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Big day for Wendy…

Big day for Wendy…

Today was a pretty big day for Wendy. She’s been complaining about her computer being slow — which it was. So, we talked about it and ended up buying her a PowerSpec 8250 computer — a Pentium 4 with a load of hard drive and memory. It’s a nice change from the Athalon 2/350 she’d been running since college! She’s quite pleased, and I expect that I’ll be getting one for myself in the next few days. Then, this server will be moved to my OLD machine’s architecture, which will speed it up a bunch.

And, in other news, I finally got a proper three-button mouse for my Linux box. It did require me to reboot after installing it (after 29 days of uptime!), so we were down for about 45 seconds today.

How were the holidays for everyone?

How were the holidays for everyone?

How were everyone’s holidays? Mine were fantastic… We spent a lot of time with our families and had a great time.

On Christmas Eve, we were at my parent’s house for dinner and fellowship. Then, Christmas Day, we were with Wendy’s parents at their house with the extended family. Squeezed in between the driving back and forth, Wendy and I found time to be ‘together alone’ for our private Christmas.

As for gifts, they fell into three broad themes: Books, Calendars, and Quantity!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I want to wish all the users and visitors to DrewVogel.COM a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This has been a big year for me, and I appreciate all the friendships that give me the energy to move forward. I sincerely hope…