Quick Glimpse

So, the "new" system is up and running fine.  Been on and off it all day, and it's been giving the proverbial yeoman service.  In fact, I've spent far too much time cruising clips on YouTube this evening.  I've just about had my fill of "trash picked computer" videos for the evening...

But I thought I would throw up a photo showing the system partially in action...

The yellow Dalek's new technological terror!

You can see Firefox up and running, with the Mint web page displayed on screen.  I had the Thinkpad keyboard on my lap at the time.

To the left, you can catch a glimpse of the wonderful Macally keyboard, now hooked up to the Mac Mini.  It's protected by a nice plastic shield, and buried under a tangle of phone and pad chargers.  The equally cool Apple Pro mouse is hidden behind the charger cables...

I really need to fire up the Mac and do some work there.  It's too good a computer to just leave sitting like this.  (And, if I remember correctly, I never did properly set the screen resolution on it...)

So, once again lost in my little technological wonderland.

In oddball news:

 I was at the library today, and tripped across a hardcover copy of Leon Uris' Topaz.  It's a Cold War novel I've always wanted to read, but never got 'round to.  Also, a couple old science fiction anthologies (Science Fiction Showcase, edited by Mary Kornbluth, and A Science Fiction Argosy, edited by Damon Knight).  I can't believe they throw these away, but I guess they have to make room for all those new extra copies of "Twilight"...

My gain.  And something to take my mind off the computers through all the bad weather we're supposed to get...