This Weekend in Geekdom

[bjarvis]

We went to a local computer flea market in Annapolis, MD, Saturday morning with the intent of obtaining some toys and expanding the economy. Both were achieved.

I was looking for a copy of Adobe Acrobat since I'll shortly lose access to my office version. I didn't find one, but I did find PDF Converter 4 Professional for $60... that's close enough.

I also got a new CD case for all of the data and software installation CDs sitting around our home computer room. I also now have a handheld thumb roller mouse which I hope to use for faster & more subtle screen scrolling when I'm reading square dance choreo from a computer screen.

kent4str needed a replacement hard drive for his XP workstation and a backup drive for his MacBook: his XP box now has a 320 GB drive and I'm currently working on installing it in the workstation. His new 500 GB USB-based external backup drive has already made a full backup of his MacBook.

cuyahogarvr's needs are simpler than ours: we got a replacement card reader for his digital camera's memory card and a CD holder for his car's sun visor.

Alas, I was unable to find some items I wanted: a PCMCIA audio card for my laptop (my audio jack has been misbehaving lately), a 100 GBps switch for our home network and a hip holster for kent4str's cell phone. We'll have to continue shopping for those.

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[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what I'm using right now, but being attached to the USB port just doesn't feel physically too secure: I fear it coming detached in mid-dance. As well, the only other USB port I have is immediately adjacent so I worry about an external mouse cord becoming entangled.

The PCMCIA card slot is on the other side of my laptop from the USB ports and the card could be more securely seated.