I apologize for not posting over spring break. Because I do not have that one hour buffer time from commuting to class I’ve slacked. However I’m not inactive… a lot of stuff has been going on that needs ‘post’n‘

First I want to mention that I’m finally going to build my *good* PC. It won’t be the fastest on the market or the best one money can buy, but it’ll be good.

here’s the specs: (scroll down if you don’t care to the next portion)

CPU: Intel Pentium 4 524 3.06ghz
Mother board: Asus p5n32-e sli
Memory: Rendition 1 gb (2×512) 667 DDR2
Video: eVGA 7300 GT 256m PCI x16
HD: Seagate 160gb 8m 7200 SATA II
PS: generic 400 w ATX
OS1: Windows XP Pro
OS2: Ubuntu linux

that’s it.. if you care further it’s in a nifty Antec Case made of steel (read heavy) with the PS on the bottom, weird. The case comes with 3 big ole 120mm fans and a little 80mm vent for the gpu I guess. it’s all cool when it gets built… I just gotta do it now 🙂 pics to come..

And…. we’re back: (Que to tune in)

So get this! Yesterday I had to come in to work at 11am. Last time I left the house early (too early) and I got there with over a half hour to spare so… yesterday I thought I had plenty of time. Well I didn’t! You see I take US26 west and yesterday there was a big landslide at around 9am that I didn’t know about. So here I am cruising up I-5 to I-405 to take the US26 and what do I see but a blocked path! Whoa. “USE ALT ROUTE” it said. What alt route? I started flipping radio channels, but it was all talk talk talk. So no luck there I had to figure something out. So I called my Dad who is in Lake O working and he suggesting taking hwy 10 to 217 to 26 so I dropped in got a map, called work to tell ’em I’d be late and off I went.

Now Hwy 10 is an OLD highway. It used to be the road that went out the farmlands of Beaverton 😉 (things have since changed). So as you drive down this old highway you get this sense of “whoa I didn’t know that was there” feeling. Old businesses that relied on Hwy 10 drivers look kinda beat up. The traffic that used to go through there isn’t there anymore and you get this CARS Movie effect like Radiator Springs. Another part of Portland was found! However, since US26 opened back up there’s no need to use Hwy 10 again. Just a old road that if you have nothing to do and have some gas (hah!) you should drive it just to see it.

Otherwise I got in a little late and when I got off it was all cleared so getting home was fine (except for the I-5 parking lot).

I felt relieved that it all happened yesterday and not the day before when I took my girlfriend to the Oregon Zoo. I can’t imagine trying to find a alt route through those twisty hilly back roads… yeesh!

Anywho.. today I got two goals… building my machine and getting new goggles (glasses)! Hope I can do it all!

~J

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