Oooooh! Mac Pro in Transit!!

“Pimp My Mac” update:
I just found out how heavy the system I’ve ordered is…

Mac Pro : 30kg
Mac Screen: 25kg
Fireface 800 Soundcard: 3kg
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…this thing weighs more than I do!! It’s a monster!
Tomorrow is M-Day. I can’t wait.

Thanks to icanhascheezburger.com for the lolcat above, and thatcanadiangirl for introducing me to lolcats in the first place… it turns out that cats (and other animals/children) can actually caption their own pics, although the spelling/grammar is generally a bit off (because cats etc don’t normally type?) Anyhow, it’s an incredibly amusing site. I have wasted an entertaining amount of time here and humbly warn you of the dangers of clicking through and voting on each of these pictures; you may notice huge swathes of your day disappearing.

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I also got my moo cards today which I’ll be taking with me to various events and occasions… I might take a pic of them and post them up here when the mac fever dies down somewhat…

also see http://www.ljrich.com for more info

Geek Chic: Dream Machine on its way!

Happy Days! I have ordered a seriously ridiculous music studio which is currently in the post – it’s been a good few years since I’ve upgraded my then-state-of-the-art steam- and pedal-powered music computer, so I can’t wait for my Mac Pro, stuffed with Logic 8 to play with. I’m going to be in a pleasurable compositional vortex once this baby arrives, so it’s now a race to get everything else sorted in advance of my delivery! My first system was at the time, a top specced PC system, however my friend and LBC Radio host Anthony Davis would be delighted to see I’ve gone over to the dark side.

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I must confess, it seems like I should have bitten the bullet a long time ago and bought my dream system, but I think part of it is having enough faith to put your money where your mouse is, which is what I’ve just done – incredibly frightening, but necessary. Thinking about it, the other part of it was not spending on anything frivolous for a year to save up enough dosh. I’ll keep you posted on the spec, as the nice people at absolute music in the UK are hopefully taking pics of the machine as they are customising it, so I can post the piccies here.

also see http://www.ljrich.com for more info