Stimulating

I almost didn't want to write this post after reading about Ur-Spo's problems with his MacBook. But my blogging has been very slow and spotty, of late, thanks to a very busy week at the office, so I'm posting this little bit anyway.

I did my part to help stimulate the economy.

Two week's ago, I finally purchased a new iMac G5 -- the one with the 24" monitor. Not because my older iMac crashed and burned. On the contrary, the old G4 pod still worked fine; however, I couldn't upgrade the software to the latest operating system without spending hundreds on memory and tech service to bring it up to speed. (It has since been wiped and donated to an elementary school.) Without the upgrades, I couldn't download the latest browsers or fixes, making a quick visit to the internet turn into an ordeal. So for the past year, I whined to CM about the waiting 10-15 minutes for a web page to load or the inability to watch a simple YouTube video. I set aside some money in savings and vowed that if my IRS return were enough, then I would replace the computer.

And it was.

And I did.

And now we can load multiple pages at a time while writing blog posts as a YouTube video runs in the background. (And the game I'm playing, Rhem 2 looks fantastic in widescreen.) I never knew technology could be like this. Oh happy day!