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What Is The World Coming To?

Tom — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:42:22 +0000

[NOTE: Oops! Forgot to publish this a few weeks ago!]

On the plane trip down I saw three laptops open (including my own), and all three were Macs. Times: are they a-changin’?

I spent the weekend in beautiful Palo Alto, California attending Startup School hosted by Y-Combinator and Stanford BASES. It was great! We (all 600+ of us) filled up Stanford’s Kresge Auditorium and listened to a day full of speakers talking about tech startups from a variety of perspectives.

Meeting up with the other attendees outside of the conference was the best part of the trip. I talked with a bunch of people from all over the country (and even from up in Canada), and came away feeling energized to work on my own projects again.

There was a neat hacker party on Saturday night called Super Happy Dev House. I had never been to something like that before, and had a good time alternating between meeting more tech people and working my projects. A++ NERD PARTY. WOULD ATTEND AGAIN.

I didn’t get to sleep before 2:30 though, and had to get up at 7:30 this morning. Woe is me! I’m getting so old.

And It Was Good

Tom — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:22:59 +0000

My new ~~toy~~computer arrived on Friday, and I decided to take some photos of some of the action. Without further uhdew…

Here is the box, that held the box that held the box

And here is the box that held the box

Open the lid…

On the streets of Compton, no doubt

Mmmm, shiny

Mmmm, tiny

Looks great on the table

Front Row rocks the blocks

This puppy is quiet as a whisper. It isn’t as pow-pow-powerful as my main PC, but it takes care of most of my computing need pretty well so far.

A++ WOULD BUY AGAIN!

Welcome… to the… final… coundown!

Tom — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:29:39 +0000

This is it folks; all of the packages are “OUT FOR DELIVERY”.Â Now I just need to remember to grab some additional cables on the way home.

So exciting!Â Woo!

Another Update

Tom — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 02:04:34 +0000

Package 2 (the Mac mini) has landed in Seattle! It is the first to make it here, and thus gets 10 points added to its score.

Package 1 better hope to make it up in delivery time bonus, else they are out of the game!

Getting Closer!

Tom — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:24:07 +0000

My keyboard/mouse and DVI-HDMI cable are in Portland now.Â Ever so much closer!

Waiting for toys is such tiring work.

A Metal Slime Draws Near!

Tom — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:07:12 +0000

So on Tuesday I took the plunge. I had been pondering it for a long time, and finally decided to buy myself a birthday present. A very geeky birthday present.

I cashed in all of my Coinstar credit, employed my employee discount, and typed in the Contra code, then clicked the “Place My Order” button.

Tomorrow, the fun will begin.

Package 1 of 2: Keyboard/Mouse and DVI->HDMI Cable

Status:		In Transit - On Time
Scheduled Delivery:	03/17/2006
Service Type:		GROUND

Location	Date		Local Time	Activity
ROSEBURG,OR	03/16/2006	10:50 A.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
-		03/16/2006	10:30 A.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
SPARKS,NV	03/15/2006	9:08 P.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
-		03/15/2006	3:38 P.M.	ORIGIN SCAN
US		03/15/2006	5:25 P.M.	BILLING INFORMATION REC'D

Package 2 of 2: Mac mini

Status:		In Transit - On Time
Scheduled Delivery:	03/17/2006
Service Type:		2ND DAY AIR

Location	Date		Local Time	Activity
LOUISVILLE,KY	03/15/2006	9:38 P.M.	ARRIVAL SCAN
LEXINGTON,KY    03/15/2006	8:10 P.M.	DEPARTURE SCAN
-		03/15/2006	3:47 P.M.	ORIGIN SCAN
US		03/15/2006	1:27 P.M.	BILLING INFORMATION REC'D