yadda… Hopefully once the dust settles in the basement, I’ll return to blogging a little more regularly.
Click the proceeding link to see the photos from the basement. Starting from “the before”, some various lighting/wiring shots, and through Friday night. Got bunch more done Saturday with John, did a bunch more done last night, and have plans to do the same tonight. I’ll update this post when I post more pics.
[Update: we got the rest of the drywall up and mudded in the main part of the room. Some pieces to go on the other end to even things out, and more coats of mud to go, but we should be ready for paint by the weekend!]
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