Tech

Skinned

Look at my new toy:

Dell Skin

Beautiful, isn’t it?  It’s a pretty popular “Skeleton and Roses” design from the Grateful Dead quadrant of the Universe.

I got it through SkinIt, a company that sells decals for stuff like laptops, cell phones, video game consoles, and iPods. They have a fairly large collection of designs to choose from. I obviously ordered one for my Dell E1405, and it came custom cut to the exact size and lines of my model. If you look closely, you’ll see that it is actually four decals that bleed across the different sections of the lid.

It’s pretty well-constructed… Not a cheap sticker, either. *rummages around to get the backing* It’s “3M Scotchcal High Performance Film: Automotive Grade, with Comply(tm) Adhesive Performance.”
Meaning I gots me some auto decals for my screamin’ dual core system.

Then again, it’s a completely cosmetic upgrade, and usually when I spend money, I want my system to do something with that money, but this one is pretty sweet. Maybe I’ll bring it in to class more, see if it gets any looks from the uptight business majors that I have class with.

A confession

I just read an interview with Bill Gates on the Windows Vista launch. The guy gets a lot of crap, but just hearing the way the guy thinks, you realize that he has his stuff in order and he is quite a smart guy.

And for a split second… a tiny lapse in time and judgment… I thought, “Wow, maybe Microsoft actually is better.”

There. I had to get that out of my system.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to run Windows Update.

Thank God the week is over.

Wow. For me, this was just a really crappy week.

I’m really not in a bad mood… Or discouraged…. It just sucked. No hard feelings. And frankly, I don’t think I’m gonna go into it, I think I’m tired of hearing myself whine, so I won’t force it on anyone else.

But there is good news, as well, in the form of a new 500GB external hard drive. It’s big, it’s eSATA, and until I get a desktop that supports that kind of connection, I will only experience about 1/6 of its speed. It’s also loud as heck. But it’s 500 gigs.