Susie's Meanderings

This year's effort

I was very cold by the time I finally got my tripod set up so I could get a satisfactory shot of this year's jack o'lanterns. I also discovered that an Ikea ice cream scoop is ideal for getting the innards out.

Speedy like a fox

So, inspired by my new computer classes, I've spent the last two weeks pulling my little 3 year old gateway apart, dusting off its parts, reformatting the hard drive, and today, glory be, I installed an extra 512MB of memory. I've been wanting to do this for some 2 years, but Gateway, in its wisdom, made my computer with the proprietary (and expensive) Rambus RAM, and in two years of waiting, the price has never gone down. One day it occurred to me....lots of people must be getting rid of their old tired RDRAM on ebay.... and sure enough, I found everything I needed, available to "Buy it Now" for less than half the price of new RAM. It arrived today, and was installed within minutes. My computer flies now.
Next, a new video card... which requires a new power supply to support it....

My next 6 months

So, the last project I was on ended spectacularly in a blaze of.. well, not glory. Anyway, I'm back out on the job market again, and chasing a couple of certifications. My homework for the weekend? Skim the top book on the pile. Turns out it's actually very interesting, which is a good thing for me...