Almost here!
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)" (J.K. Rowling) is coming soon. We just got our email letting us know it is in Mesquite, TX, and will be here tomorrow. When, we don't know, but it should be here by 7 p.m.
It should be a nice read. I have enjoyed all the other ones. I also liked the movies.
Morgan’s new computer
We finally broke down and got him a computer of his own. I was tired of being kicked off my iBook all the time so he could go look at construction cranes, or as Morgan likes to call them, tartuta cwanes. Plus, he's getting his crap and food and drinks and stuff all over it. My trackpad button isn't really the same any more. I have to crack this baby open and clean it out, I think. So, I got tired of that, plus I can't take it to work with me, because Morgan needs a computer at home so he's not bugging Ash all the time. He has a lot of cool things he can do on the computer, like his paint program, or watching DVDs (Spiderman and Spiderman 2 are his current favorites). He especially likes the part where the Green Goblin attacks everyone at the festival and blows up stuff, and where Dr. Octopus throws the car through the window of the coffee shop. Sometimes I worry about him.
We have an old Starmax computer from the days when Apple allowed clones. It was a pretty good machine, although just as ugly as any PC. Unfortunately, it won't start any more. It could probably be fixed pretty easily, but I always thought that getting it fixed would cost more than the computer was even worth, so I put it off. Well, as luck would have it, Ash recently got back in contact with her ex-husband, Steven. He's a really nice guy and I'm personally very happy that they're talking again. I always considered him a good friend.
Anyway...
Steven was planning to upgrade from his mini Mac to an iMac (smart move!). He's a recent convert from the wicked world of PCs. I always knew he was extremely smart, too! Well, now that he doesn't need this miniMac, Ash asked him if he'd be willing to sell it to us. He was open to that, so I looked around to see what they were going for on eBay. We agreed on a price and now we have a new computer for Morgan.
He was really excited when we got the box with his computer in it. He wanted us to set it up right away, but I had to figure out how to install the Airport Extreme (802.11g) card into it. It turns out it isn't that hard, but the card I bought at the Apple Store that week isn't the right one. I need to get another one and it is actually better to have them install it at the store. So, this weekend we'll be taking the mac mini to the Apple store, returning the Airport Extreme card we bought, and getting the new one installed. We need to do that so we can set up his computer away from the router. We want to get him a cute little desk of his own to use his computer on. Something near us and not in the corner.
I could hardly wait to delete his user account on my computer!