When things start slipping...

Well, here I am...  Two posts in one day.

Right after I posted the last entry, with its stiff-upper-lippery concerning how things were going with the ToughBook...  Well, it started acting up.  I put it in standby mode, and it would not wake back up.  I would have to use the power switch to shut the system down, then go through the over a minute of the computer sitting on the "Panasonic" splash screen (with the progress bar at ¾) before booting into WinXP.

Obviously, I'm not happy.

However, there's a nest of PC techies who have a nest not far from where I live.  I may just drop the blasted thing off with them, if for no other reason than keep my nerves from fraying...

So, I'm back on my old MacBook Pro, which just works when I want/need it to.

Well, to just get away from things, I started doing my normal Internet trawling, and ended up on the now sadly quiet Tiger OSX blog.  Reading one entry there reminded me that I really needed to look for a KVM switch for my desk.

Why, you may ask...

Well, I guess I should mention...

I bought a Cube.

The G4 Cube

Dammit, I've always wanted one.  Has to be one of the coolest computer designs ever.  And this one was at a semi-decent price.  And it's pretty well jazzed up, with extended memory and a decent hard drive.  And it's got 10.4 & Classic preinstalled...

And that KVM switch?  Well, I can use it to hook the Cube up to my current keyboard, mouse, and screen, without disconnecting my Mac Mini.  And it'll also keep me from needing to buy another keyboard, etc., for the new system.  Clever, eh?

Yeah, things are definitely slipping...

I think I've already slipped right over the edge...