cleaning

the latest issue of macworld (yet another magazine that insists on continuing to arrive, though i never have paid for it) had a truly indispensible tidbit. and this is that iphoto gets slower the more pictures are in it. this, of course, explains a lot. i have a lot of pictures, and go fig, iphoto can be pretty sluggish doing some things. the power users apparently make frequent backups to CD or DVD, and start their libraries anew on a regular basis. so, i've got to explore doing this (of course, the thing about backups, is that you make CDs of them, and theoretically that's safe, but the thing is, i lose CDs, and i never lose 'puters. so is a backup really safe?). among other things, i've been going through and cleaning up some that were previously thought unsalvageable. as a result, i did come across a few random oldies but goodies, and as a result added the incriminating photos section.

of course, looking at some of the old ones shows the limitations inherent in my original camera. it was fine for the time, but boy did it suck at night pictures. and of course, i'm looking at a new one again (this one, probably, yay for 'affordable'), seeing as how i've bumped up against the limitations of my current one (and beaten the living hell out of it). oh, and in addition to that, i recently got a new printer, which is super-cool, and as a result, has allowed me to continue my assault against my archenemy, bare wall space. i hadn't owned a printer in about 4 years, and as such was taken pleasantly aback by exactly how much nicer they are.

in other news, international talk like a pirate day is coming. september 19th. be ready, mateys.