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I’ve been through some PC’s in my geek time, with the first one being a 486 DX2 66mhz machine I bought in 1991 specifically spec’d out for CAD work (AutoCAD R12 for DOS). It had a whopping 16 megs of ram, and I’m not even sure what the HDD capacity was, maybe 250 megabytes. Windows 3.1. Anyhow, I’ve been through quite a few machines since then; I probably still have some of the relics in the storage closet (doh!). But I’ve really been wanting one of the Intel-based Macs for a while, and now that I’ve started learning and using XCode/Cocoa/Objective C, it became more obvious that my trusty G4 iMac wasn’t really the best tool for the job. Long story short, one thing my Dad seems to have instilled in my life was using the right tool for the job (This might explain my current bicycle ensemble as well, although I will not blame him for that, haha). Today I ordered 24″ iMac with an additional 1GB of RAM. I will be waiting out on the sidewalk in front of the building in anticipation on the indicated delivery date to say the least.

Got back from a wedding in Tahoe. Beautiful area. I didn’t know that it was at such a high altitude (never been there before). I didn’t really notice it until I went for a (very cold) swim in the lake and noticed two things that I have not experienced before: 1. I could not go under water more than say, 8 feet without my inner ear *really* hurting. No idea if that was altitude related or not, but it was odd. 2. I could not swim very far under water on a single breath. Anyhow, we had a really good time. Stayed at a very nice find in historic Truckee, CA: River Street Inn. The owners/innkeepers were extremely friendly, and everything about the place was just perfect, really. We had to fly into/out of Reno, NV to get to Tahoe. What a sinkhole. Later…