I am such a consumer. A bunch of my recent posts have been about products. Products don't make you happy. Not even laptops. Especially not laptops, since they belong to the computer family and computers generally make me frustrated.
Anyway, I won't be buying too much more stuff. Unless a ton of Birthday money comes in.
I will post again tomorrow. It will be about:
turning 30
or
visiting a kid's school (he is failing because he keeps getting in trouble)
or
My sermon, which I will hopefully finish (It's about water, fighting, and how Jesus worked for reconciliation as he made an outcast a leader)
or
leadership in general (I've been trying to figure out how to do that well)
or
hanging out with young, upscale, and gay (mostly) episcopalians for soup and discussion of C.S. Lewis (I didn't think they would like him . . .)
You can vote on which one I will post about, but I may just choose the one that strikes me at the time.
Peace.
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02/20/2008 15:12 #43404
I bought it.02/15/2008 11:08 #43342
laptop surveyI have a computer at home and a computer at work. I don't travel too much, and while I would love to work at Cafe Aroma, I don't do it all that much. It would also be nice to have a laptop for presentations, which I do now and then.
Should I purchase an inexpensive laptop?
I know many of you have them and love 'em. Does anybody regret the purchase? Does anybody not have one and definitely not want one (anyone that isn't married to me, that is)
Should I purchase an inexpensive laptop?
I know many of you have them and love 'em. Does anybody regret the purchase? Does anybody not have one and definitely not want one (anyone that isn't married to me, that is)
museumchick - 02/15/08 15:54
I think a laptop can be a good investment. I've always found it to be useful, especially if you find that you need to travel often. I bought my Acer Computer (Windows Vista) in December for less than four hundred dollars. It's nothing fancy, but it runs well.
I think a laptop can be a good investment. I've always found it to be useful, especially if you find that you need to travel often. I bought my Acer Computer (Windows Vista) in December for less than four hundred dollars. It's nothing fancy, but it runs well.
jim - 02/15/08 11:30
I'd never go back to not having a laptop.
1. You don't have to synchronize files across multiple computers.
2. Laptops are plenty powerful / cheap to replace a desktop computer.
3. Convenience, flexibility, and portability are important to me.
I'd never go back to not having a laptop.
1. You don't have to synchronize files across multiple computers.
2. Laptops are plenty powerful / cheap to replace a desktop computer.
3. Convenience, flexibility, and portability are important to me.
02/13/2008 22:44 #43320
She's going to be on!Category: tv
Tina Fey hosts a new Saturday Night Live this Saturday night.
I love it.
I love it.
fellyconnelly - 02/14/08 09:49
yaaaay tina is hot
yaaaay tina is hot
02/13/2008 16:20 #43314
The neighborhood just changed a littleThe gates tower project is happening.
(Please forgive my Buffalo Rising habit--(e:strip) I swear you are my first love!)
(Please forgive my Buffalo Rising habit--(e:strip) I swear you are my first love!)
james - 02/14/08 13:36
We need to stage a protest! They can't tear down that thirty year old building, it is historic!
No Blood for Progress!
We need to stage a protest! They can't tear down that thirty year old building, it is historic!
No Blood for Progress!
02/10/2008 20:09 #43269
Feels like the first time.Well, it was the first time. Every one said, "if you move to the city, you will be a victim of crime."
I knew it could happen, but it never did.
Until last night. Somebody took our car's CD player.
Apparently, they needed it more than we did.
Looking back, we think they broke into the car multiple times to get it done. Acura makes it REALLY hard to install/remove CD players.
I couldn't get the old tape deck out when I was trying. The dealership charged big bucks if they were going to do it (long story there), but I didn't pay them.
Anyway, the car will be a little more quiet now.
We're tempted to just sell the thing--it's the type of car that attracts criminal activity, but what can I get for a dented, high-mileage, no stereo car?
I knew it could happen, but it never did.
Until last night. Somebody took our car's CD player.
Apparently, they needed it more than we did.
Looking back, we think they broke into the car multiple times to get it done. Acura makes it REALLY hard to install/remove CD players.
I couldn't get the old tape deck out when I was trying. The dealership charged big bucks if they were going to do it (long story there), but I didn't pay them.
Anyway, the car will be a little more quiet now.
We're tempted to just sell the thing--it's the type of car that attracts criminal activity, but what can I get for a dented, high-mileage, no stereo car?
fellyconnelly - 02/12/08 09:30
i feel like total deja vu... didn't you already have your car broken into? i was quite certain that i had read that you did much before this point...
i feel like total deja vu... didn't you already have your car broken into? i was quite certain that i had read that you did much before this point...
metalpeter - 02/11/08 17:11
That sucks. I wish you luck with what ever you decide to do with the car.
That sucks. I wish you luck with what ever you decide to do with the car.
mrdeadlier - 02/11/08 11:50
Yeah, check out the pawn shops. Maybe you'll even get your own stereo back. Doh!
