Fugue

[ehowton]

Not bad at all. I don't exactly know what it is about it. Wikipedia classifies it as 'electrogoth' and iTunes imports it as 'industrial.' I disagree with the latter, so...electrogoth it is! I think the elements I enjoy about this album can all be attributed to recall of memories. Its reminiscent of both the bands I used to hear haunting the club scene in Germany when I was over there, but with the addition of having an 80's sound to it. With that, might I suggest ximo give it a listen if he's not already familiar with them. I'd have to listen to them back-to-back with VNV Nation before comparing the two, but looky, I've already gone and drawn a similarity betwixt the two.

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Rec'd my T-60. I didn't have a copy of XP which contained the SATA driver required for the harddrive, so I retained the SOE and simply modified the registry entries and services.msc to cull out the unneeded horseshit which usually plagues such an installation. Besides, it was easier to keep all the IBM specific software which was already contained within the operating system. Its a rather large form factor. Not as bulky as those massive Inspiron laptops Dell sells, but nowhere near the portability of the X1 I've grown accustomed to, either. The good news, I suppose, is that this machine has a 2.0GHz CoreDuo processor, and 2GB of RAM. I've been playing with a combination of Parallels Workstation (similar to VMware) & dual-booting to put an alternate O/S on this machine. I'd prefer Parallels to mitigate a reboot, and I have the RAM for it, but I'm having issues with the SATA driver. In the meantime, I'm downloading kubuntu 7.0.4 for giggles; we'll run everything off that and see what's what.

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The time grown near, and yet, here I sit, no further along. I felt a great sense of foreboding the other day. An unease settling quickly upon me, the gravity of everything finally coming to me. Leaving galinda822, questioning my own abilities where this new position fits in, selling the house, relocating my family, juggling once again everything I juggle when I I go through this...then I realized I was just getting sick. I went to the doctor, he put me on narcotics for a couple of days and I slept. I slept like the dead. Slight fever last night, but when I awoke, I knew I would emerge victorious. I always do.

Working my last day of work tomorrow. A full day as the Site Service Delivery Manager. Then, I turn in my badge and drive to Wichita to pick up little girl, returning home the next morning. It greatly interferes with my Friday Night Movie Night and, if all continues to go as planned, what would have been our last. I've packed up all but 64 of my Cd's, those remaining in a travel case until I relocate. I'll take those with me to Wichita. Another 14-hours on the road this weekend...


Lost my love, lost my land
Lost the last place I could stand
There's no place I can be
Since I've found Serenity
And you can't take the sky from me.

Comments

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the thought, but please don't spend that kind of money on me, ever.
You are my friend, it's my money, and I'll spend it how I see fit...making sure to have enough for the Trip to Texas. (That sounds like a great title for a book or movie. We ought to make a website out of the trip.)


Why would I like your laptop better?
While it's not the smallest or lightest laptop out there, it's pretty slim and rather light. Plus, it's got an Turion 64 X2 with 2GB of DDR2 with the lightscribe Dual Layer DVD burner. I think our laptops are comparable. We will have to do just that in August.

I still hate leaving people behind.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Correction: The people I hate to leave behind are few and far between, but I'm learning to make new friends and actually give a shit. It's sad.

[snapper521.livejournal.com]

*smile* Pleased to hear that. Regardless that I'm jumping into the middle of this convo.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

You're not one of the people I hate to leave behind. In fact, I'm going to treat you like a bad cold and hope you go away.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

That sir, is no way to be a gentleman.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

What is this gentleman thing that you speak of?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you'll figure it out one day.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Don't hold your breath waiting.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Don't think like that, and it'll happen a lot quicker.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Why are you so adamant I become a gentleman to my banter partner, especially because it does not concern you?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Because being an ass to a young lady, no matter the who or why, is still being an ass to a young lady, and very unbecoming. You should be out of that childish phase now, and its time you began treating everyone with respect, whether you like them or not.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

So where do you fit in?

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I'm here to help.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but no thanks.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

I won't stop, and you'll thank me later.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I can't stop you and that remains to be seen.

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

It doesn't 'remain to be seen' as I just told you how things would unfold. I'm sorry I wasn't more clear; try and disagree with this, please, I beg you: "Someday you'll mature."

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Chivalry is not always the mature path and in an ironic twist of fate can be sexist from time to time, not to mention short-sighted.

[snapper521.livejournal.com]

Haha. Yeeeah suuuure. You KNOW you "love" me!! :-D haha. :-D

Seriously though - I'm the little sister you didn't have... you need one to annoy you! :-D ;-) (partially kidding)

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

I did have a little sister and come to think of it, I hated her too.

[snapper521.livejournal.com]

*grin* Just keeping with the tradition laid out by her then!

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Lightscribe. Nice. Take the same amount of time to burn a DVD like it did back in 1999. And they call that progress?

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Are we talking about the same thing?
http://www.lightscribe.com

[ehowton.livejournal.com]

Yes. We're talking about the same thing. According to their FAQ (http://www.lightscribe.com/support/index.aspx?id=301) full-graphics can take over half an hour to burn. Who the fuck cares that you can now burn a DVD in 8 minutes or less, when you spend half an hour making the label for it? The point is, your DVD is unavailable for a whole hell of a long time. I do like the concept of them, however.

[schpydurx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think the concept is cool to and I thought that you were griping about the labeling adding to the time it takes to "create" the DVD, but I look at it this way: if I'm wanting to make an impression on someone, I can create an on-disc label in house. That's impressive.