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I went shopping for computer upgrades today, and came across some great deals.
First off I got 256 MB of SDRAM for only $25, which is a really really good
price. Back when we bought this computer 4 years ago, that 256 MB would have
probably cost $500 or something, as most systems were selling with 32 MB, and
high end one's with 64. How times do change. Then because my 20 GB hard drive is
sorta sketchy and I was running out of room for mp3's, I decided I should just
get a new one, and so I got a 120 GB Western Digital, with 8 MB of cache.
Unfortunatly I'm having some problems getting it to run right, I have it all
partitioned and it runs great on my secondary IDE channel, but when I try to
slave it on the primary channel, it freezes on boot in the BIOS. Not cool at
all. So I'm currently trying to figure all that out and hopefully I'll get it
working without too much trouble.
And finally I got a Microsoft Intellimouse, cause it was only $10 and I like it
more than my current mouse anyways. The reason they all came so cheap was
because of rebates, which means I get to fill out forms and follow very explicit
directions in order to have any hope of getting some checks in the mail. It's no
wonder so few people bother to redeem rebates once they buy something. Anywho,
the specs page is updated with the upgrades,
as well as the addition of my brother's "new" computer, a HP Pavilion. It's not
new and it's not all that great of a PC, but it does it's job good enough,
especially after some much needed memory upgrades. 64 MB just don't cut it these
days.
The New York Times has a
good article on coincidence
's. As I've always believed, most things that seem like a "sign" in
hindsight is just pure dumb luck. You only remember the rememorable experiances.
Anywho, the article brings up some great points about the whole 9/11 conspiracy
theories, and how with 280 million people in the US alone, even one-in-a-million
odds happen 280 times a day.
Only one more week till college! Can ya
tell I'm excited?
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