WEEKEND | 'This is what it feels like to be dead'

WEEKEND | 'This is what it feels like to be dead'

Ubuntu 10.04 out soon!

Hey Everybody. I'm excited to announce that Ubuntu 10.04 is going to be released soon.

I'm a huge supporter and contributor. If you're tired of viruses and other problems with Windows, you should give Ubuntu a try. It's a FREE Operating System! Also, it's not THAT hard to use. If you know me and would like to know, I'd be happy to tell you about it.

Easter Weekend

SEE THE PICTURES HERE .

To all my family. I had a great time being with everyone this weekend. I'm glad we all had the chance to be with one another. We've got a good bunch of people who are very nice and know how to treat one another. I hope we have many more get togethers just like this one. If anyone would like the original-sized picture for printing, I would be happy to send you a copy)
Take care everybody and enjoy the pictures. !!! --alec

SEE THE PICTURES HERE .

Nebraska for Thanksgiving!

Hi every one. And I literally mean every ONE. You're probably the only person who has come to read this blog. :)

We went to Nebraska this Thanksgiving and it was pretty cool. I must say. Me, Bet, and Em all flew up to Omaha(using points, I might add). Dad met us at the airport.

From there we pretty much just spent our days being together. Hanging around at the house. We took Emily to the nearby park. Dad showed me a buncha stuff on the guitar. I learned how to play Sweet Home Alabama. :) It might come in handy the next time I'm in a red-neck bar and need to get out of a jam. I'll play that song and while they're all going "woo hoooooo. yeah , bubba!", I'll use up those "3 steps out the door".

If you would like to see the rest of the pics from this trip, go here. I wish you well and please come back to read about my trips around the country. I've visited some pretty cool places and I love to talk about it!
Peace, Love, and Cranberry Sauce.
Alec

Go see the photo album from Thanksgiving 2008

VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA

To all of my family in the deep south. I hope you get out and vote this year. Regardless of what you may think, your vote REALLY DOES count. Also, I hope you really think about the decision you're about to make this year when you push that button. Don't think that you have to vote for Bush(I mean McCain ) just because others do. Also, don't be scared that there may be a "black" man in office. Ask yourself this: 1. Do you want your loved one to stay in Iraq another moment longer? 2. Why did we go to Iraq in the first place? 3. Do you want 4 more years of George W. Bush in office? If you're reading this and you're my family, think about how well you know me. You know that I wouldn't be so vocal if I didn't believe so strongly in this. I'd be honored if you wanted to call and talk about it. Don't believe all all of the silly emails, posts, and horrible things that the opposition is saying out there. They're nothing but mud slinging in a time of desperation. Please make the right choice. Vote for Obama.

Travel: Chicago

Travel: Chicago
Ok, I just wanted to share these pics of old computers.  This is such a geeky thing , but dangit I love it!  These are located inside of a case at Dunn Solutions in Skokie, Il.  

Check these out...

This is an old Radio Shack computer. Look at those big floppy disk drives.  OMG. 

This is an old Commodore PET.  I'd love to see this thing fired up. 

Believe it or not, this is an old COMPAQ.  What a crappy monitor. Crappy UI design.  I'm sure at the time they were thinking this was being compact, but WAS IT?

This is an Atari 800.  I'm surprised that I never heard of this during my Atari video game days.  I'm sure this was probably less for the gamer market and more for the computer user market. 

Check out this old MAC.  I remember playing "Dark Castle" on this back in '86.  Rock on!

From 2008-10-22 old_computers

Honestly, I don't know what this is, but it looks pretty crappy.  COOL!

From 2008-10-22 old_computers

Anybody know the model of this mac?  It's pretty cool.  I remember this cube model vaguely. 

From 2008-10-22 old_computers

Check out this Commodore 154i with external 5 1/4" floppy .  hahaha nice.

From 2008-10-22 old_computers

Emily Close-up

I love this picture of Emily. She's such a cute, angelic little girly! :)