Yeah, check out the pawn shops. Maybe you'll even get your own stereo back. Doh!
mrmike - 02/11/08 09:40
I wish I could be as cool as Tony and PMT. It's almost an rite of passage for the neighborhood. When I lived on Anderson, the same thing happened to our newer car. Meanwhile, my clunker with the better cd system was left alone.
Go figure
I wish I could be as cool as Tony and PMT. It's almost an rite of passage for the neighborhood. When I lived on Anderson, the same thing happened to our newer car. Meanwhile, my clunker with the better cd system was left alone.
Go figure
janelle - 02/11/08 08:12
Yeah, I feel annoyed that dude stole the stereo. But I also thought, dude must be desparate for the money if he's going to steal a stereo during a wind storm. So alright, fine, have our stereo.
Yeah, I feel annoyed that dude stole the stereo. But I also thought, dude must be desparate for the money if he's going to steal a stereo during a wind storm. So alright, fine, have our stereo.
enknot - 02/11/08 06:20
Put up ads on a college campus. You'll get interest, fast. Especially around student loan check time, and don't feel down about it. I used to really like old cars, well my old car. I kept replcing my CD player until I got a new car, but I figured something about about car crime or maybe just city crime. If you got to a pawn shop in the slummier part of the city you live in you will see a vast array of the kinds of things you should buy newer versions of or just avoid buying outright. Diffrent cities have diffrent crime markets, you just don't want to look attractive to the criminals in your area. Pawn shops are a great way to know what's selling.
On the car topic, the more I understand about how they've improved the tech of absolutely everything in a vehicle since I've gotten my steros stolen the more it's amazed me. Newer VW's as well as many other car compaines make the stereo's in them impossbile to remove without getting under the hood and they sound amazing, they have to be unlocked by the dealer once they get it out to boot. The security features on them make them completely unattractive to crimnals and worht your dollar if you ever have had to buy a part that was stolen on your car more than once.
My brother is big on after market car crap (being a mecahnic) and he lives in a higher than avavarge crime area. I cannot tell how many times he's gotten parts of his car stolen out of his car. I lived in a simlar area and sometimes didn't lock my door overnight and my car was still there with everything intact while slightly older cars next to it had their sellable parts pilferd.
If you put a new CD player in your car and you can aford antying that was made on or after 2003 sell that thing right away. Gimmie call I'll see if my bro can install it for cheap. I'm sorry for your loss. Just don't loose faith in the less than afluent parts of this city. Poor uneducated crimnals gotta eat too, it's just easier to live next to them when you don't look like food. You wouldn't get mad at all bears cause one got your pick-a-nick basket. Besides, if you live there now you now the benifits of the area, the people who aren't poor are as cool as (e:pmt) and me!
: )
Put up ads on a college campus. You'll get interest, fast. Especially around student loan check time, and don't feel down about it. I used to really like old cars, well my old car. I kept replcing my CD player until I got a new car, but I figured something about about car crime or maybe just city crime. If you got to a pawn shop in the slummier part of the city you live in you will see a vast array of the kinds of things you should buy newer versions of or just avoid buying outright. Diffrent cities have diffrent crime markets, you just don't want to look attractive to the criminals in your area. Pawn shops are a great way to know what's selling.
On the car topic, the more I understand about how they've improved the tech of absolutely everything in a vehicle since I've gotten my steros stolen the more it's amazed me. Newer VW's as well as many other car compaines make the stereo's in them impossbile to remove without getting under the hood and they sound amazing, they have to be unlocked by the dealer once they get it out to boot. The security features on them make them completely unattractive to crimnals and worht your dollar if you ever have had to buy a part that was stolen on your car more than once.
My brother is big on after market car crap (being a mecahnic) and he lives in a higher than avavarge crime area. I cannot tell how many times he's gotten parts of his car stolen out of his car. I lived in a simlar area and sometimes didn't lock my door overnight and my car was still there with everything intact while slightly older cars next to it had their sellable parts pilferd.
If you put a new CD player in your car and you can aford antying that was made on or after 2003 sell that thing right away. Gimmie call I'll see if my bro can install it for cheap. I'm sorry for your loss. Just don't loose faith in the less than afluent parts of this city. Poor uneducated crimnals gotta eat too, it's just easier to live next to them when you don't look like food. You wouldn't get mad at all bears cause one got your pick-a-nick basket. Besides, if you live there now you now the benifits of the area, the people who aren't poor are as cool as (e:pmt) and me!
: )
imk2 - 02/10/08 22:53
i think this must have happened just to about everyone that has lived on elmwood strip.
i think this must have happened just to about everyone that has lived on elmwood strip.
mrdeadlier - 02/10/08 21:48
Bummer, sorry to hear about that.
Don't sell the car, though! Just buy a cheap used CD deck off Ebay or something...
Bummer, sorry to hear about that.
Don't sell the car, though! Just buy a cheap used CD deck off Ebay or something...
Happy Birthday.
Psst, the tigers have actual names too
What laptop did you get?
(Also, happy birthday, sorry to hear about the kid, C.S.Lewis - meh)
you met for soup and discussion? With all that slurping the two don't seem to go together... unless you had really long straws!