My road to web development nirvana
I’m happy to say that the move to our new apartment was a complete success. The AT&T U-verse techs ran into a little bit of trouble, but everything has been resolved and is running smoothly (as is evidenced by my writing this post.)
I’ll probably try to post a few pictures once we get everything cleaned up, but I might just open them up to my flickr contacts for the sake of privacy.
Okay, listen: I tried to give Vista a chance, I really did. And if you think about it, it’s not even really Vista’s fault (although maybe it is…) that I plan on going back to XP. Mostly I blame Creative, who can’t seem to get their act together to release a decent set of sound card drivers. I ended up tracking down a set of “unofficial” drivers provided by daniel_k which gave me much better results, but still not perfect.
Time to head back to the OS where everything actually worked.
I was greatly surprised when my PC contracted a virus, even more so when I couldn’t easily remove it.
Instead of spending several hours trying to get things back to normal (and afterward not even being sure that everything had been cleaned properly) I decided to reinstall the OS. Instead of re-installing Windows XP I decided to force Windows Vista on myself.
Before the cries of disbelief and rage start being flung my way, let me explain that there is only one reason I am doing this: it will make me use my Mac more.
I just received an e-mail from YouTube that said the following:
“This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by VAN MORRISON / EXILE PRODUCTIONS / EXILE PUBLISHING claiming that this material is infringing:
Hamburg Street Performers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Yj9c66jZE“
Since the video is no longer viewable (“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by VAN MORRISON / EXILE PRODUCTIONS / EXILE PUBLISHING”) I’ll have to summarize its content for you. While I was in Hamburg, Germany I happened across a couple of street performers (one on guitar/drums, the other on upright bass) that were playing various songs. I took a short video of them with my digital camera and uploaded it to YouTube, where it has sat for almost a year. The song they were singing was a Van Morrison tune — regardless, I find this very surprising.
Not being able to take video on a public street without someone claiming copyright is a little too Big Brother for my taste.
With the promise of a new apartment looming on the horizon, Jill and I have been whipped into a furniture-buying frenzy. Neither of us have much actual furniture, so we’re essentially furnishing most of the new apartment from scratch. Some things we have acquired thus far:
We’re going to make a trip up to at least one of the Illinois IKEAs this weekend, and maybe both depending on if all of our items are in stock at the one in Schaumburg. Things that we will likely purchase at IKEA:
Luckily Jill’s parents offered to pick up the IKEA tab, which will be incredibly helpful when you factor in all the other costs of moving. A big thank you to them, and hopefully I’ll be able to post some pictures when the time comes!
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while, but I’ve been a bit busy. The story: my Internet connection was recently upgraded to 10mbps/1mbps (down/up). Without further adieu, some screenshots:
My dad is planning on buying me a new 24″ iMac as a graduation present in December and I’m beginning to get very excited about it. A lot of this probably has to do with the release of Leopard, since I know it’ll look and function even better on a newer system than on my dated PowerBook G4.
I can definitely see myself making the iMac my new primary computer. I’ve always been a PC guy when it came to getting actual work done, but that is looking to change. What I will still need my PC for is the occasional game of Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2, or whatever else the fellas happen to be playing at the time. However, now that EA has signed on with Apple (and the fact that AAPL is gaining market share) it probably won’t be long before game developers start releasing Mac-compatible versions of their games.
In other news, my capstone project is trucking along, and I shouldn’t have a problem getting it finished in time for the November 26th presentation. In the end it will be functional, and time will determine how feature-rich it becomes.