Archive for March, 2010
March 26, 2010 at 12:34 pm · Filed under Ramblings
Started building a new computer, first one I’ve built since sometime in the mid to early 90s.
I think that makes me a noob again. I’ve been holding off on getting a new computer until closer towards the end of the year when the new SSDs were supposed to come out but Frys had an awesome deal on a processor/motherboard combo. I basically got the motherboard for free so I jumped on it and almost $800 later, my computer is almost done.
I booted it up for the first time yesterday, recognized everything, just need to install an OS and I should be good to go. I still need to redo the cabling, I’m awful at that kind of stuff but the case makes it pretty easy.
Stuff I got.
- Antec P183
- Core i5-750
- Gigabyte P55a-UD3
- 4GB ram
- Intel 80GB SSD
I already had a video card and power supply that I transferred over from my old machine. New machine should be blazing fast. It’ll be a good upgrade, old machine was about 4.5 years old already.
March 10, 2010 at 4:34 pm · Filed under Ramblings
I just picked up a pair of shoes on eBay and I’m selling something on there at the same time. First time seller here. I can see how people get addicted to eBay. It’s exciting! Waiting till the last seconds to bid on something. The anticipation of the seconds counting down and seeing if you’ve been outbid.
It’s also exciting selling something, watching bids, crafting your auction to get maximum exposure. I think I’m going to start selling more stuff on there.
March 6, 2010 at 10:53 pm · Filed under gadgets, Ramblings
Got the beta of Swype a couple of days ago for my G1 and I didn’t have huge hopes for it. Figured I would give it a try and then uninstall it.
I was pleasantly surprised, it’s really good! It’s fast, it’s easy to use. It’s the first time I’ve felt like maybe I could get used to typing on a touch screen keyboard and I’ve had my G1 for almost 1.5 years already.
I don’t think you can beat the tactile feel of a blackberry keyboard but Swype really brought up my typing speed on the G1 to a whole new level. It’s an amazing product and it actually makes me not hesitate to type out long responses on my phone.
