…I recently upgraded my Blackberry from the 8703e to the 8130 Pearl. I've been a huge fan of the Blackberry since I first received my 8703e a couple years ago, and I really liked the 8703e because of it's large screen and full QWERTY keyboard, so when the opportunity to upgrade came about I wasn't sure if I should go with the straight upgrade to my 8703e which is the 8830 or the smaller and more media oriented 8130. There were two downsides to the 8130 which I'll address one at a time; first the smaller screen, and this issue was definitely a big one.

…are (in no particular order):

…and when you think you have enough get more. I'm not exactly sure why, I'm guessing it has something to do with the way that OS X uses and manages virtual memory vs. Windows, but it's very obvious to me that OS X performs much better when running multiple programs (usually 5 or more) when you have 1GB of RAM or more. Add in even another 512MB and you can run almost twice the number of programs at once without much slowdown. I bought my MacBook Pro with 1GB of RAM initially, and if you read past posts you'll know that at first I had completely thought to myself “why did I just spend this money on a new computer, it's running like a snail”, I thought well let's just try a little RAM upgrade and then we'll see. And the 1.5GB did make a lot of difference in performance, and as the number of programs that run natively or as Universal applications increased, so did the performance of my computer, to a point.

…so, if you're a reader from the NMSU community, please stop reading NOW! Just kidding, actually, I wanted to say that if you are from NMSU you've probably been aware that we are in the process of moving from just the standard ID Card to an Enhanced ID card which is actually a Wells Fargo Visa Check-Card as well as your NMSU ID. It's an extremely good idea and will be beneficial to both students and staff, the University as a while and Wells Fargo. I'm really all for it, and I can't wait until we go-live with the project hopefully sometime in early August.

That said, I'm about to practice the ancient Japanese art of Seppuku, more commonly known as hari kari. Yes, I'm half a bubble away from sliding a razor sharp blade through my gut and letting my intestines, blood, and all that fills the bowel drop on to the floor of my office. And no, this isn't a cry for help, it's a joke. So if you're (still) reading this it's my attempt to say, I'm about ready to kill myself over the project we're working on. And really Seppuku isn't the real thing I want to do, I really want to bash my own head with a hammer.

Yes, I'm a bit of a theme well for the lack of a better word, whore. I switch themes so much that I can't keep track of all the different versions of my website. I tend to like the newer Web 2.0'ish looking sites, nice rounded corners and other fancy CSS, but I really think I'm liking this theme I've applied today. It's called Marvin, after Drupal's Marvin, and it's quite plain but has everything that I think is necessary for a good page, a nice layout, easy navigation and it's easy on the eyes.

From now on, I think I'm going to try my hand at theme customization, and/or building my own theme. I'm sick of having a website that literally any geek with a little time can duplicate. I want something more my own, well OUR own as this site belongs to my wife and I both. I need to practice theme generation anyway as I'm hosting my friend Kyle's site and it's going to take quite a bit of work to get it looking the way he wants it. He had a site that was homegrown and extremely difficult to maintain and edit (I'm sure) and wants the new site I've setup to have a similar look/feel to his old one. The only problem is there is no way to move his old theme that was all done with HTML and Javascript to a modern CSS, XHTML compliant page.