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BTW, heard from my parents, they are at the beach, must be nice . It was their 39th wedding anniversary today, felicitats!

As I may have mentioned, I decided to order memory last week to replace the 1 Gb stick that died a few weeks ago. It arrived yesterday, but unfortunately it doesn't work. I figured it wouldn't but had to try for myself anywayz. I got 2x2Gbs of "integrator grade" memory which uses very high density chips, which aren't compatible with intel mobo chipsets. I had used these in the past with SiS and VIA chipset mobos without any issues, so I had to try for myself. No biggie, it was $40. I re-ordered another 1 Gb stick of custom K45-tested memory to be safe, but I also got another 2x2Gb of Corsair higher grade memory, just to test it out as well. I read some reports of people who got it to work on the K45, although the box specs say it only accepts 2 Gb max.

I also tried to see if I could get another HD for my DELL laptop. The goal is to run OS X on it, which seems to have trouble booting from an external USB HD. I opened it up and inspected the drive. It doesn't use a regular 2.5" but rather a custom 1.8" unit that only Toshiba makes, geez. I looked around and it seems like you can get an 80 Gb one out there for $120, which seems kinda pricey (you can get a 320 Gb 2.5" for that much.) Anyway, I didn't pull the trigger on this one, still wondering whether I want to do it and have the time and energy.

Two days of the stock market going up, not bad for a change . Barcelona played the NY Red Bulls today, cool game, Barcelona won easily 6-2, see sample article about it:

FC Barcelona cruises past New York Red Bulls in international friendly

I noticed a big stain on my tanned carpet on the dining area, weekend guests, tsk, tsk