Zuma

Zuma has consumed my life after work and dinner.

Happy Easter

Thanks J, for the awesome picture.

Kudos to whoever arranged it:

Weekend Summary

I love the weekend because it's my chance to unwind after a long week of work.

This weekend's method of relaxation:

• Dinner of Corned Beef and Cabbage, for St. Patrick's Day
  
• Walking a few miles around Quiet Waters Park
  
• Cleaning the interior of K's SUV
  
• Browsing a used book sale at Oseh Shalom
  
• Walking around the flea market
  

I have to say that I'm jealous of the new (and old) goodies around Columbia, MD. Within a few miles, there's a Trader Joe's, Target/Walmart, BJs/Costco, Staples/Office Depot, Best Buy, and full shopping mall. Not too far from that is Centennial Park, one of my favorite places to watch the leaves turn color.

Random artwork from Quiet Waters:

Chili Cookoff

I can't wait for the chili cookoff. Hope the weather heats up soon.

Chili and beer.

Not a Slickdeal

During my jog today, I looked at two housing fliers for virtually identical townhouses, just 1500 ft away from each other. The difference in price? $65,000. Give me a break. I've been watching the lower priced one (see image below) fall every few weeks, and even that one is still overvalued by its seller.

Spring e-cleanup

It's that time again: spring e-cleanup.

What's this? It's my method of keeping my electronic data clean and up-to-date:

• Organize stray pictures/music/etc. (on your desktop, email inbox, etc.)
  
• Update resume with key projects of the past year
• Update residence list (where you've lived in the past year, how long, landlord #, etc.)

Why bother? This really makes finding and backing up data a breeze.

You may find a few lost songs for your playlist, just in time for running weather!

Latest Slickdeal

I'm a bit impulsive when it comes to slickdeals.

I've made more than a few purchases with their help. Just in this room, there's a "featured" TV, iPod touch, Led Zeppelin 10 disk set, and Family Guy 5 season set. As K noted, I like to make a "purchase" every month.

The latest item is a Dell Vostro 1500 laptop with the following specs:

• Intel® Core 2 Duo T5270 (1.4GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
• 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD Display
• 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz, 2 DIMMs
• Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
• 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• 8X CD/DVD+RW Read and Burn CD and DVD
• Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Wi-Fi Mini Card
• 85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
• 1 Year Basic Limited Warranty plus 1 Year Mail-in Service

The final price? $340.19 (including everything, tax, shipping, etc.)