Shaloms Blog

Now that I have more free time I have started messing around with Windows Live Writer and updating my blog. One of the things I really want to do is post my gym workouts on my blog. What I don’t want to do is have to type everything every time. I thought it would be a no brainer that I could make a template to use each time. That way I can just plug in the figures (weight/reps, current BMI…). Nope can’t to it. I have a saved copy of the blank post on my desktop hopefully I can use it like a template.

So I was really really bored a couple nights ago. I had the bright idea to install Win7 on my aging IBM ThinkCentre. It’s a p4 system with 1gb of ram. The install took forever, seriously I think I got a gray hair while waiting. I started at 7pm and was able to login by 9pm. Installed all the updates, office, firefox and a few other apps and was up and running 100% by 10pm. The only issue I have is my video card it is an ancient Geforce 4 which has not been supported for years. Other than that my system is quicker than XP and I can now run the latest apps.

Why the hell are ebooks the same price as print? All books are written on a computer these days to begin with. I would understand $11.99 for a paper book, the electronic version though should somewhere around 50% of that as the company is not paying printing cost for the book. I can’t help but feel we ebook users are getting screwed…

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