Tuesday, January 26, 2010

New Computer

I want a new computer. Really really really bad. I thought I should just go ahead and blog about it, because the last time I wanted a major electronic item (digital SLR camera), I blogged about it, and lo and behold, my husband went out and bought one for me.

So, what the hell. It's worth a shot. Here's what I want:

  • Dell Studio XPS 8100
  • i5 processor
  • 8 GB memory
  • 750 GB hard drive
  • 22 inch widescreen monitor
  • nVidia GeForce GTS240 1024MB GDDR3 video card (make sure you upgrade the video card!)
  • wireless card

After all, Valentine's Day is coming up...

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Blame It On the Dog

This week, the DVD player wasn't working. Blake started to take it apart to see if he could fix it - although I don't know why, he doesn't know anything about fixing electronics.

Remember those view finder thingy-majigs from when we were little? You put the little reel in the view finder and you can see pictures of all sorts of things. Well, Cooper got the updated version of the view finder for Christmas. These days they make them with a sound card.

Now, I will say that the reels that go in the view finder are about the same size as a DVD. You see where I'm going with this story, right? You guessed it. One of the two small children that live in my house decided to put a view finder in the DVD player and Blake discovered it when he was attempting to take it apart.

I have a suspicion that it was the littlest person in the house that put the reel in the DVD player, not Cooper, but nonetheless, Blake asked Cooper how it got in there. Cooper's reply, "The dog did it."

His response makes me think that we have some "the dog ate my homework" days in our future.