Switched To Mac…And Lovin’ It
Yes! My Macbook has finally arrived. I’m thinking of giving it a name. Well, not really. Today is Day 1 of my Macbook. I haven’t been able to explore it much yet. But I’m lovin’ it. I can’t give a review yet. I don’t have to. Many people have done reviews of it already anyway. I’ll probably post my experiences with my newest gadget.
Getting this Macbook is costly. Especially if you don’t have the cash. But thanks to Charlie of Digital Hub, he gave me a discount even though I bought it via 0% credit card installment. Let’s just say I sacrificed around P8500 so that I could get my Mac now instead of waiting until I saved enough cash. Hopefully, I could recover that “sacrifice” through my earnings in adsense, matched, and in my online stock trading. My Zen Vision M 60GB is definitely for sale already since it can’t sync with the Mac. I might throw in my phat PSP as well just to have additional cash.
That’s it for now. Still got lots of learning to do…
The Geek Is Back
After eight days of silence, this geek is back. Yes, I am finally able to blog again. Apologies to you my dear readers, I have not been able to update my blog since August 15. There are several reasons behind this. Or maybe you could call them excuses. But heck, I think they are valid excuses anyway. Let me enumerate:
- I did get a surprise bonus this month. And I needed a well deserved vacation from work. So off we (my better half and I) went up to Baguio to enjoy the cold climate and to visit my little brother. Perfect timing.
- Because of the vacation, the work load got a little heavy when I got back to the office (was in the office, with internet access, but can’t blog because of my work load)
- I am on training. My employer pays a lot of money for our training on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Funny how I am longing to get a Mac but I work with Microsoft c***ware
- My Mac has not arrived yet. My old laptop already belongs to my sister, whom I don’t live with. This means I still don’t have a computer at home.
Fortunately, I’m with my sister this weekend. That means I’ll have a computer that I can use for blogging. But surprise surprise, the laptop has a virus. So, instead of blogging, I am now forced to waste precious blogging time to download an antivirus and to google ways to permanently remove the virus. How I wish she knows how to use Ubuntu…
Anyway, if you’re looking for news, results, and medal tally updates on the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, click here. Tomorrow is the last day and I hope Kobe and the rest of the Redeem Team reach the finish line of their road to redemption with a gold medal.
That’s it for now. I still gotta hunt for a good free antivirus for windoze…
Beijing Olympics 2008 Medal Tally Update - Weightlifting
After 9 of 15 Events / As of Aug 13 2008
| Rank | NOC Name | Total | Rank by Total | |||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1 | CHN - China | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2 | KOR - Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | PRK - DPR Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 4 | THA - Thailand | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 5 | RUS - Russian Fed. | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | COL - Colombia | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | FRA - France | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | KAZ - Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | TUR - Turkey | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 6 | VIE - Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 11 | ARM - Armenia | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | INA - Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11 | TPE - Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | BLR - Belarus | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 14 | UKR - Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Total: | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Click here for the Complete Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Results and Medal Tally Count Update
Beijing Olympics 2008 Medal Tally Count - Swimming
After 24 of 34 Events / As of Aug 15 2008
| Rank | NOC Name | Total | Rank by Total | |||
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |||
| 1 | USA - United States | 10 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 1 |
| 2 | AUS - Australia | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 3 | JPN - Japan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | CHN - China | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | FRA - France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | KOR - Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 7 | GBR - Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 8 | GER - Germany | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 8 | ITA - Italy | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 8 | NED - Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 11 | HUN - Hungary | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 11 | ZIM - Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 13 | RUS - Russian Fed. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 14 | NOR - Norway | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 15 | SLO - Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 16 | AUT - Austria | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 16 | BRA - Brazil | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| Total: | 24 | 24 | 26 | 74 |
Click here for the Complete Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 Results and Medal Tally Count Update