Oh Well, better late than never I suppose

martes birthday present came today. Unfortunately her birthday was MONDAY.

It was worth the wait for it though. Top of the line Intuous2 9x12 Wacom tablet. What she is presently using is what used to be the top of the line Wacom at the time we got it in 1995. Outside of a really cheap digital camera, it is the only thing left here that connects to a regular serial port. It works fine, but lately it seems to take a little more pen pressure to get it to respond than the tablet she has at work, and I wanted to make both the home and work setups the same so she didn't have to adjust back & forth.

I breifly debated either hooking the old one up to a computer in the garage, or keeping it for mobile use with the laptop, since it is of the same 1995 vintage and has no USB port on it. However, I have no need whatsoever of a wacom on my own computer, and I can't imagine a Wacom for the laptop being much use except for one day a year at a convention impressing people by the mere fact I can set one up at a convention so people can doodle on an ancient Thinkpad 380D. So now we have a spare.....

Oh Well, better late than never I suppose

martes birthday present came today. Unfortunately her birthday was MONDAY.

It was worth the wait for it though. Top of the line Intuous2 9x12 Wacom tablet. What she is presently using is what used to be the top of the line Wacom at the time we got it in 1995. Outside of a really cheap digital camera, it is the only thing left here that connects to a regular serial port. It works fine, but lately it seems to take a little more pen pressure to get it to respond than the tablet she has at work, and I wanted to make both the home and work setups the same so she didn't have to adjust back & forth.

I breifly debated either hooking the old one up to a computer in the garage, or keeping it for mobile use with the laptop, since it is of the same 1995 vintage and has no USB port on it. However, I have no need whatsoever of a wacom on my own computer, and I can't imagine a Wacom for the laptop being much use except for one day a year at a convention impressing people by the mere fact I can set one up at a convention so people can doodle on an ancient Thinkpad 380D. So now we have a spare.....

"Porates of the Caribbean", 3rd time is the charm (No Spoilers, this was all written before the movi

I wanted to go to the 1:15 show, but I got held up picking up martes car from the shop (with the CD player still broken I might add) so I decided to go to the 4:30 show. Still a matinee price, and I could beat the crowds. I thought. Sold out.

Yet I really wanted to see the film today, before I saw too much more of it in previews and advertisements. So I got tickets for 7:45. Got there an hour early, already 100 people in line.

The line itself was entertaining. Guy about my age with a mexican wife telling me about all the ghosts in their house. Not like I asked, but he made the wait an entertainment in itself.

We got inside. Theater is full as it was sold out, and nobody wants to sit next to the fat smelly guy. More pre-film entertainment ensues.

The 20. As in minutes of advertisements you have to watch before the movie comes on. 70's M&M commercial was nice. Drink commercials all suck.

Now the previews will start. I hope. They are already running late. Here we go. "Seabiscut" looks OK. "Radio" looks dull. "Envy" looks stupid. "Hidalgo" looks OK. "Last Samauri" looks OK. "Freaky Friday" is probably ok for a teenage girl, but I won't pay money or wait in line for any of them.

Eddy Murphy is going to star in the next movie based on a ride, "Haunted Mansion". As mcuh as I don't like Eddie Murphy, based on the Preview, this is going to work too.

( not really a spoiler, but hidden just in case )

"Porates of the Caribbean", 3rd time is the charm (No Spoilers, this was all written before the movi

I wanted to go to the 1:15 show, but I got held up picking up martes car from the shop (with the CD player still broken I might add) so I decided to go to the 4:30 show. Still a matinee price, and I could beat the crowds. I thought. Sold out.

Yet I really wanted to see the film today, before I saw too much more of it in previews and advertisements. So I got tickets for 7:45. Got there an hour early, already 100 people in line.

The line itself was entertaining. Guy about my age with a mexican wife telling me about all the ghosts in their house. Not like I asked, but he made the wait an entertainment in itself.

We got inside. Theater is full as it was sold out, and nobody wants to sit next to the fat smelly guy. More pre-film entertainment ensues.

The 20. As in minutes of advertisements you have to watch before the movie comes on. 70's M&M commercial was nice. Drink commercials all suck.

Now the previews will start. I hope. They are already running late. Here we go. "Seabiscut" looks OK. "Radio" looks dull. "Envy" looks stupid. "Hidalgo" looks OK. "Last Samauri" looks OK. "Freaky Friday" is probably ok for a teenage girl, but I won't pay money or wait in line for any of them.

Eddy Murphy is going to star in the next movie based on a ride, "Haunted Mansion". As mcuh as I don't like Eddie Murphy, based on the Preview, this is going to work too.

( not really a spoiler, but hidden just in case )