Toys R' Us is now selling their Wii bundles online:
The action bundle is the only one of the two that has the games I want, but $600 is a bit too rich for my tastes right now as I am still finishing up some PS2 games.
I'll be in lovely West Virginia Saturday (nephew) and return to NoVA sometime Sunday. I should be available to hang out both pre- and post- Thanksgiving.
Members of the Vox nation, I will be in DC from Nov 17-25. I hope that there will be beer, with you, in a pub, somewhere during that time.
How did you pick your Vox name? Does it mean something?
Submitted by LeendaDLL.
My mom picked it.
How many computers do you have in your house?
Submitted by Foomper.
About 5
Working:
- Windows desktop (runs kwc.org, does all my photo editing). This is the computer that I first built in college, though it no longer has any original parts
- HP 'Livestrong' laptop. Won this in a Trek Tour de France contest in July. This is now my principle laptop.
Retired:
- Dell laptop. I didn't really buy this as a laptop; I bought it for it's
large widescreen display (1900x1200) to watch movies. I was choosing
between an iMac-ish computer and this. Dell had a 50% deal and a better
screen, so I went with the Dell. Now that I have the HP, this rarely gets turned.
- Windows desktop. Leftover parts and previous case from my current desktop. With about $100 of parts, it could be running again, but I don't need the additional headache.
Not mine:
- My desktop frequently scoffs at the G4 PowerBook sitting next to it. One of these days there may be a MacBook Pro to teach it some respect.
At work:
- Dual Xeon workstation. My next home machine will probably be dual processor after playing with this beast.
- Dell X300. Sweet <3lb laptop that is starting to show its age and damage from mishandling.
Do you listen to podcasts? Are there any you'd recommend?
Inspired by Alex.
The podcast I listen to most regularly is JapanesePod101. The 10-15-minute Japanese language lessons are ideal for my commute and interests. I have been to Japan since starting the lessons and there was a dramatic improvement in my speaking and comprehension.
I occassionally listen to the Onion podcast, which is basically a 30-second Onion story.
Less frequently I'll listen to NPR's The Sunday Puzzle, Discovery Channel News (science headlines). I may pick up This American Life now that it has been de-Audibleized.
In vodcast land, I occassionally watch Rocketboom (b/c it's on TiVo), Zefrank's The Show, and Nova (very high quality, but they don't put out episodes very often).
What is your earliest memory?
Submitted by Megan.
My earliest memory was from before I was 4, but I'm not exactly sure when. We were living in Yokosuka Naval Base, which is on the southern edge of Tokyo Bay. My earliest memory is riding on my dad's shoulders as we walked around an inlet of the bay just outside our home. There was a man in scuba gear swimming around, which must have been really cool, because otherwise I don't know why this would be my earliest memory. I went back to that spot 10 years later and discovered that they had filled it in with concrete.
When it comes down to it, Vox has some interesting layout options for photos and videos.
What was your very first job?
Submitted by Laurel.
Baskin Robbins! It was pretty much the only job I could get on a work permit before I was old enough to legally work full time. My boss also had no scruples, so I could actually work more than the 20 hours a week I was legally permitted, as long as I did so for the $4.25/hr minimum wage he was paying -- he did later offer me a $0.25/hr raise if I would come back the next summer. We were a dissatisfied lot -- one of my fired co-scoopers started calling in fake cake orders to get back at my boss, but my boss figured out that rainbow sherbet + rocky road cakes weren't in season.
