It's finally come to pass. I've sold my soul to the dark side. I've bought a Mac. I found a good deal on eBay and figured cheap was a good way to dip my toes into the non-PC world. I spent some time chatting with Bruce about the specific computers we bought and he seemed very positive about what we have. I'm even thinking about getting a cheap iMac ( Read more... )

Today has been shit since pretty much the since the morning. I'm going to make a second post about the good points, but I damn well want to vent first ( Read more... )

I just downloaded the best skin ever for Firefox. It's called PimpZilla and there is a screenshot under the cut.

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I don't know why we pay Verizon for DSL if it's going to be down every night for like an hour or two. I know this seems really pissy and petty, but consider this with the fact that when Steven and I moved, our DSL was out for three months. We were charged for it and evidently it was active at our old apartment the whole damn time. After a lot of ( Read more... )

Anyone who knows me knows that I am frugal, often to a fault. This isn't so much because I hate spending money, but often because I have no money to spend. As in EVER. I haven't worked since September, when I was sacked from Barnes & Noble. I decided to work on going to school instead, which was fine. Then came the knee incident and you have me out ( Read more... )

It came today. I'm sitting in front of it now, listening to A-Ha, installing Firefox, and generally aching from the damned rain. It's been a wicked crappy outside. The wind has been whipping around like mad and it feels like the tropics out there. I got caught in another downpour at school today while trying to locate stuff. I hate the beginning of ( Read more... )

Just ordered my required laptop for school. I'm now $650 poorer than I was before, but my laptop can do everything but write papers for me. I should be getting it about a week and a half after classes start. Despite my general unease with laptops, I think I'll be using it a lot. Well, a lot after I set up my programmes. I swear, I never want to ( Read more... )