So, it seems that the Hackintosh is faster with Leopard on it, so says the benchmarks. Here are the numbers with Leopard, courtesy of XBench:

Results 132.66

System Info

Xbench Version 1.3

System Version 10.5 (9A581)

Physical RAM 2048 MB

Model ACPI

Drive Type ST3500630AS

CPU Test 123.40

GCD Loop 250.86 13.22 Mops/sec

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Thanksgiving to-do list:

1) Finish software radio receiver for Comm. Systems class.
    2) Finish cover letters for Northrop Grumman and Lockheed.
    3) Do laundry.
    4) Get Zune batch encoder working.
    5) Potentially upgrade my desktop to Leopard?

Oh yeah, I got a Zune. A black 30 GB model, for $89 off of woot.com a week ago. I've been ( Read more... )

I'm an RSS junkie. I have a ton of news feeds. And I read a lot of them, a lot.

Oh, and I got a full legit license of Windows Vista Ultimate from Microsoft, at one of their recruiting info sessions :-). So, my new Core2 Duo Hackintosh is successfully dual-booting Vista Ultimate and Mac OS 10.4.10. Yay!

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I was so close to buying an old iMac G3 today, one of the fruity all-in-one Macs. Remember those? And only for $25 bucks!

I broke up with Marissa the other day. I have my reasons, but if you would like to know and talk about it, then I'll do it in person/one-on-one. We'll get some coffee or something.

I was reminded of something that happened to ( Read more... )

So, day 1 of classes has ended. Not too bad.

I'm almost all moved in/situated. I still need a hamper and a dresser of some sort. My desk is built and I have everything set up, which is real nice. The house is slowly becoming cleaned up as I transition from living out of boxes into living like human beings.

My programming class now meets Monday ( Read more... )

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Pure. Comedic. Gold.

Whining Kid Gets Owned by His Parents over World of Warcraft

Things like this make me not want to play WoW. Seriously. Listen to the audio.

What is our world coming to?

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Oh, and one last thing: I put a new sticker on my laptop, a Flickr sticker (or stickr :-P).


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Ugh, I need clients. I need a job.

That's the thing that sucks about working freelance: job security. Right now, getting jobs and clients isn't easy; I've only just recently been doing freelance. I do all my regular photography work with The Observer as a staff photog, meaning I'm on their payroll. Translation: a steady paycheck. The kicker is, I ( Read more... )

I miss Marissa. Like, I genuinely do. I think that's a good sign.

So, I'm out of Springs in 12 days, going back to Notre Dame for my summer courses. The house I'm living in is good to go, and I'm excited about it. I'm highly considering not bringing my desktop for the summertime, relying just on my laptop and an external drive. I'd like to pick up ( Read more... )