Dos (Two)
So, now I finally have my computer working! I can’t believe that it’s been almost a year since I’ve had my own to lug around with me.
Let me tell you that making your own Mac for only a few hundred dollars (I think I ended up spending about $400 altogether on things that I had to get) is definitely worth it. The Dell 10v’s are perfect out of the box to make into Macs, as they already have the insides that are compatible with what Snow Leopard 10.6 runs on. The only difficult part, which really shouldn’t have been if I had followed Gizmodo’s guide from the get-go, was getting the operating system onto a flash drive that is used in the process to load it onto the Dell 10v (it doesn’t come with a CD drive since it’s a netbook.
But anyways.. to sum it up it was a really easy experience and I highly recommend that if you are a Mac user but don’t want to buy the iPad, get a netbook and make it into a hackintosh. It honestly provides the same portability of the iPad, as well as the experience of having a full operating system.
On to today, though..
I’m sitting at Starbucks right now.. due to me running late for work (I forgot my badge, and I can’t get anywhere without a badge in this place) I was already going to get penalized as if I was 2.5 hours late, so I’ve decided to start this thing up again in the meantime, as well as start working on my resume.
I’ve already been here about an hour and a half and I’ve gotten a lot acomplished! I’ve been re-working my resume and updating it, as well, as it has been a while. I’m really happy with how it’s looking thus far, so now all I need to do is finish it up and polish it even more. The thing that’s worrying me is having to write a cover letter.. but that’s something i’ll tackle on another day. I gotta stay on task..
I have never felt as desperate as I do right now to get out of my current job. I don’t see it going anywhere, though it’s not a bad job by any means. I am craving being in a creative field where I can use my ability to come up with ideas and then bring people together with different strengths and ideas to bring it all together. I am determined to speak with someone at Columbus State soon about starting photography and design classes. Those are things that I feel are going to be a huge strength to me later on with what I truly want to be doing, so why not get it done now while I’m still young and this job market is bouncing up (though very, slowly, which is just an added stress of all of this).
I am finally going to be able to upload and work on pictures that I’ve taken with my phone. I saw a blog, which I’ll need to find and post on here, a while back about a photographer who only used an iPhone to take pictures. I thought the idea was humble, at best, but the results are truly amazing. I will need to go on the hunt for that.. I think a lot of people would be surprised that that was taken with a phone.
Ah.. I must get back to work. Time passes by quickly when working on things, which I’ve forgotten. I really do miss the responsibility of school and classes, to be honest. Soon I’ll be taking on a new path, so we’ll see where this takes me.
