…for like six months or something and then I remember about you again.
In the interim, I have begun running Chrome, loved it, and then left it for Firefox again (Really, Chrome team, I need my plug-ins, at the very least give me a NoScript dealie in the UI). I have downloaded, and am running Windows 7 x64 build 7000 on my main desktop. The desktop also received a much needed upgrade. It went from an AMD 3800+ to an Intel Core2Quad Q6600. The gpu went from an nVidia 6600LE (you’ve heard me complain about that before) to an nVidia 8800GTS (finally a real-ish graphics card). It went from 3 GB DDR ram to 2 GB DDR2, which I don’t think is a downgrade, but I definitely think I need to get to sticking more RAM in here, because modern operating systems want more than that measly amount.
You know, I’ve even wondered about virtualizing XP? I still like to play some old games that won’t run on this hardware, so a VM seems like a perfect solution. I just need school to lighten up before I try to do anything like that.
[Aside] I promise I’ll do a whole little Win7 run through soon, just like I did with the Vista beta I had.
I’ve also been teaching myself a few things. And by a few, I mean that when I collate them all together it looks like a daunting list. So, here they are: Japanese, Spanish, C++, web design, how to start a business, and graphic design. I’m sure I forgot a few, and I’m sure that I’m not progressing as quickly as say, a person enrolled in a class for these, but I’m a sucker for projects about things that I don’t know and puzzle me. It’s a way to divert my mind from school work.
I participated in NaNoWriMo last year, and only got to 25,000 words. Which is half way, but I wanted to get closer than that. Can you guess what my main hang up was? School. As November started all the classes started assigning more homework. I had 20 pages to read in English a night (I read slowly) and upwards of 30 pre-calc problems a night. Then of course you factor in physics, chemistry, and it ends up being enough work to keep you from writing the fantastical novel you have floating in your head. So, I’m still slowly chipping away at it, but I’m only up to 35,000 words, and have started a few more stories that I would like to get working on as well. I hate it when I get creative juices flowing for stories other than the one I’m writing.
I believe that’s all for right now. I need to finish a last bit of chem. homework and then I’m off to the land of the unconscious, and won’t be back until an hour before sunrise. G’night.
