It is almost midnight and just now finished installing SP2 on the other laptop. I didn’t mind the installation time at work but we are talking about a dual-processor machine with 1GB of RAM. Not quite the same experience when you are dealing with a 1 GHz processor with 256Mb of memory

Why did I take this long to upgrade? Mostly because I wanted to make sure things were going along smoothly with this service pack. I installed it at work a few weeks back and have not had any problems with it. The development applications that I run there have not been affected in any sort of way so I thought we are safe to bring the Fujitsu laptop up to par.

I think a RAM upgrade would be quite appropriate for that machine, specially since Sarah constantly multi-tasks with more than one Office application, so I am sure she would enjoy the extra little bump in performance 512 Mb of RAM would give her.

update: wireless is up and running without any further modifications but I need to re-patch the OS so non-MS themes are accepted. Tomorrow’s testing includes VPN functionality, keep you fingers crossed. Good night.

Getting ready for our trip I wanted to get a headphone splitter so we could watch a movie on the plane or listen to the iPod at the same time with the comfort of having our own headphones. In any case, the only model available at Best Buy (I know, I know) was a Belkin (# F8V234-GLD-APL) splitter that featured 24k gold-plated contacts and according to the sales person, it was the best thing since sliced bread. This beauty was priced at just $9.99 plus tax.

A short walk to the other side of the mall and you will find Wal-Mart where you will find a Belkin (#F8V234-WHT) splitter. Fair enough, no gold plated connections but I am sure our finely tuned ears will not miss a beat. How much? the Belkin site lists this model at $4.99 but since we are at Wal-Mart, instead of getting the nice white one, we get a black one for just $2.99. Thank you Sam Walton!

ps – since we saved some money on that splitter, I splurged and bought a spare battery for the camera in case we need a quick recharge in the middle of the day.

This year Sarah and I decided not give each other a Christmas gift and instead used that money to spend a few days somewhere else and we decided on New York City!

I have never been there and Sarah was there a few years ago so we are very excited about this opportunity, even if it just for a few days. We have a small list of the classic sites to visit but given that this is our first time to visit the city we are interested in finding out the little gems the city has to offer. We talked about buying a City Pass but weren’t sure if we would want to see all of the included attractions.

We’ll be in NYC this weekend (Dec. 2-6) so if you have any tips or recommendations you would like to share with us, we would greatly appreciate them.

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The pumpkin pie is calling my name but I wanted to take a couple of minutes to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving day and may you be in the company of family and friends.

Despues del sub-campeonato del año pasado y una buena participacion en este torneo, las Chivas estan listas para competir por este campeonato. La FMF anuncio el horario de partidos de la primera ronda. Chivas y Atlas desafortunadamente se encuentran en los cuartos de final.

Despues de esos 5 goles contra los Pumas, esperemos que sea un adelanto de las cosas buenas que nos esperan en esta liguilla.

actualización: despues del partido de ida, Atlas tomo la ventaja 1-0 y aunque el Guadalajar tubo varias oportunidades de gol no puedieron concretar ninguna de ellas. Hoy (12/28) se juega el partido de vuelta y aunque no imposible, si sera dificil remontar el marcador pero si algun equipo le puede dar la vuelta es nuestro Rebaño Sagrado!

actualización II: un penal fallado, un regalo de Osvaldo Sanchez y tres goles a los 25 minutos no es la mejor manera de pelear por un campeonato. A este punto, ojala solo sean tres del Atlas.

actualización III: aunque el equipo tomo mejor forma en el segundo tiempo, empatando el marcador a tres golesa, no nos fue suficiente para pasar a las semifinales. Ahora solo podemos esperar hasta el proximo año.