Friday, December 24, 2010

random projects

Upgrading the HTPC:
The HTPC has served me faithfully for two years, but I felt like it was time for an upgrade. No, not rational at all. I suppose I got annoyed by waiting for Firefox to load. Sure, it's not the computer's fault, but I'm upgrading anyway. The Intel Core Duo E7300 (which is still really competent by today's standards), motherboard, and RAM have been transferred to the HTPC Midwest Edition. In other words, it's now in a nearly identical setup at my parents' house - only this time with a 2TB HD so my dad can download lots of pr0n (although honestly, why bother downloading pr0n when you can stream it?).

New parts:
- Intel i3 540
- ASSrock H55M mobo
- Last minute call to keep the old 1TB WD Caviar Green HD and add on a...
- Intel 40GB SSD (which actually will solve the Firefox issue... hopefully)

I suppose at some point in the future I may want to upgrade my desktop PC, although it's totally not worth the money. I might as well get an iPad 2 first.

Car work:
The car recently hit 200,000 miles (figuratively). Aside from a well deserved car wash, it also needs:
- A change of antifreeze
- A change of oil (by the time I get around to changing it)
- A new windshield (gonna splurge with an OEM part seeing how easily these replacement windshields break)
- New trim for the windshield, since Low Price Auto Glass of Austin, TX didn't mount it right and it flew off somewhere. )-: The parts have been ordered.

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