Random update: This, That and Everything
Mon, 2005-07-11 10:59 — jrearick
So, a lot has been happening since the last time I posted. So, here I go.
4th of July happened. We actually saw Meridith and she hung out with us for pretty much the whole time, which was cool of her. None of us in Ames really get to see her much. We had a grill out at my place and went to the municipal band concert at Moore Park. After the concert we went to Nerdig's place near Des Moines to watch fireworks from the roof of their house, which was really cool.
I'm now dabbling a little bit in making dashboard widgets. I found this nifty little utility called Widgetarium, which is a beta IDE for dashboard widgets. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will make a useful little widget. I plan on creating a widget at work that will integrate with our help ticket system and show the us what tickets we need to work on.
Last night, Gaila went with me and my 'rents to Grundy Center for a family get-together on the occasion that my cousin Jody and family were in town from Connecticut. Spent the day munching and talking. She seemed to approve of my family.
There is a sale going on at IT Sales for Dell computers. I have configued the following system and may be purchasing it sometime this week or month.
So, today is the 11th, which means my class starts today. It actually starts right about now, so I should be going. I have class every day from 10 to noon until August 5th. This summer is so short. I hope POM will be as easy as TrLOG was.
Laters.
4th of July happened. We actually saw Meridith and she hung out with us for pretty much the whole time, which was cool of her. None of us in Ames really get to see her much. We had a grill out at my place and went to the municipal band concert at Moore Park. After the concert we went to Nerdig's place near Des Moines to watch fireworks from the roof of their house, which was really cool.
I'm now dabbling a little bit in making dashboard widgets. I found this nifty little utility called Widgetarium, which is a beta IDE for dashboard widgets. Hopefully by the end of the summer I will make a useful little widget. I plan on creating a widget at work that will integrate with our help ticket system and show the us what tickets we need to work on.
Last night, Gaila went with me and my 'rents to Grundy Center for a family get-together on the occasion that my cousin Jody and family were in town from Connecticut. Spent the day munching and talking. She seemed to approve of my family.
There is a sale going on at IT Sales for Dell computers. I have configued the following system and may be purchasing it sometime this week or month.
- Dell OptiPlex GX280 SMT
- P4 3.4 Ghz with Hyperthreading
- Gigabit Ethernet
- XP Pro SP2
- 1GB DDR2 (2 DIMMs)
- Dell 17" UltraSharp 1704FOV (DVI)
- 80GB SATA 7200RPM 8MB Cache
- 48x32 CDRW/DVD Combo Drive
- 3 Year Warranty (On-Site Service)
- Total Price $1,061.62
So, today is the 11th, which means my class starts today. It actually starts right about now, so I should be going. I have class every day from 10 to noon until August 5th. This summer is so short. I hope POM will be as easy as TrLOG was.
Laters.
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Why did you get a Dell 17" Monitor with it VS using a KVM Switch with your Apple Cinema Display? Granted the Dell doesn't have Bluetooth but you can always add Bluetooth on cheaper than a Dell display.
The Apple Cinema display is DVI only and DVI KVMs are frickin expensive. I plan on using the Dell monitor either on my KVM replacing my 17" CRT or keeping it at work for use on my laptop.