linux

A month after getting my Android phone, I bought my first laptop. Personal laptop, that is; I've had laptops for work, and I've found them to be highly convenient when traveling or noveling, so I finally decided to get one of my own. More momentously, after years of running Windows on my personal machines but Linux on my work machines, I decided I was ready to make the jump to a Linux-only environment, meaning the new laptop would have to run Linux.

In December of 2009, I upgraded my phone. I went from a Razr to a Cliq, which just happens to be a smartphone running Android 1.5. At the time, it was the best T-Mobile/Android offering within my budget; I also took advantage of their 0% financing/installment payment plan, which is a fantastic deal. Interest-free, I'd pay them $20 a month until the phone is paid off. With my particular plan, this option was better than a 2-year contract and its subsidized phone (I actually did the math). This netted me an awesome Android phone running Linux (yay!) with a neat slide-out keyboard.

I carved my first pumpkin today. I liked pretending that I was a mad neurosurgeon bent on lobotomizing by scooping out the brains. Pumpkin guts are gross. Anyway, with most of the cool patterns already spoken for (I wanted to observe others before diving into my first pumpkin carve), I looked around and quickly settled on Tux, the Linux mascot. This makes me happy.

Click on the pictures below for larger versions; the third picture, while dramatic, does not have a large version.