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Wed, Aug 13, 2008

Ykchaua

Posted at 9:12 am MDT to Technology

Ykchaua is the name of the new laptop: named after the Mayan god of chocolate and merchants because it is brown.

I just verified that I have the ability to print to my laser printer, so the infrastructure seems solid. There is nothing worse than trying to do development on a machine that is going flakey: when something breaks there is no way to tell whether the problem is due to something you have done, or because of a problem with the system.

In a little while I will go over to the office to start loading Windows images and Rational software that I need for my development project

Out of curiosity, I weighed the ykchaua and its power cord and sophia (the old laptop) and its cord and power brick this morning.

Sophia plus AC adapter: 10.4 pounds

Ykchaua plus AC adapter: 6.6 pounds

That is a big improvement, especially for hauling it through airports.

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Primary Results

Posted at 9:12 am MDT to Current Events

The state primaries were yesterday.

Jared Polis won for the Democrats in my district. I am pleased that we have avoided both the surrogate Republican and the Democratic machine candidate.

And the good people of Colorado Springs seem to have experienced a rush of brains to the head, since they declined to nominate wingnut Douglas Bruce (the only man ever censured by the state senate) for another term.

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