I also just received, not only my Star Wars DVD and Lisa's Xanadu DVD, but a 1GB flash drive. Prices have finally fallen to a point where I'm able to carry 1GB around in my pocket. It's crazy, but it'll be very nice for carting MP3's to work.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Computers are cheap!!
This weekend, I bought a new computer for my in-laws. A Compaq Presario SR1214NX desktop, HP DeskJet 3845 printer, and a MAG 771FS-S 17" monitor. I couldn't find a specific link for the desktop, but it apparantly is part of the SR1000 series. It had an AMD 2900+ cpu, 512MB RAM, 80GB drive, DVD drive, CD-RW drive, network card, and modem.
All for $770. Less the $290 in rebates I just mailed in, and that nets out at $480.
Sub-$500 is here! The only piece missing was a really nice video card - but most people don't care about that. Oh, and speakers, but they're cheap too.
At any rate, quite an upgrade for them - the computer I replaced was bought pre-Harry, I think. That would make it 1998 or so. :-)
All for $770. Less the $290 in rebates I just mailed in, and that nets out at $480.
Sub-$500 is here! The only piece missing was a really nice video card - but most people don't care about that. Oh, and speakers, but they're cheap too.
At any rate, quite an upgrade for them - the computer I replaced was bought pre-Harry, I think. That would make it 1998 or so. :-)
Long time, no type...
I haven't blogged for a while again. We'll see where this goes...
I've been playing with TWiki. We've been using it at work, and - once you get used to the idea - a wiki is a good repository. I decided to use it partly because I don't want to use two different wiki's, and TWiki does seem to be one of the more capable wiki's around.
The bad part is that it is slow. But, I'm getting over that.
I've uncovered one flaky part - and it just may be my old RedHat 8.0 install. Sometimes the title and left menu don't show up. I've even had just the left menu show up. Not sure why, either. Usually refreshing the page is sufficient.
For those who are curious, here's a link to Rob's TWiki. It may be shut down at any time, and my uplink is only 128K, so it's not the fastest. Especially when my Azureus client is still seeding on the latest Fedora release. (6.8GB sent so far!!)
I've been playing with TWiki. We've been using it at work, and - once you get used to the idea - a wiki is a good repository. I decided to use it partly because I don't want to use two different wiki's, and TWiki does seem to be one of the more capable wiki's around.
The bad part is that it is slow. But, I'm getting over that.
I've uncovered one flaky part - and it just may be my old RedHat 8.0 install. Sometimes the title and left menu don't show up. I've even had just the left menu show up. Not sure why, either. Usually refreshing the page is sufficient.
For those who are curious, here's a link to Rob's TWiki. It may be shut down at any time, and my uplink is only 128K, so it's not the fastest. Especially when my Azureus client is still seeding on the latest Fedora release. (6.8GB sent so far!!)
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