Some people have a sweet tooth. Some people like to shop. We all get an itch sometimes that just has to be scratched. Mine has been baseball cards in the past. The feel of an old pack of baseball cards in my hands was as good of a rush as smoker gets from lighting up a cigarette. I have wasted more money on that habit than I want to think about. My present habit is my computer and tech stuff.
I tried to scratch the itch this weekend by reinstalling Windows on my SSD drive on the computer. I followed a procedure I found at overclock.net. It lets you have all your big files and program go to your 2nd hard drive instead of taking up space on the SSD. It is working fine and was fun to do. It did not scratch the itch. I need to find something to take care of the itch.
The last time I had the itch this bad was when I finally broke down and bought my netbook. I am very glad I got it. It has been a very good purchase. I enjoy having the mobility and it has enough power to do all the non-gaming computing I do. It allows me to be on the net anywhere in the house and frees up the family room for the boys in the evenings. It kept the itch in check for almost 6 months.
I really do not know what will be the next itch scratcher. I have been looking at some of the new Intel Cpus. The new Sandy Bridges coming out look very cool. I just do not want to a total rebuild again. It has been less than 2 years and the desktop is still kicking butt. I do not need to do a rebuild. Beth will not let me mess with her laptop. It really has been a good addition to the family's computer network. I still can not see how she likes Vista as much as she does but hay.
With the desktop and Beth's computer out that leaves the boy's. It is running very well and does everything they need so far. It needs a bigger hard drive and hooked up to the printer but neither of these will scratch the itch. This leaves my Blackberry.
I really do not need a new phone. My Blackberry works just as well now as it did 2 years ago. It is just a 2G phone so it is not nearly fast as the new ones that are out there. It does not have a touch screen but it has a great full keyboard. I can use it with my netbook as a modem without having to pay for a tethering fee with ATT because it is an older phone and I have an unlimited data plan. The email and apps work great. The phone part does as well. My battery life is almost a full day (as long as I am not on it constantly to check FB and twitter).
So with all of that said, anyone with a suggestion of how I can scratch the itch?
Thanks everyone and I hope you have a great week
I tried to scratch the itch this weekend by reinstalling Windows on my SSD drive on the computer. I followed a procedure I found at overclock.net. It lets you have all your big files and program go to your 2nd hard drive instead of taking up space on the SSD. It is working fine and was fun to do. It did not scratch the itch. I need to find something to take care of the itch.
The last time I had the itch this bad was when I finally broke down and bought my netbook. I am very glad I got it. It has been a very good purchase. I enjoy having the mobility and it has enough power to do all the non-gaming computing I do. It allows me to be on the net anywhere in the house and frees up the family room for the boys in the evenings. It kept the itch in check for almost 6 months.
I really do not know what will be the next itch scratcher. I have been looking at some of the new Intel Cpus. The new Sandy Bridges coming out look very cool. I just do not want to a total rebuild again. It has been less than 2 years and the desktop is still kicking butt. I do not need to do a rebuild. Beth will not let me mess with her laptop. It really has been a good addition to the family's computer network. I still can not see how she likes Vista as much as she does but hay.
With the desktop and Beth's computer out that leaves the boy's. It is running very well and does everything they need so far. It needs a bigger hard drive and hooked up to the printer but neither of these will scratch the itch. This leaves my Blackberry.
I really do not need a new phone. My Blackberry works just as well now as it did 2 years ago. It is just a 2G phone so it is not nearly fast as the new ones that are out there. It does not have a touch screen but it has a great full keyboard. I can use it with my netbook as a modem without having to pay for a tethering fee with ATT because it is an older phone and I have an unlimited data plan. The email and apps work great. The phone part does as well. My battery life is almost a full day (as long as I am not on it constantly to check FB and twitter).
So with all of that said, anyone with a suggestion of how I can scratch the itch?
Thanks everyone and I hope you have a great week
