Incidentally

The MacBook rocks. It's been a really neat experience to play with it - I can't remember the last time I felt like such a newbie with a computer. But, of course, I can still do my Unix commands if I need to. And, with a working JRE, C compiler, and dev libraries, I can compile most of my apps if I need to. But, I so rarely need to - so far I've found an app to do everything I've wanted to do. It is awesome.

I gots me a Mac

About a week ago, we went with Anderson and Andrea to help them get a new laptop - Andrea settled on a MacBook, and I could only sit there and drool over the shiny computer. Clau made me a deal: if I got rid of all the computer gear lying around the house, she would get one for me.
As luck would have it, there was a massive electronics recycling drive yesterday at Union Square. We enlisted Anderson and Andrea to help out and ended up taking two desktops, five laptops, and two suitcases full of various parts to the recycling drive. And, as a reward, I got my own MacBook. It's soooo pretty. I can't wait to get home and play with it some more - I'll post more about it as I learn more.