Archive for May, 2008
It all started with a Dell E248WFP being dropped on our desks and the sad realization that my BigLap just couldn’t drive it no matter how hard I coaxed it. My bosses very graciously offered to replace my notebook and a couple of quick emails with Earl set me on the path to the MegaLap.
ZaReason was great about setting up a test environment to make sure that the notebook could easily drive a similar monitor. As always, they were fast and friendly with awesome tips on how to get things rolling once my MegaLap landed on my desk.
All that real estate leaves me feeling like a robber baron not to mention that the MegaLap is blazing fast and the screen is gorgeous.
So this is my second notebook from ZaReason (my BigLap is still a champ!) and I have to say I am so pleased with the service and support. they aren’t kidding when they say, “Building Linux hardware so you don’t have to.” Everything I have bought from them has worked right out of the box, no fuss and no bloat. Just an elegant OS making use of all the hardware it is given.
Thanks to everyone at Zareason for making my computing life fun!
MegaLap Specs
- Intel Core2 Duo T7200
- 2GB RAM
- 512MB NVidia GeForce Go 7700
- 200GB SATA
Security cameras fascinate me in that they so aptly represent the unflinching, uncaring, and unreasoning bureaucratic systems and people who have bought into the notion of surveillance as security. While they pique a sort of curiosity in me they also tend to make me sad and a little anxious at the same time.
The last two shots are of the roof to the new science center being erected near the river. The roof is this weighty object the ponderously hangs in the sky with its only support being a series of spindly legs.
It was a quiet weekend, for the most part, which I spent chasing Gabriella about the house and yard with my camera. It offset a long week at work, the kind of weekend that you wish would stretch for at least a few more days.
If the weather holds up and my work load is a little lighter I’m going to see if I can find some new subjects around Hartford. I’d like to get some more candid shots of people and maybe stumble upon grafitti of a particularly artistic bent. Either way I’d like a lunch break sized adventure.
