Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Technologic Commentary

So, most of my life is computers and electronics. I develop software at my internship by day. I socialize through internet forums such as Gmail, Google+, and Blogger. I burn away spare time playing video games (primarily minecraft recently). The only time I don't use a computer is when sleeping and traveling to another place to use a different computer.

Obligatory XKCD:



Recently, I helped Loki (my girlfriend) build a desktop from parts (it is usually significantly cheaper) for the purpose of having a computer more powerful than a netbook (and minecraft). I helped put it together and all that jazz yesterday evening, and it is know running and everything appears to be functional. For those that are interested, here are some specifications:

$415 pricetag
Quadcore 3.2 Ghz CPU
320 GB 7200 rpm harddrive
8 GB ram
Video card
     Radeon HD 4670
     1 GB memory

albeit that it still needs a case (so it can move out of it's cardboard box home) and it still needs speakers (I plan to give her mine).

I just realized that I didn't really have a direction to go after that, all right,
ABRUPT TOPIC JUMP
I'm thinking about moving my blog to Google+. It is currently new and fancy, and I already use it, so it would be easier to consistently update followers on how post-secondary education and life is going. It also might encourage comments so I don't feel like a total loner writing these posts for myself and me.Currently G+ is "invite only," but in reality everyone I know on the service has over 100 invites, so people should respond if they care about this move.