7 things

Posted
December 31 2005

Dave Shea talks about 7 randomly-selected things that made him happy in 2005, which � According to him � everyone else is doing. Well, he�s the only one I�ve seen doing this, but it seems like a fun idea, so here are mine.

  1. Teh server

    Mid-2004, we got ourselves this awesome server deal, and it kept rocking on through 2005. Around Christmas, we actually switched to a new � faster, and more powerful � box, and I�m in love with it already. We�re currently thinking of a name for the box.

  2. Le Book

    I finally got myself a laptop this year. A PowerBook G4 15?, to be exact. I got it at ljs, where I was helped by my friend Casper Schipper.

  3. I pod

    My dad got me 20GB iPod [Photo] for my 25th birthday. It started out as a fancy mp3 player and a little mirror, but has evolved into an external hard drive that has been a saving angel in many stressful moments for both myself as a couple of classmates.

  4. NodeBox

    DrawBot stopped working when I upgraded to Tiger (Mac os X). This was bad timing as I was just about to do some design by code experiments for my final project at the kabk. Then I remembered it�s spin-off, which � to my pleasant surprise � appears to have built-in export to Quicktime functionality.

  5. Chesterfield

    I quit smoking in 2003, but decided to get started again since my final year at the kabk has started. I expect to work all day and drink all night a lot this year, and I remember cigarretes to be a nice companion in such times.

    Formally, I used to smoke whatever brand I knew; was available; or was being used by people around me. This time, I have concluded that there�s one that I actually like better than all the others, taste wise. This happens to be the same brand my father uses, which � considering our shared tastes in drinks, music, after-shave, and so on � isn�t entirely surprising.

  6. Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is the new Google. (In the sense of being my primary online source for information.) I contributed (User:ACJ), and am considering donating.

  7. PsyQ

    In 2004, I first got into therapy at what was then called Parnassia. They have been a great help from the start, although it was very much about trying to find out what the causes of my strugglings were. Throughout 2005 � when it was becoming clear what the causes were � I was confronted with a more and more hands-on approach, helping me to deal with things in life, including the ones I found the most hard to deal with: anxiety and depression.

    Months progressed, and so did I. Thank you, PsyQ

Notice
Of course, there were tons of things that made a lot happier than at least the tech-gadgets from this list. Parties, friends, family, music, etc., but � they always make me happy. The things in this list are 2005-specific.
ACJ

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4 comments so far.

1/4

Nice list sir

Posted by: James on January 3, 2006, at 00:05

2/4

Why thank you, sir. Looking forward to yours. ?

Posted by: ACJ on January 3, 2006, at 00:19

3/4

http://www.jameslabove.org/blog/archive/7-things

:red face:

Posted by: James on January 3, 2006, at 04:29

4/4

This is a test

Posted by: ACJ on January 8, 2006, at 07:45

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