I just got back from the Apple store. The iPod nano is wicked small. Wicked small. And light. I would totally ruin one.

But damn. In black, they are some sick shit. Come on Apple. Sell me a black 60GB.

Sitting here on my desk is a brand-new ThinkPad T42. I bought it for a new hire at the office. I have yet to play with a ThinkPad purchased after the Lenovo sale.

First Impressions
T-series ThinkPads are sick. The composite case is just ill. This new ThinkPad T42 (2378-R4U) is only about an inch thick, and makes my T30 (2366-85U) look completely old. I really like the look of T-series ThinkPads - they look very industrial, not slick-design stylee like many notebooks on the market. There’s something about the look that makes an IT geek know that it means business.

I have yet to power the machine on, but I have already encountered one issue. Upon opening the memory chip cover, the small washer that is meant to keep the screw inside the plastic was not correctly placed. So, unscrewing it did not make the cover lift up as it should, making me have to use a precision screwdriver to remove the cover. I was able to correctly seat the washer after installing the 1GB chip that I installed, and now the cover works correctly. Not a huge deal, but that was the very first thing I did to the machine, after ogling it that is. Makes me a little nervous.

I’ll let you know how the initial setup process goes, as well as some updates from down the road. I really want it to go well, because I don’t want to have to buy corporate notebooks that aren’t ThinkPads.

So, I have some friends that went and saw Green Day this weekend in San Francisco. They live in Bend. They flew to SF on Saturday, and returned on Sunday. I imagine that is not cheap.

Also, it cost $70 a ticket for general admission on the floor (field?) at SBC Park.

SEVENTY FUCKING DOLLARS! To see Green Day. And they flew there to do it. I don’t get it. I just don’t get it.

I would however pay $70/ticket to see Billie Jo (Dookie-era) beat the living shit out of Makeup-wearing, Pseudo-punk, Money-hasn’t-changed-me Billie Jo (American Idiot-era).

seriously…you only have to click burn disc once to make the CD actually burn.

it’s about time.

helpful stuff from those super smart guys over at IBM.

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ie2mozgd/

Link found here originally: http://www.whatdoiknow.org/enjoying/

A nice link collection, worth checking out.