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.

It’s true.  I’ve settled on a theme.

I’m in the process of modifying it so that it looks somewhat unique.  The things I’ll be changing are: header image, background pattern, sidebar layout, and some text colors.  I hope to be done in a few days - the major thing is getting the header image done.  Once I get the header in place, then I’ll mess with the text colors and maybe fonts to get them to match the header.  So sit back and relax.  Once it’s done, you’ll be able to see it up here as the default theme.  I’ve actually gone ahead and deleted a bunch of old themes and I might leave only two up eventually - the new theme and the current theme.  Or perhaps just the default one.  Let’s see.

I wish to announce that I will no longer be posting daily blog entries.  The reasons for this decision are as under:

1) I don’t have issues to talk about everyday

2) The comments hasn’t been ablaze with activity

3) My life is not as interesting as I thought it was

4) I have stuff to do

So, after almost two months of daily postings, I’m telling you that this will no longer be the case. Over the last couple of weeks, I didn’t post anything of significance and I had lots of filler posts.  What’s the point?

However, I fully intend to post regularly and you can expect at least two blog posts this coming week.  Other topics that I will continue to post on include my theme hunt, my laptop wait, Euro 2008, etc.

Over and out.

Check off one more item on my summer 2008 list!  I updated my blog to WordPress 2.5.1 today and while not everything is hunky-dory, at least things are functional.  I’m having two issues right now - one, the theme switcher is not behaving properly, and two, some posts have additional text characters like the one here:

I’ve edited most of the posts to fix this problem, but I know it still exists on some posts.  I’m way too lazy to correct the problem in all posts, even though I have nothing else to do right now.  I’m going to look into the theme switcher problem too.

It’s also time for my now annual theme hunt.  The last time I changed my blog theme was last summer, after an intensive search for the perfect theme.  But themes don’t stay perfect for long and now I need a new one.  This time, I’m going to be less strict with my requirements.  I’ll accept any theme that looks good and is functional.  So far, I’ve come across a few good ones and I’ll be trying them out slowly.  If you see new themes pop-up in the switcher, feel free to explore.  But be aware that not all of them will have a switcher installed.  If you notice glaring problems, let me know.

Also, for anyone keeping count, I have now posted a blog entry a day for a month!  WOOOO!  Nothing has affected my determination - finals came and went without interrupting my updates.  Even an utter lack of comments and site visits have not deterred me.

For there is a virtual barrage of posts coming your way in the next three weeks. No, I mean it this time. There will be a lot of new posts. I just need the time to finish writing them all up! I’m just posting this message in advance so that you can be prepared.