Newsflash: I am a big nerd
I am also an extremely tired nerd. I haven't stayed up until 3 AM in a long time, but I was up that late last night. For those who might not be aware, yesterday night was the launch of Windows Vista and I joined about a hundred other people at a Best Buy launch party. There was a tailgate-style grill going and everything. It was actually a good time, while we waited for the doors to open I and other people in line passed the time and stayed warm by making fun of ourselves for being outside in January at night to wait for an operating system to launch. I stayed at the store until 12:45 because of a drawing for a free laptop. Didn't win, no real surprise. Did get some free stuff with my purchase though, a free 512MB stick of RAM, free tax software, and a free copy of Microsoft's new security/antivirus software with a year subscription. Now I just have to decide if I really trust Microsoft to be in charge of all my PC security...
Then it was back home to spend a couple hours getting the new OS started. Hard as it may be to believe it wasn't a flawless transition. I know, a new Windows installation having bugs is hard to wrap your brain around, but try and suspend your disbelief. I did get it working eventually though, but I did a fresh install so now I've got to try to hunt down all my software to reinstall. Plus I'm going to be a mess all day today. It's a nice interface anyway... the Flip 3D feature is extremely nice looking, straight out of a near future science fiction movie, even if I can't concieve of a single instance where it wouldn't be simpler to just use Alt-Tab.
In an unrelated note, about the show "24", I'm suspending disbelief for the moment about Jack's complete change of attitude between hours 4 and 5, but before the day is over I'm going to need some kind of better explanation as to why he was willing to use such brutal interrogation tactics on his brother. He clearly isn't aware of his brother's involvement with President Logan, so there must be something else there, and a vague family conflict doesn't quite cut it with me. Still, not a terrible episode, and I am enjoying watching the Washington D.C. half of the story this year.
See? Nerd. Total.
Then it was back home to spend a couple hours getting the new OS started. Hard as it may be to believe it wasn't a flawless transition. I know, a new Windows installation having bugs is hard to wrap your brain around, but try and suspend your disbelief. I did get it working eventually though, but I did a fresh install so now I've got to try to hunt down all my software to reinstall. Plus I'm going to be a mess all day today. It's a nice interface anyway... the Flip 3D feature is extremely nice looking, straight out of a near future science fiction movie, even if I can't concieve of a single instance where it wouldn't be simpler to just use Alt-Tab.
In an unrelated note, about the show "24", I'm suspending disbelief for the moment about Jack's complete change of attitude between hours 4 and 5, but before the day is over I'm going to need some kind of better explanation as to why he was willing to use such brutal interrogation tactics on his brother. He clearly isn't aware of his brother's involvement with President Logan, so there must be something else there, and a vague family conflict doesn't quite cut it with me. Still, not a terrible episode, and I am enjoying watching the Washington D.C. half of the story this year.
See? Nerd. Total.