Blue is Slenderizing...
Mar. 19th, 2007 02:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
triadruidSo I guess that's another chalk mark on the "getting old" meter: I went on my first "diet" today. The metabolism of a 16-year-old has become, if not that of an actual 32-year-old, at least that of someone in their mid-20s. Granted, it's the South Beach diet, so it's more about eating healthily than actually limiting portions and whatnot, but it's a bit of a paradigm shift for me to actually be aware of what I eat. I've always taken "omnivore" as a credo, not just an identifier. This will be paired, of course, with an upswing in exercise, time and energy allowing.
On a not-entirely-but-mostly unrelated note, I noticed my C:\ drive is sitting at about 97% of full today. What do most of you use to eliminate unwantedpounds bytes? Obviously temporary internet files are high on the list, as is the 7.whatever GB Spider-Man 3 trailer on my desktop (which I realized shortly after I left the house, and can be deleted as soon as ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
featherynscale sees it), but only having about 570MB left is a little unsettling to me. Also, that's just my C:\ drive (mostly programs), not D:\ (documents) or M:\ (music, which has its own problems).
Also and, new icon. Whee!
On a not-entirely-but-mostly unrelated note, I noticed my C:\ drive is sitting at about 97% of full today. What do most of you use to eliminate unwanted
featherynscale sees it), but only having about 570MB left is a little unsettling to me. Also, that's just my C:\ drive (mostly programs), not D:\ (documents) or M:\ (music, which has its own problems).Also and, new icon. Whee!
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Date: 2007-03-19 07:53 pm (UTC)D.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:39 pm (UTC)Still, some are like old friends that you have nothing in common with when you finally meet again...
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Date: 2007-03-20 03:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 08:01 pm (UTC)That is, easier than trying to figure out what I can safely get rid of.
Best of luck to ya.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 08:37 pm (UTC)They had a professional photographer on site, since it was in part a fundraiser for the church. Voilà!
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:12 pm (UTC)I might begin the disk-purge by looking at your old-school game collection. I'm not sure I've seen you play any of them of late. Or, as
(Also, I remember when 570M was more than you could get on a drive. [And we had to defrag uphill both ways in the snow! And we had to whittle our own screwdrivers to take the cases apart! And we liked it!!] Dude, we are old.)
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:34 pm (UTC)Also, feel free to yank the icon, especially since I pulled it from your pics directory.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:43 pm (UTC)The icon is cute, but I look exceedingly rumply therein. Do I really look that rumply?
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Date: 2007-03-19 09:05 pm (UTC)Shall I get you some chewing gum before this evening? Also, it may make sense for you to come pick me up tonight from work, leave my car in the garage overnight, and drop me off in the morning. I'll need it either Tuesday night (if you're fleeing directly to EIR) or Wednesday night for my meeting.
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Date: 2007-03-19 09:19 pm (UTC)I will be delighted to come and pick you up from work this evening. It saves me from driving around by myself and having random mystical experiences based on what's on the radio. That sort of thing is crazy-making.
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Date: 2007-03-19 09:25 pm (UTC)Anyway, I am off work anytime after 5 (because of my early start today). Call when you are ready...
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Date: 2007-03-19 09:42 pm (UTC)Anyway, I'm probably here until at least 5:15. I'll give you a call when I can come over.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 09:03 pm (UTC)I think currently I've partitioned about 20GB in C, 22 in D, and 18 in M. Don't remember which one is the old 20GB drive though, and which two are partitions...*scratches head*
Re: One more note.
Date: 2007-03-19 09:12 pm (UTC)How do I know this?
Because a 20GB disk and a 40GB disk is vastly more likely than any other combination. (42-18 or 38-22)
I will send you a 40GB drive if my logic does not reflect reality.
No deal, unless you just want to get rid of a 40GB drive
Date: 2007-03-19 09:24 pm (UTC)Re: No deal, unless ...
Date: 2007-03-19 09:31 pm (UTC)I'm halfway inclined to order you a new HDD regardless of your partitioning scheme. I've spent more money on your groceries. :P
Re: No deal, unless ...
Date: 2007-03-20 03:29 am (UTC)I AM TEH WIN!
Date: 2007-03-20 03:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 09:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-19 09:21 pm (UTC)Several Notes, Not All Of Them Critical
Date: 2007-03-19 08:38 pm (UTC)B. I find it highly doubtful that the Spider-Man trailer is 7.x GB, that being the uncompressed size of a dual-layer DVD. Perhaps it is actually 7.x MB?
101. I burn DVDs to alleviate hard-disk fullness. A high-end dual-layer burner will run you about $30, which is about the cost of 20 trustworthy dual-layer disks. (I recommend Verbatim; dual-layer media is notoriously faulty.)
IV. As has been observed already, storage is cheap. To wit: The smallest 3.5" hard drive available now is 40GB, which can be had externally for about $60, or internally for $40. Curiously, the same $40 that will buy you a 40GB internal drive will also buy you an 80GB internal drive, from the same manufacturer and series.
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Date: 2007-03-19 11:36 pm (UTC)1a. Not much, but I'm not adverse to the possibility if prepared right.
1b. Yes. Also herbivore, carnivore, carnicarnovire, and mycovore.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:44 pm (UTC)Is the space above your heads and on the left and right essential for your artistic composition? A slightly more liberal cropping would reduce the necessary shrink percentage and show your lovely family to greater effect.
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:53 pm (UTC)However, if I zoom in too tightly, then I lose the context of the costumes and it becomes hard to tell why I'm wearing an ill-fitting purple smock:
Still thinking it over...
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Date: 2007-03-19 08:54 pm (UTC)Re: One more note.
Date: 2007-03-19 08:58 pm (UTC)Re: One more note.
Date: 2007-03-19 09:03 pm (UTC)Re: One more note.
Date: 2007-03-20 03:06 pm (UTC)South beach
Date: 2007-03-19 09:34 pm (UTC)But you might look here http://forum.lowcarber.org/
if you need any SB or LC assistance. I personally need a higher level of structure to be sucessful so I do Atkins, but this site rocks. very supportive and highly informative... oh and super yummy recipes... fun kitchen experiments
*waves as you orbit by*
Date: 2007-03-19 09:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-03-20 12:51 pm (UTC)Point the second - I *really* like the family icon. Although I'm with
Point the third - Your metabolism has always been a thing of wonder. It's about damn time you started catching up with the "normals". Check out that egg bake recipe I posted a couple of days ago. You might like it & it's customizable limited only by your imagination & kitchen contents.
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Date: 2007-03-20 03:16 pm (UTC)2. I like it too, and I agree that it should be cropped further (see new example). However the problem with letters on my forehead was no so much the intrusion on the people, but that I couldn't find a color I liked that contrasted well with both the brown background and my pink skin. Heh.
3. I saw that recipe, and it'll probably go in the file. Problem is that
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Date: 2007-03-21 06:56 pm (UTC)