SUBBU’S WEBLOG [xubz]

I _know_ the post title is weird.. couldn’t think of anything else for the content that follows!

Well, I finally managed to convince dad to fund (some of) my ‘To-Buy List‘.. Stuff I bought:

1. DELL SP2208WFP 22″ LCD Display
2. 2GB (1×2GB sticks) of DDR2-800 RAM
3. 500GB Hard Drive
4. Logitech MX518 Mouse

The display is quite good! Though it was BRIGHT (way too bright), I managed to correctly tweak it to suit my preference. (Had to use Adobe Gamma and ATI Catalyst Drivers to correctly set the Gamma and Brightness)

Hard Drive and RAM were much needed upgrades. Logitech MX518 intends to replace my dead ol’ MX700 Mouse.. The On-the-fly sensitivity adjustment really rocks! The mouse is smooth too (good feet). And new chair coming this week (*phew* No more RSI.. Yay!)

Sadly, My onboard graphics chip ATI x1250 is weak to run games at my new display’s native resolution. I managed to use Powerstrip to add a custom 6:10 resolution [1024x640]. (And NO, I _wont_ buy a Graphics Card)

Other than that, I was a little busy for a few weeks (some personal work, some work in uncle’s office). I also started going to Gym (friggin’ finally). I’ll start to work on _something_ for now.. and yeh, I let my LambdaSector domain names expire. I don’t think there is any use for them (read: I’m not interested in serious blogging).

*sigh*

[xubz]note: My B’day next week! Whoo Hooo! :-\
Edit: Almost forgot, Santosh too wrote his To-Buy List and bought some gadgets quite recently!
Edit 2: Upgraded to WordPress 2.6

Well, It’s more or less my Computer Hardware To-Buy List and WHY I need them…I need them _very_ badly though..

• DELL SP2208WFP 22″ Display (Good Response Time and Contrast Ratio). Reason: My 17″ CRT’s workspace is extremely limiting and it started to act weird recently.
• Larger Hard Drive.. Atleast 500GB. Reason: My 3yr old 200GB (186.26GiB) is almost fully filled up.
• 2GB Additional RAM. Reason: Virtualization.
  
• Better Mouse. Logitech MX518 it will be. Reason: My good ol’ Logitech MX700 Wireless died last year after annoying me (friggin’ batteries, used to lag when gaming and it was quite heavy) for 3 years and I’m using a cheap mouse now :-\
• Good Headphones. Reason: Everybody in my house yell at me when I play/listen to music on my Inspire 5200 5.1 Speakers and my current headphones sound bland.
  
• Replacement Optical Drive. Reason: My Sony DRU720A has started to gobble up my discs. I have to almost always use the ‘Hard Eject’ button for it to open.
• Comfy Ergonomic Chair. Reason: p41n!

Sadly, I’m a guy who doesn’t earn money yet (yeah yeah.. I know, I should be..) and have to ask my dad for everything. He’s a guy who doesn’t buy my reasons. Oh well.. :-\

Edit: Turning off Comments, This post obviously _is_ a Rant.

Coldplay’s New Album, ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends’ was leaked a few days ago and Well.. It was supposed to be released on 16th June in India. So couldn’t resist to check it out! (Hey! I _will_ be buying the album after it hits the stores).

As with all their previous albums, This album too sounds quite different! The vocals are bit softer on most of the tracks, guitars are distorted in some and contains less synth than their X&Y album. I must say.. It surely sounds great!

I was ‘Tagged’ by Santosh, one of my online buddies. Seems ‘Tagging’ is a new game (!?) in which you need to answer a few questions and ‘Tag’ some more people and that goes on. Hmm.. Pretty Interesting I’d say! Lemme Begin..

4 Jobs I’ve Had (in chronological order) [still a student.. d'oh]

Only ‘Job’ I actually had was to design ExperTrio’s design. I’m extremely unreliable, So I don’t think I’ll get another ‘Job’ anytime soon.. Speaking of which, I got reminded about this Homestarrunner toon, I think it’s funny. :-\

4 Movies I Could Watch Over and Over

• Star Wars (Every single episode.. I even know _every_ Darth Vader dialogue)
• The Matrix (Not the sequels though)
• Pulp Fiction (Heh!)
• The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Who doesn’t like this movie?)

4 Places I’ve Lived (in order)

Bangalore (um.. Bengaluru?) for EVAR!

4 TV Shows I Like

Um.. TV?

4 Favorite Foods

I don’t really have any ‘favorites’.. I usually like having Chapati, Poori & Idlies with some good curry.

I wish I had one of those ACME Instant Food Pill. Which a person swallows, drinks water and Voila! Insta-healthy-balanced-food in his stomach! No need to ‘eat’ anything! (Yay!)

4 Places I’d Rather Be

• Coruscant (Whoa! The ENTIRE planet is just one Big City! *cough*)
• Tokyo, Japan.
• Massachusetts, USA.
• Bangalore, India.

4 People I’m Tagging

• Rajesh

Seems every other bloke I know has already been ‘Tagged’.. So this maybe the End. Congratulations! You’ve won 100 Interwebs! Yay!