Staticfree Blog

Summer's neary gone. I've got one week of no-school left. Well, a bit more but it certainly is starting to feel like it. The sad part is that I have some friends I intended to at least hangout with this summer, but never got around to doing so. Never had a party with the old tnet/HS crew. Not that what's been done instead has been bad, but it makes me think that I should have been more assertive in trying to get them done.

On a more interesting note, I finally got my laptop. It arrived (thankbloody goodness) earlier than the date they claimed it would. After poking at the filth they ship on it (WindowsXP) and determining it all worked correctly, I put a real operating system on it. Tried Gentoo, but there were issues with the IDE stuff (which you can find info online on how to easily correct) and I was impatient and had a Debian Potato disk laying around. So, for now, it's running Debian.

Things are great! Nearly everything is working on it. Thanks to a most incredibly helpful resource, and Dyfri's kernel config, I have gotten all but the modem and front accessory buttons working. Havn't tested the firewire yet, nor then wireless adaptor, but i suspect both work just dandy. I should be able to try the wireless out today, so that should be good. Even DVD playing in linux works just dandy with mplayer.

All in all, I'm amazingly pleased with this laptop. The screen is addictively clear (I look at CRTs now and cringe a bit. ah well), I can yank it's power cord out, head off to work, listen to music on it all day at work, and still have juice to warbike on the way home :-)

Carolyn and her sister put together a fiesta last weekend. There were decorations, burritos, margaritas, and all sorts of stuff. It was good fun and I got to see a bunch of the Amherst crew for the last time this summer.

My heart monitor has been removed. I got frustrated with the electrodes making my skin break out, so I simply removed them last friday. I suppose I need to send the kit back to the co. at some point before I head back to Rochester.

In going to Rochester, I need to pack. It seems like there's so much to pack, but the bulk of it is my big workstation. Clothes are mostly packed anyway, as they're all in containers that I can dump into my suitcase :-) My dad is letteing me take the air mattress that I've been using all summer as padding for my futon. This is wonderful, as I would have simply gone out and bought my own air mattress if he didn't - it's an amazingly comfy combination. Once packed, Carolyn and I will head back to Rochester. It'll be good to just hang out there for a bit before school starts - visit with friends, get computers set up, get used to schedules.

Now all I need to do is just finish up the week at work and get paid.