Day In The Life of Baz

The Specs

After selling my computer a while back, I got parts for a new one. It was cheaper to purchase parts and build a computer than to get a ready-made system. Here are the specifications on what I got:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600
• 256M Radeon X1300PRO GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
• KWORLD PCI Interface TV Tuner Card
• 1 GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Memory
• LITE-ON 18X DVD±R DVD Burner
• Hanns·G Black 19″ 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
• 250 GB SATA Hard Drive + Plus one of my old 120 GB IDE Hard Drives
• Some cheap Creative Labs Speakers (In a noise free apartment complex)

Just a quick update. My baby has arrived, at least all her parts have. I’ll be busy building and installing software for the next couple days, but after that, I should be up and posting again.

Popularity: 6%

A Lot time ago I had got into the online high yield savings account. It’s been a couple years now since I’ve had an ING Direct savings account. A regular savings account at a bank gives me a whopping 0.5% interest. I used to have one as Wells Fargo until I sat back one day and wondered what the point was. ING has been really good to me so far.

The problem is that I’m an APY whore. Last I remember ING had an APY of 4.50%. I stumbled upon Capital One’s savings account had an APY of 4.80%, so obviously I hoped onto that one. Now my dilemma is that I’ve been reading about HSBC Direct and EmigrantDirect, both of which have have an APY of 5.05%. Since I just started a new job I’ve been looking for somewhere to shell away my earnings so that they can earn a little bit of interest while I leave them for a rainy day.

Now I’m sure that all you guys have heard bout the Peanut butter scare that we’ve had down south recently. This was about tree (3) weeks ago. Stores are still understocked, except for the expensive Jiff brand. There is no more of my favorite brand, Great Value

From what I understand, the factory that makes these has stopped production due to the salmonella scare. I guess I’m gonna have to bite the bullet and shell out for the good stuff.

Popularity: 8%

This weekend I’m supposed to be packing up my so that I can sell it. I’m having mixed emotions about the whole thing though. The biggest problem I have is that I’m going to be without a computer for about a week or however long it takes NewEgg.com to ship my new parts. Right now, this is my current configuration:

• AMD Althon XP 2600
• 1 GB DDR RAM
• Brand New 20X DVD Burner
• 17″ Dell CRT Monitor
• Altec Lansing 251 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers
• ATI All In Wonder - 970 PRO
• Logitech Mouse
• Some No Brand Keyboard
• 120 GB Western Digital Hard Drive

So as you can see, I’m trying to make a rather big step up. This step also includes a 19″ LCD Monitor. Now I’m all excited about getting a new computer, but the problem is that I don’t know for sure whether I have a sale. The customer sounds 85% sure that he wants it.

Problem number two, is that I currently live 150 miles from this customer. So tomorrow I have to load up the computer in the car and haul it 150 miles, almost 3 hours for a possible sale. Either way it goes, I’ll be pissed: