UPS delivered my O2 in the afternoon. Oh, what a super sexy piece of kit. If it were purple it would be perfect. Have you seen the Tezro? Four CPUs in a 17 by 13.75-inch purple “cube”, it’s more pimp than Snoop Dogg in a 300C. Apple’s designers have nothing on SGI — “Wishing-for-Death” White […]
Archive for June, 2004
Oh Too Cool
09Jun04Inspiron 8600 Follow-up
07Jun04My follow-up on the first few weeks of owning a Dell Inspiron 8600
Sharp Dressed Man
07Jun04They come running just as fast as they can,
’cause every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp dressed man.
One of my favorite songs, and certainly one of ZZ Top’s best.
Went out and got myself fitted for two new suits today, in Charcoal and a sort of Tan blend. I loathe the whole shopping experience — parking, […]
Trying Times
07Jun04This isn’t the first time that a loved one has passed away… Knock on wood, this will be the last for some time… But this is the first time that I’ve been involved in the process of planning a service. Thankfully my grandmother had something of a morbid streak, so the basics were covered and […]
Back in Florida
03Jun04Barely made my flight back last night, luckily it was delayed. Got the call this morning that my grandmother had passed. Last night I was upset that we hadn’t gone last week… it would have meant staying two nights instead of three, but she’d have been lucid… now I’m just glad that we made it.
And […]
Personal News
01Jun04A few years ago the kindest description I could come up with for my youngest cousin was “screw-up.” On Thursday he graduates from Basic Training in the Army and will move on to job training as a communications technician. We are all extremely proud of him.
I’m in New Jersey for a few days with my […]
Newest Toy
01Jun04I am a confirmed Windows Guy, but I’ve just about always worked in places that were more heavily invested in Unix systems. Often from Silicon Graphics. In late 1996 my then-employer received a pre-announcement O2 from SGI. It was a seriously sexy piece of kit with 3D graphics that were years ahead of the PC […]
