Archive for October, 2004

Switch! Part 2

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

I haven’t really used my PowerBook too heavily but I’ve been quite happy with it performance so far. It really gives me a Unix environment with a polished desktop. Clicking on links in one application brings up the web browser without issues. Various media types are better supported.
One new con:

It seems like it always sleeps […]

Switch!

Wednesday, October 27th, 2004

Maybe not quite a switch, since I barely have a Windows machine. But anyways, I am the proud owner of a 12 inch PowerBook now. I’ve only used it for 24 hours now, but I’m pleased with my experience so far. And I hope it will continue to please me for years to come since […]

Pattern Recognition

Sunday, October 17th, 2004

I have been avoiding reading fiction lately (or for awhile now). Why? Because I have a finite amount of spare time, and much too much I’d like to do. If I were to spend a week reading a new book, I’d loose out on a week’s worth of spare time to work on my projects. […]

My Desktop

Sunday, October 3rd, 2004

A week after my harddrive crashed on my main desktop I’m pretty much all caught up to where I was a week an a half ago. I’m missing a couple changes to my primary project that I hadn’t committed, as well as a couple of prototypes for other projects. The prototypes aren’t as big of […]

Phone Voyeurism

Sunday, October 3rd, 2004

What is the appeal of voyeurism? I assume it’s just some sort of innate curiosity. Sampling a slice of someone else’s life.
So Friday night, T-Mobile’s infrastructure took a dump here in California (though the residents of howardforums.com were saying it was Cingular’s fault). My girlfriend was trying to call her parents but was encountering all […]