<Begin Mac-vangelist Speech>
So if you’re a Mac nerd like me, yesterday was a big day. This week is the annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference), which is the yearly mecca for all Mac software developers, and others who just pay out the nose to hear our benevolent leader Steve Jobs speak about the new products and software. I don’t even want to consider the illegal things I’d be willing to do just to get a chance to go to WWDC or Macworld…(Think happy thoughts)…that’s how Mac-crazy I am. Don’t ever say good things about Windows in my presence, cause you’ll get an earful.
Anyway, yesterday was his Steveness’ keynote address, and there were some exciting things let me tell ya. He previewed the new version of Mac OS X, (you know what that means Stephanie? Another update in the Spring, I bet you can’t wait!), and there’s some pretty cool stuff. I won’t bore you all with the details, but you can go check out Leopard’s features if you want for yourself. And if you ever want to consider switching to a Mac, I’m always here for you :) And you know what? Macs run Windows now, so you can have the best of both worlds!
<End Mac-vangelist Speech> (We now return you to your regularily scheduled knitting post)
In the knitting world I continue to chug along in anticipation of the upcoming art fair. We only have 2 weeks left, and Mom and I are both knitting as fast as time allows. I finished another cabled purse, in green, that is waiting to be lined. And I’m working on a Tea Cozy from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I think we’re going to dye some yarn this weekend which should be fun too. I’m not going to promise pictures, because I never deliver…one of these days I’ll get a digital camera.
Last night’s dinner (and today’s lunch) was pretty darn good, as evidenced by my little brother wolfing it down very quickly.
- Spicy Mahi-Mahi with Creamy Avocado Sauce
- Snap Peas with Mint
- Asian Cucumber Salad
- Apple Strudel (frozen from Trader Joes, but still very good)
That’s about all I have to report…I’ll leave you with a very cool picture of a rainbow I took from my car the other day. While at a stoplight in case you were wondering. Peace out.
<evil laugh>Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!</evil laugh>
<igor>Master, the computer is alive!</igor>
In the dark lair of Dr. Church, there are horrendous tools laying everywhere…Tools designed for destruction, to take a computer and cut it open, exposing it’s innards! Such a place that you thought only existed in dreams, where dead computers are brought back to life by cobbling together parts from the computer cemetary. Run for your life, or you may end up with a CD-ROM drive for a heart!!!
Yeah, so anyway, I fixed my computer. Kind of. I got it apart and fiddled with the power button and it booted up! I was so excited, that when I was putting it back together I used the wrong screw in one spot and accidentally drilled through the CD-ROM drive’s ribbon cable. I didn’t discover this until the following morning, when the CD in the drive wouldn’t display on the computer. So I took the whole thing apart again, only to discover my stupid mistake. So I’m happy that my computer works, but it kinda sucks to not have a CD drive right now. Eventually I’m going to track down the cable (which not a standard computer store part) and replace it, but I’m just living without right now.
I have a lot of knitting news to report as well, but I’m going to put that in another post, to follow in a few minutes. And pictures sometime after that, when I can actually get 2 minutes (it’s harder than you think) to load the stuff off the camera.
It’s the last 2 weeks of the semester, and things are beginning to spiral out of control, right on time as usual. It seems that every year around this time, my list of things to do gets bigger everyday, even though it should be getting smaller. And it never fails that something catastrophic will happen. And this year certainly doesn’t disappoint…
Yesterday I was studying for an E&M 2 test all day long, because our professor had threatened to make it a very hard test, with a double stub impedance matching problem with a Smith Chart, which aren’t exactly the easiest problems in the world. So I’m arms deep in my textbook, with papers all around, and my computer starts freaking out.
My trusty old iBook has been on the last legs of its life for a while now, and I’ve been preparing myself for its inevitable demise. It randomly shuts itself off, but not before displaying LSD induced images on the screen. And the left speaker has been on the fritz for quite a while. Well yesterday the speaker started one of its episodes again (basically it emits this very loud vibrating/popping noise). It kept going for a minute or two, and then with a loud pop, the computer turned off. I’ve been trying to revive it since last night, but nothing has worked. My hunch is that the speaker caused a short somewhere on the motherboard, and that’s why it won’t turn on. So now I’m computerless, when I was hoping to have a bit more time to save up for a shiny new MacBook Pro.
But before I can lay my iBook to rest, I have to remove its brain. See, my iBook guards a good portion of my life on its hard drive, and I have to rob it of that data before it can be sent to computer heaven. So this afternoon I’m going to crack open its white plastic case (for the 2nd time) and take out his hard drive, so that I can pull the data off onto the iMac. I’m secretly hoping that the source of the problem is just a minor short, and that I can play Dr. Frankenstein and resurrect my little white friend. But if not, I suppose that there’s a shiny metal friend in my future sometime soon.
Rest in Peace iBook, I will miss you :(
So, Scout met me in the shop yesterday to help me pick out some rovings and teach me how to needle felt, and that started me on an awesome trip wherein I learned that, needle felting is like the coolest thing I’ve ever done! So this post will be long, so I’m going to give you a teaser picture and make you click through to view the final product, and I must say, it rocks!!!
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Ok, so there are so many things to talk about, and I haven’t posted in a day or two, so I’m going to break down this post into subcategories, so I can cover everything. ;) You know my engineer tendencies make you all hot and bothered.
Also, this post will probably be crazy long, so I’m going to break it up into a new page. Click onward to read more… Continue reading ‘Felting the Midnight Oil’
