I build my new computer... yay!

Actually, I built it a week ago. But I'm just now getting to the way I like it. I chose an Intel C2D processor instead of the AMD one and it has a nice NVidia i650 chipset. That is, one from Intel's latest line of multi-core processors and NVidia's second rate motherboard chipset line (nearly as good as the i680 but a fraction the cost). My actual processor is an E4300 which is dual-core at 1.8 GHz but I overclocked it to 2.5. It could go to 3.0GHz without much trouble but I didn't see the need.

It's nice so far. I installed some pretty. As soon as I can find my camera I'll add some pictures and screenshots to this post.

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Having trouble with camera, but here are the screenshots:

Home again, Home again jiggidy jog

Back from school. My best semester yet with respect to grades, at lease one A and two A- course grades so far. I don't know about the other three, but I don't think I did worse than a B in any of them.

In other news, I'm already back at work again doing the exact same thing I did last year. Except this summer, I get credits. 6 of them and a near guaranteed A. I feel good. It's been fun so far and I've been productive. We might migrate our entire build structure from Ant to Maven in the near future. If you don't know what that means, don't worry about it. It's a little technical.

I'll be building myself a new computer over the summer. It's be an AMD Am2 socket with an NVidia nForce SLI chipset. A 2.1 GHz AMD64 X2 will be the processor and and graphics card is a GeForce 8600GT with 256mg of memory. It should be pretty nice with lots of room to improve and wasn't all that expensive. The entire system was under $800, which is only two weeks of work for me and it should remain current with only minor upgrades years to come.

I'm going to try to resume conversation with Mr. Powell soon, I've been posting pieces of our conversation at a slow pace, but the last actual email I sent him was over two months ago. I had to stop because of school, but now I should have some more free time.

Also, a note to anyone who reads this, It's been a long while since I've received a comment. I know my friends read this, I've seen you. I'd still write even if nobody read or commented but it's nice to know that somebodies listening. Even more, I like reviews on my ideas and opinions. If you agree, say so; if I'm an idiot, inform me so I can mend my ways. Even if you have no opinion, some partial thoughts would help.

And finally, I want one of these. An eight core processor with 32 simultaneous threads seems to be about the coolest thing ever. The hardware JVM seems kind of fun as well, even if it's only really good for servlets.