The Caffeinated Penguin

Posted By matt on December 27, 2003

Wednesday I went over my parents' house and then to my grandmother's house for Christmas eve dinner with that side of the family.

Thursday I went over my parents' house for brunch and presents, and then to my other granparents' house for Christmas dinner.

Friday I ran some errands about town, up in Warwick, and at my parents' house to show them how to use the camcorder my brother and I gave them for Christmas. I also ended up helping my brother put together his new computer, and put Linux on my father's laptop. He was amazed that there was all this software legally available for free.

It was a lot of driving for me. Over 350 miles, I think. Considering I usually only drive about 5 miles each day, that is a lot.

Today I took apart my old entertainment center (which reminds me , you can pick it and the chairs up whenever you can get the truck from your dad. I'll even help you move it and set it up if we can take the truck to Staples afterward and buy some new chairs) and set up my new racks. My mother got me 2 14U racks, which I stacked to give me one tall one (1U = 1.75 inches). All the stereo gear and the computers go in it, and it's all on casters, so unlike the old one, which I left a foot or so away from the wall, this can be pushed up to the wall and pulled out when I need to get at all the wiring behind it. It also opens up the room quite a bit – there's a foot more space and this arrangement looks less overwhelming than the other one did.

I suppose that's it. Time to play True Crime: Streets of LA, which is quite a fun game.

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