More Small Bits

The new 1 GB memory stick for the R40 showed up today, and I installed it with a bit of silly haste.  I really should've switched the 512 MB stick over to the number 2 slot,but I didn't.  Just stuck the gig in and fired the system up.  Worked perfectly.  That made me feel good.

And I can tell the difference.  Programs are loading snappier than before.  I'm going to give it a run with YouTube, see how the videos work.

I did the discharge cycle on the T60, and it's now happily recharging.  Still haven't gotten a clear picture of it's total life, but it's well over 3:30 hours, probably closer to 4.  (Which is odd, compared to the R40 here, which is showing slightly over 5 hours.)

In other good news, I managed finally (after a long adventure I won't go into) found my old software stash.  And I managed to get some decent productivity software loaded onto the Thinkpad A31, my "space computer."  I've got it charging up now, and intend to use it as a writing platform.  (The seller I got it from included an IBM branded wireless card, but I'm not sure I want to take it online.)

This hobby is...well...  Strange...

A side note.  I've been getting into watching some of the YouTube vids on "trash picked computers."  Sounds wonderful, I know.  But, to be honest, some of the videos are fascinating.  The folks who are doing the "picking" are (usually) a damned clever lot.  And I'm fascinated by the uses (or re-uses) they put the systems they find to.  For some reason, whenever I see this stuff, I'm reminded of the old bit from William Gibson (with a huge nod to William S. Burroughs), about the "street finding its own use for technology..."

If you get the urge, do a YouTube search for "trash picked computers" and/or "trash picked laptops."    Granted, if you don't have an interest in techie stuff, it probably won't do it for you.  But, if you have that odd urge to delve into the Interzone...