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Sunday, November 28, 2004
Noticing new birds...
If I hear Bill Clinton say "I notice new birds that I've never noticed before" one more time, I am going to take out my very largest trout. And believe me, it's quite capable of knocking down a former president.
Ahem.
My weekend has been both good and bad. Good, in the sense that I went on one long extended date. Bad, in the sense that I haven't progressed with myOtaku, as a result of not being home.
However, things are bogging down this week to some degree anyway.
You see, my dad's computer in his office has finally given up. Or at least, it's very close to doing so. So on the weekend he said that he needs a new computer urgently; he wants me to format mine and set it up for him. It's a good deal, given that mine is only a year old and given that I look after my things with insane care.
But considering all of the work I have on here (some of it very important -- for example, I really can't afford to lose all my layered design files for sites like myOtaku), I obviously can't go without a computer for too long.
So, he offered to buy me a new one. Don't you love it when someone comes to you and says "You need to buy a new computer this weekend, I will pay for it."? Admittedly, this is the first time it's been said to me, but I enjoyed it. ~_^
I considered my options. My last two computers were bought from Dell. For me, it's a happy medium. I can choose just about all of the internal bits and pieces, and still have a lot of security (ie: very extensive warranty and so on). Also, Dell offers some great freebies (for instance, I got $500 cash back on my new computer).
So, I considered what type of computer to buy. And I thought I'd take a bit of a leap (for me, anyway). I'm going to get a notebook rather than a new desktop.
A few things motivated my choice. For one, my desk in the study here is reasonably small. I have very little room to open out A3 pages and things like that -- and when you're doing any type of design work, that's a pain. I don't want to put my keyboard to one side and all that junk. So, a notebook would help there.
Also, we have wireless Internet a home. And during summer, this study (with its poor ventilation) gets extremely hot. So...being able to be on the 'net and work anywhere in the house (or even outdoors) is a very attractive option for me.
In any case, it should be good. All in all, the notebook will be similar to my desktop I guess. Its processor isn't as fast, but it has more RAM. And it has the very best ATi video card that was on offer (which I'm forgetting the name of right now, other than that it includes "Turbo" in there lol). So that'll be good as well.
However, this means that I have a lot of work this week. I will have two computers to format, and I will be setting up all of my dad's business things in his office downstairs, which will be a little annoying. There's a lot to do.
One of the benefits is that I'll finally have a DVD burner (I never got one on this computer, due to it being slightly over my budget). So that'll be funk.
Also, on an unrelated note, I finally saw Hero on Sunday. I recommend it to everyone, especially if you enjoyed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (and even if you didn't, it's worth a look). It's worth watching for its gorgeous visuals alone, not to mention the moving story. But I am guessing most of you here have seen it by now. What did you think of it? I'd be interested to hear everyone's thoughts.
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