Eli Loewen's Blog

So I got my new MacBook on the 21st but I have been very busy to make the post on here. So now I have decided to relax and take a break. So right now my break includes updating my blog!

So far my impressions of my MacBook are that it is one fantastic laptop! iSight is crystal clear, the multi-touch trackpad is one of the best features. OS X only supports 4 finger tracking so far but I saw a video that shows it is capable of tracking up to 11. But 4 is good enough .

This is my first time using OS X so I’m fairly new to it. But the OS is pretty easy to use and learn. But the way the file system is laid out seems to me a little unorganized and that Linux is better in that field. Really, if Linux supported everything my MacBook has then I would be using that right now. But I guess I’ll get use to it.

I did do some experimenting and partitioned the HDD and added 2 new ones (main and swap) to install arch on. But when I installed it I get a lot of dbus errors. It could be something I did, but whatever. I also couldn’t get my trackpad fully functioning. So in a day or so I’m going to install Ubuntu intrepid over arch and see if everything works there.

Now, below is a gallery of pictures of that happy day.

I have gotten around to updating my services and adding prices to them. And I have fixed the contact page so the contact form is back online.

Well guys, I have just ordered my new Macbook. It costs me a total of $1,355.17. This is a huge chunk of my savings. But oh well, I need a laptop for college, why not start now?

Now I just wait for it to get delivered.

I have just updated my portfolio page. It has one more site added to it and I have orginized the code of it to make it easier to manage.

Also, I’m going to add an new service to my list. “Site Management”.

I’m in class right now and I just got word that I passed the ASSET test. I got 46 and the score to pass is 46. I can now get college credits for my English class!

Hurray for me.

Well today I started thinking about buying one of the new MacBook laptops. And when I say new, I mean new. These were just released today. For a while now I have really wanted and maybe needed a laptop for school. I am going to need one sooner or later for college anyways.

But so my choices are buying the MacBook or a regular non apple laptop. The macbook’s are the most advanced and top of the line laptops and the one I would get would be a final cost of about $1500. But I do have the money to buy it, it would be a huge chunk out of my savings.
Then there is the regular laptop. They can range from $600-3000.. These laptops tend to break down faster the apple’s and are less reliable. But these are also more customizable. These tend to have Vista install by default but I would end up just installing Arch Linux on it (There is no way I’m going back to windows).

I guess I’ll think about it and see if my parents will pitch in some money to help the cause .

This movie sucked!! It was like Cloverfield and 28 Days Later mixed together (both great movies). And the ending really sucked. It was almost as bad a Darkness (One of the worst endings I have seen).

And I just found out that my EX has a new boyfriend..

I guess thats all that happened today.

So I woke up today and went and took the ASSET test. Now I can only hope that I passed.

I also changed the theme of the blog. I think it looks great. Some nice CSS opacity and border radius going on here .

Well I guess I’ll talk about whats going on with me.

A week or so ago I installed the newest version of Songbird which since the last time I used it has very much improved. So because I always hated having to go into windows and into iTunes to manage my iPod, I transfered my entire music library to my Linux and loaded it all into Songbird. Now no more windows to manage the iPod.
I also managed to edit a file and mess it up on my computer so when I restarted, Arch would not boot. And this is where I learned how to boot into the CD and mount my root Linux partition and revert the messed up file. Without the mistakes how will we ever learn new things .

Right now I’m ‘winning’ at my senior project with having 37 out of my required 40 community service hours done with. In the end of everyhting I should have far over my required hours. In the Web design class that im teaching we are just getting into CSS and to me its fun since I know all this stuff well enough to teach an entire class.

About three days every week I have to stay after school for NHS, ASB, and Mentoring. Hopefully all this is going to be worth it when I’m applying for a college. And I have registared for the SAT that will be in November. I really need to study.

The last thing I got is that tomorrow morning I have to go the the college and take the ASSET test which if I pass I will be able to get 5 collage credits for my english class. If I dont pass this I am going to be really dissapointed. So hopefully I’m going to do well.