Holiday Accomplishments
1) I ordered a brand spanking new Anthro computer desk.. I am done with the cheap Office Depot & Staples furniture I’ve gotten by on for years, and I finally decided I wanted a desk that could accomodate the way I work — which is that I constantly context switch between my laptop and a desktop.
2) I run VMWare Fusion instances of Windows XP and Linux so that I can mirror my customers’ environments. Unfortunately, I have so many virtual machines now that I can’t fit them all comfortably on my laptop’s 160GB hard drive. The problem? My MacBook Pro has a 7200 rpm drive in it, and I was loathe to give up speed for additional space. The solution? I ordered a Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 7200rpm drive from Newegg. It’s on the way, and so that leaves me free to make a change I’d been thinking about for a while…
3) ..because I had a 320GB hard drive that spun 5400rpm that I was using in an external Firewire 800 case to “augment” my MacBook Pro’s internal drive. I’d thought about replacing the internal drive for a while with the slower drive, but never mustered the gumption to do it. Instead that drive is now in my Playstation 3, so now I have a 320GB Playstation 3 instead of a 60GB Playstation 3. Score! (I followed the instructions in this handy article from Gamespot!)
4) Did I mention I’m cleaning house? I become a slob during the work week, and I needed to do some much needed house cleaning. I’ve got a big house for a single guy (4BR, 2.5 Bath), and I need to reorganize a lot of the “stuff” I have stored from when my Mom passed away back in 2003. With any luck, I won’t have to make excuses like the one on that welcome mat next week!
5) I finished the Dune prequel trilogy: “The Butlerian Jihad“, “The Machine Crusade”, and “The Battle of Corrin”, each of which clocks in at over 600 pages a pop. Whew!
6) And most importantly: I’ve paid all my bills and got all my work-related stuff knocked out. I may do some work this weekend, but a lion’s share of it will be around the house!
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