1-5-2012

And work continues.....

Many of the issues we are testing fixes for are not fixed, on top of that there appear to be some new major issues that have sprouted up in the last few weeks. The customer is coming in less then 2 weeks for a demo. Getting it all ready in time will be interesting....

I realized today the 8 GB ram kit I ordered for our MAC mini has been sitting in the mail box for 2 days. I could have had 8 gig awesomeness in the MAC already.. Really I do not know how it is going to do me any good in the near future as I have no videos to edit and I have not purchased a copy of Windows 7 to load with boot camp. Honestly I just bought it because the kit was only $35 and the reviews very positive with claims of major performance gains. It is funny how there are so many great reviews then bad ones from people who bought the ram for older MACs that do not support this ram speed. Why should the product get a bad review because of these people’s ignorance? Every time I start thinking about what I can do with this MAC mini, like dual booting, using virtual machines to run multiple OSes, gaming, etc.. I remember I bought the cheap reliable MAC to be just that. A cheap reliable computer that will use very little power, run silently, edit videos, edit photos, burn CDs, store media, and look nice while doing so. I do not know why my geek out itch keeps coming back with this MAC. I don’t want to screw with the thing and lose our data.  

Chump Car has managed to land another race at Launa Seca AKA Mazda Raceway. Man do I want to race there. I may have to try and fly out there and buy myself some seat time... haha yeah right. I do not have the time or the money and the race is February 12th 2012. The open seats teams have for this race will sell for top dollar as I am not the only one who loves this track. I have become very fond of this race track over the years, though I have never driven on it in real life but only in race car games. This track is just a great layout and the famous corkscrew (a drop into screw down hill chicane) is just awesome.

Strange thread on the 24 hour of LeMons forum..
http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewtopic.php?id=13801

Not sure what he is trolling about exactly all I got was one email about the sponsorship and nothing more.  It sure is a funny read though and brightened up my day.

My pops just called me, he is going to wait to do the work on the Spitfire motors (removing the heads and inspecting parts, regular maintenance, value work, etc) until I am there Saturday. This is great because normally he would just do the work on his own and I miss out on the action. Really I need to be learning as much as I can so I can do these kinds of things on my own. Besides it is easier to learn from him and by doing, then reading some book or website. I can’t wait to get wrenching!

For now I just want to go home and install the ram on the MAC … geek out....