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Just uploaded some more photos, a variety of stuff this time.

That’s the number of gigabytes now in our main computer.

When I rebuilt the machine a couple of years ago, I included a 120 GB Samsung SpinPoint SATA drive, which I partitioned it in a ridiculous manner. All of the partitions are fine for organization, but have caused a space problem. When a partition fills up, what do you do? I’ve moved some data around and reallocated some space, but it still isn’t perfect.

Plus, I need to reinstall the OS as Windows is acting up (it created a second Administrator account all on its own). A nice clean install is in order.

With the new digital camera and digitizing all of our music, extra space was needed. So, I’ve added another Samsung SpinPoint drive, this time a 500 GB model. It is way more space than I need now and for the next couple of years, but it was only $120. And at least now I know I’m not going to run out of room any time soon.

I bought another Samsung because, frankly, I’m very happy with the first one. The biggest attraction: they are almost totally silent, even when in full seek mode.

The Cure

Olivia discovered The Cure this weekend.

Realizing we were lacking in Cure music, we picked up a “best of” album. When we got home I popped it in CD player and she danced and danced and danced. Loved every song.

If you’ve got a two year old and don’t know what to do, there is always dancing.

Carnival

She also got to experience her first carnival. Yes, one of those slightly scary things set up in a parking lot. We went down the super slide, rode the merry-go-round and the balloon ride.

The balloon ride was one of those tilt-a-whirl kind of rides. The gondolas rise up about 15 feet and then tilt so that as you rotate you also rise up and down. She was a bit startled when it tilted, but then relaxed and had a great time. So much so that we stayed right in the bucket and went for a second ride. That was all dad could take though — it just wasn’t build for my 6 foot frame.