Work, Work, Work, All Day Long

I crossed off a pair of items from my Web site to do list, which means I've got more things for you to look at. The less exciting of the two, the legal disclaimer can be accessed via the link in the footer. The big tyma is the photo section accessible in the navigation menu. The photos populating the gallery are of my action figure collection, but I'll house more diverse galleries in the future. You may notice a glitch or tow in the gallery as I work out the bugs in the gallery application, which means I've added another item to my Web site to do list. It never ends!

Looking Good

I've just about wrapped up the site design and have a few things left. If anyone finds anything odd, please leave a comment. My housekeeping list for the site is as follows: correct rounded corner above footer (IE), modify and style <code> tag, modify and style upper navigation (to identify current page), insert content for upper navigation, insert content for footer disclaimer, style comment entry window, test inline images on articles, check site for validation, clean up admin and css files.

Padron The Mess

I finally have some free time to work on the site layout. Little did I know that after my last post about having a bug, I would get a bug - the flu. So I'm wasting the time away in front of the computer at home instead of at work. Things may get crazy looking on the site, but they will be corrected shortly. And I know, I should be working on a development version of the site and not the live one, but it's easier this way.

Dude, I'm Not Getting A Dell?

I purchased my current desktop computer from Dell. I thought I got a pretty good deal with the $150 mail in rebate, DVD Burner upgrade and upgrades to the RAM and hard drive. This time around I tried a different approach. Instead of ordering online I decided to make some phone calls and, to my surprise, I won't be getting a Dell after all. Not considering the dinosaurs the likes of the TRS-80 and Apple IIC, I'll be going back to my PC roots and getting a Gateway. So how much did I save?

Running some numbers by ordering over the phone, I saved about $700 from Gateway. By comparison if I ordered the same Duo-Core laptop models from Dell or Apple it would have cost me $800 and $1000 more, respectively. So how much did I pay? I got a top of the line Duo-Core for a bottom line of $1600. This includes all tax and delivery charges as well as upgrades to the hard drive, video card, optical drive, RAM, processor and screen. So what did I do that go me such a deal? I told them I was going to buy a laptop in the next 24 hours and if they gave me the best deal I would do business with them. I made a few calls and played their sales game telling them I'd call them back and I'd have to crunch some numbers. In the end I'd like to think I beat the salesman at his own game. Either way, I'm getting a Gateway; moo!