I haven’t made a blog entry in a week. This past week was busy at work and will probably stay that way for a while. With my GRE test less than three weeks away, I’ve started putting more time into prep work. Have been practicing the essays and taking practice exams from various sources. My scores are all over the place, though. Different sources have different difficulty levels, but I’ve been scoring consistently within a 100-point range. I hope to be able to achieve an official score on the higher end of that range when August 20 comes around.

I’ve been “almost done” with my new theme for more than a week now. Last weekend, I didn’t finish it because of The Dark Knight (see it in IMAX if you can) and GRE stuff. This weekend, it was mostly the GRE stuff that kept me away. I’m still on track to put it out before the summer slips away - promise! Talking about the summer slipping away, it’s less than a month until school starts again. I’ll have to move to a temporary room for a week or so starting the 15th, before they let me move into my fall assignment. Not looking forward to it.

Still haven’t finalized what laptop I’ll be buying to replace my aging Inspiron 9100. Dell and Apple still haven’t announced Montevina laptops. The new Dell Latitude E-series has been leaked, but the business line usually costs more than the consumer line. There are rumors of a complete MacBook overhaul with lower prices, as well as a new 16″ XPS to replace the current M1530. Supposedly, it won’t be a lot bigger than a 15.4″ laptop, as evidenced by the pretty Sony VAIO FW. I was tempted to choose the FW, but it carries a weak graphics card. I’m hoping that Dell put the Radeon Mobility HD3850/3870 in their new 15.4/16″ XPS. At least I won’t have to worry about possiblly defective Nvidia chips. Seriously, Nvidia have been acting like a bunch of douchebags lately. First, they claim that they are going to open a can of whoop-ass on Intel. Now, after the problems with the mobile chips are well-known, they still haven’t come clean on exactly which cards are affected, and more importantly, how many of them. Way to open that can of whoop-ass, Nvidia. Perhaps the supermarket sold you the wrong kind of whoop-ass can.

I do have a few more incomplete 10-Song Playlists that I’ll post over the next few days. A sneak peek of the artists I’m working on: Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Rush, and The Decemberists. I can’t promise what order they’ll show up in, or if I’ll make some changes to accommodate certain bands’ humongous catalogs. You’ll just have to wait and watch.