Month: December 2004

  • the (blogging) year in review
    2003 review

    january
    nothing happened that i can remember. i posted a pic of a monkey.

    february
    a too-skinny erin arrived back into my life.

    march
    met up with jenn in miami for the day.

    april
    started really getting into collecting classic (ie, junk) cameras.
    got a bizarrely vertiginous head cold.
    stopped posting.
    started posting.
    stopped posting.

    may
    started posting.
    stopped posting.

    june
    didn't post at all.

    july
    saturndesign went live.
    my relationship with erin's daughter, iris, really starts to come together.

    august
    posted once, about the stanford prison experiment

    september
    started blogging again, by mocking then kicking almost everyone out of the snobby elitist blog ring

    october
    got clobbered by 2(!!) hurricanes. lost most of my roof and got my car totaled out by the insurance company.
    got laid off from my job.
    got a burly sinus infection.

    november
    erin tricked me into getting a 1 hour swedish massage.
    applied at workforce to get a grant for CIW certifications.
    wrote a whole shitload of blogs that were never made public.
    started posting photos again.
    learned that i have more family in erin's family than i do in mine.

    december
    got a new computer (imac g5 - 1.6Ghz, 60 gig)
    got my ass handed to me by approximately 300 christmas trees. not an exaggeration.
    learned that i have more family in erin's family's friends than i do in my family.
    got a new car (mitsubishi galant)
    learned i will be able to attend CIW certification classes with grant. in other words, for free!

  • can you spot the differences? (aside from the photo angle)
    click on each pic for the huge size.

  • the new computer has arrived. amazing, the difference between 350Mhz and 1.25Ghz.
    seeing as how all of my browser bookmarks are still on the old computer, i'd like to ask a favor.
    leave me your favorite bookmark in the comments.

  • Dear Apple Customer,

    Thank you for shopping with Apple!

    Here are the details of your order:

    Shipping Method: Parcel/Ground

    Product # Product Description Qty Price Ext Price
    __________ ______________________________ ______ ________ __________
    M8851LL/A APP FOR IMAC/EMAC-E/K-USA 1 169.00 169.00
    _______________________________________________________________________________

    Product # Product Description Qty Price Ext Price
    __________ ______________________________ ______ ________ __________
    M9248LL/A IMAC G5 17/1.6/256/80/COMBO/56 1 1,299.00 1,299.00
    _______________________________________________________________________________

    Subtotal: $ 1,468.00
    Sales Tax: $ 88.08
    Total price for your order: $ 1,556.08

    new computer for christmas. after about 5 years of using a 350 mhz/6 gig imac... i splurged.