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The MacBook…

So, I now am an owner of a Mac. It is cool. Nice and compact, portable. Nice tools which I haven’t really gotten to play with. I did put WoW, on it – they have a Mac version, and it works just fine so far. I havent raided with it, but normal running around didn’t seem laggy at all.

Nice to watch movies on. Sit on the sofa and explore the net while watching TV. I started to reteach myself HTML… I taught myself way long ago, and have no idea how to use CSS so I thought I would relearn the right way.

Bit the Bullet and Ordered a Mac

I’ve always been tempted to get a Mac. Last year when my computer went died on me, I almost got one…even applied for Apple’s Credit Card. But instead I fixed it myself and it worked. The thing I miss though is being able to sit on the couch and use my laptop. I still have my old one but it got messed up when I wiped the drive and the original recovery disks didn’t work. I bought an Alienware laptop…top of the line, thinking it would be the best thing in the world. It was nice, but had it’s flaws like getting way too hot all the time, and the battery would just die within an hour and a half. I wrote to Alienware to see if they would help and no one ever got back to me.  They got my money, so i’m no good to them I guess.

ANYWAY, I was in one of my impulsive buying moods and peeked at the Mac Air. After reading about it, it seemed a little too underpowered. I like to play online games and that just wouldn’t work well. I would liove to have gotten a MacBook Pro, but I didnt want to invest that much money for something I really don’t need! So, I went for the simple MacBook bottom of the line with 4 GB ram.  WOOT, My first MAC! I should arrive on March 3rd. Ordered an Airport Extreme for it so I can walk around with it and my iPod Touch.

So, all you Mac users out there…tell me some fun stuff I can do with this new toy! Like show movies on my tv? Cook dinner for me? Pull weeds? Fill me in on some geeky things to do with it!

Stale Blog Page – Bye Bye to Second Life

Heh – I knew I would start a blog and then STOP. Toldyaso!

Soooo, I thought I would update again.

Lets see. Last week I actually logged onto Second Life after like 6 months and I picked up everything, stores and all and put them in my inventory. Then I put all my land on sale. The $75 a month was too much waste for me to hang onto my memories. A year or so ago I was spending $250 a month on a full SIM. Occasionally I would get an email for someone about the stores or SL not giving them the item they bought…and I just didn’t feel like getting on and dealing with it. This way I won’t have any upset customers. I am now getting emails daily asking where my stores went – they mostly miss Safety Girl.  SL is a great place – just needs alot of fixing to make it enjoyable.

I met a few good people there. And will miss them and still do. Yes, you JoKay! Sorry to just poof and leave…RL stuff came up and tore me away and I just never got the SL bug back. Just cause im not in SL doesnt mean you can’t poke me now and then – that goes for everyone there!

Hi hi! Im back!

I’m slackin…I know. I’m probably like most people – start a blog – write in it every day for a week, then once a week…then once a month…then….Stagnant!

News: Son got back from Canada at Camp Bil-O-Wood…he loved it and wants to go back! He came back and followed Dad into WoW. So we both are WoWing again. Guild is having it’s ups and downs in attendance. Still working out pretty good though. Summer can be tough on guilds with people on vacation and all. Plus its been a long time since the last expansion, so things can start to get boring for some, just like I got bored and stopped for 8 months….and 13 months before that 🙂 Does help alot to have some friends that you play with regularly AND talk to outside the game as well.

I have met person who is turning out to be a lot of fun and very similar to me. Kinda came on as a surprise…very unexpected but very much a welcome surprise. Known her for about a year and have been getting to know each other more and more each day lately. <3

Also have been working on a book my dad wrote on How to make a Windsor Chair. He is going to teach a course at an art center, so I am making it look all nice. Need to get that DONE!

Blog/Podcast Spot on Jokaydia

Jokay asked me to freshen up an old spot on Jokaydia I so – we present to everyone…

The Resident Blog/Podcast Spot!
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After Brainstorming a bit and knowing what was needed, I decided to make a communication tower as the focus/landmark. Not quite as dramatic as I had originally wanted…I at first wanted an easy landmark to spot if you were somewhere else on the islands…like the lighthouse, or the Edublog Awards building. You can still pick it out while looking over the landscape since it does sit higher than the rest of the items on the Sim. I made the tower on my Sim in Rust Spot. It looked tall, it is over 30 meters high, but when I got it back to Jokaydia, it wasnt visible at all. Plan B! Stick it on the roof of a building!

Top of the Tower

Time to build! I started by removing all the old wood of the existing deck, and removing the ponds and plumbing, I recreated the same basic layout Jokay originally had in place. It has the same pathing as before with the layers a little different. I knew I wanted the build to be about 15 x 15 so I created an area to fit that size while not blocking anyone’s access. Jokay has a style she usually follows with all her builds…I tend to not have a defined style, but I usually go techy, metal, rust, neon, and I like to have open air spaces. The modern techy style wasn’t going to go well here 🙂 It turned out what I hope is a mix of Jokay’s and my style mixed…letting it fit easily into the island setting without being so different that it becomes an eyesore!

So this spot will be used to showcase any of the residents blogs, podcasts, or websites. An added value of making Jokaydia your home in Second Life!