Oh yeah, breaking in the new grill. Mmmmm good.

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I am testing my new setup at work. I am using my Powerbook connected to a Dell 20″ LCD wide aspect screen. This configuration is solid. It allows me to code on the Dell screen and have my javadocs opened below on the Powerbook. I can alternately have the debug window running Eclipse on the Dell and the process running on the Powerbook display. This allows me to effectively work with have to alternate between windows. This is great. I was inspired by Davey’s Screen Trifecta and it made sense. I am only doing it with two screens but the speed of development has increased. I must also say that because I work with Java the portablity aspect allows me to code in comfort on the Powerbook and drop the file on to a Windows box or Linux or any other *nix flavor. I am extremely happy.

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I have been using the Powerbook for 2 days now and all I can say is bliss. I installed a lot of the software that I have been running on my Mac Mini and it is amazing. I also love Microsoft Entourage. I have all my exchange mail on the box in 10 minutes (uploading the exchange archive) what a great machine.

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Davey, Liam and I had a ‘guys’ day on Sunday. We went to the new San Francisco Zoo. The have done an amazing amount of improvements since I had been there 4 years ago. Some of the animals looked sort of happy. Much better than the prison it was. Liam had a blast seeing all the animals and was a complete champ despite being tired. He is a great kid.

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Today (it has been a expensive week) I bought a new Apple Powerbook G4 15″. It is amazing and I am completely impressed. This is the first time that I have had a chance to really sit down and use one for an extended period of time. I am a complete Apple fan now. It started with my awsome Mac Mini and now the Powerbook. I got a really great delay on one and plan to use it for work. I have already installed Tiger and have installed BBEdit. I have also installed Microsoft Office 2004 and am currently installing Windows XP via VirtualPC. I am running a fully install and still ahve 1000GB free ram. That is amazing. This will be an amazing machine for me to take on trips and to use for my developement. I am going to get an exteranal HD so I can store all my VirtualPC images. This guy Glenn I know have all his dev environments set up as Virtual images using VMWare and I know I can do the same here. I can’t believe that I waited this long to switch over. I am really amazed at this box. My favorite part is the keyboard. I always felt cramped with my work laptop and this keyboard is very roomie and easy to type with. Well, I hope I can finish the installation soon. I need to get some sleep. More on my java dev tomorrow when I get my cvs and other dev stuff setup. I can’t wait to connect Entourage hooked up to my exchange server.

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