I have some extra hardware laying around. Not sure what I want to do with it...

IBM Deskstar 250GB SATA Link
IBM Deskstar 160GB IDE Link
Soundblaster Live! Link
Athlon 2600+ (unknown quality) Link
ATI 8500LE Link
Lite-on LTR-12101B Link
Antec True480 Powersupply Link
Logitech MX700
ASUS A7N8X Link

Plus an unknown Athlon processor that's underneath a fan so I can't get to it.

It's official. Hipster and I are now engaged.

dram told me to update my site, so I'm doing that. Nothing much to report. LAN party at netty's house next month sometime I think. quake3 almost every night at quake.teamslack.net. I failed my first attempt at my MCSE 2003 test (70-290). I'm gonna restudy and pass it. Other than that, life goes on.

It's amazing how few interesting things I do when I work 40 hours a week. On the plus side, I'm soon going to be one test closer to getting my MCSA/MCSE. Joy.

Here's some new pictures from my brand new Shuttle SN95G5. Enjoy. BTW, this machine kicks ASS.

Our pool is FINALLY done! It should be finished filling with water by lunch time today. It's taken SO long, but it looks nice. I'll have pictures up later.

Sucks. My CPU died. So now I'm at a crossroads. Should I continue down the path of athlon-xp, or should I make the big jump to athlon64... I suppose I probably SHOULD go to amd64 right now, because I know I'm gonna do it sooner or later. OK, I just talked myself into it. I just bought a Shuttle SN95G5 computer from newegg.com. I got 2-day shipping and rush processing for just $6 more. So it should be here by Thursday.

Happy New Years!

EBGames has some good deals on Black Friday. Here's what I'm gonna TRY to pick up...

Call of Duty $9.99
Call of Duty United Offensive $19.99
Doom 3 $19.99

details..

Best Buy:
Advent 27" HD-Ready TV $349.99

Circuit City:
HP Pentium M laptop $599.99

CompUSA:
PNY 512MB DDR3200 RAM $59.99
TDK 100-Pack DVD Media $39.99

Office Max:
Western Digital 200GB Hard-Drive (2085-3701) $49.99

Should be a fun Black Friday :)

I got a new case/mobo recently. Just 2 weeks ago, I bought a Biostar 200NB from newegg.com. So far, I've put an AMD 2600+ inside it, as well as an ATI 9800np and 512mb of Corsair VS (3200) ram. Good stuff. It worked really well at the lan party last night. The only downside so far has been that the temperature sensor doesn't work, so I don't know how hot this thing is running at the moment. I'm going to email newegg tommorrow to see what they recommend. Also, it doesn't look like I'll be able to fit the Creative Audigy2 ZS Platinum inside the case next to the video card, so that was unfortunate (although the computer doesn't have a pretty nice soundcard onboard, so it's not a huge loss). The specs on it are:

Specifications:
CPU Support: AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron(Max.FSB 400)
Chipsets: nVIDIA nForce2 IGP + MCP-T
Memory: 2x 184pin (DDR333 up to 2GB)
IDE: 2x ATA133
Graphics: Integrated GeForce 4 MX graphics
Expansion Slot: 1x PCI, 1x AGP 8X
Audio: Realtek ALC655 6-Channel Audio
LAN: Realtek RTL8201BL 10/100Mbps LAN
Extension Bay: 1x 3.5", 1x 5.25"
Front Panel Ports: 2x USB 2.0, 1x S/PDIF output, Audio ports, 1x IEEE 1394A
Back Panel Ports: 2x USB 2.0, 1x S/PDIF output, 1x IEEE 1394, 1x RJ45, 1x VGA, 1x Serial, 2x PS/2, Audio ports
Dimension(WxDxH): 8.3" x 12.7" x 7.4"