Just when you thought this site couldn’t get more self-indulgent…

Posted on October 2, 2003 @ 1:39 pm

Through the years, I’ve had quite a bit of luck in terms of my friends feeling sorry enough for me to give me computer hardware when they just can’t stand to watch me muddle forward with out-of-date technology any longer. For instance, when I first arrived at college and got on the Internet back in 1995, my computer boasted a 14.4 Kbps modem (which, at the time, wasn’t nearly as bad as it sounds today). My friends Chris and Andy, however, couldn’t stand watching me surf at those speeds and eventually hooked me up with a 28.8 Kbps modem–and, a few months later, a rockin’ external 33.6 Kbps–free of charge. If I recall correctly, it was Andy who later gave me 16MB of RAM for my system (back when 16MB of RAM was a lot of RAM), bringing my old 486-33 up to a total of 32MB of RAM. Along the way, other friends have donated network cards, speakers, CD-ROM drives, and all kinds of other good stuff to my pitiful cause.

That being said, I’ve always wanted a webcam to play around with, but I couldn’t think of a single reason to justify wasting money on one. Somehow I just knew if I waited five or six years, one would fall into my lap sooner or later. Just as I planned, a package from my parents arrived in the mail earlier today with an Ezonics EZCam II enclosed. It turns out that one of my aunts got a dozen or so webcams through a Pepsi promotion, gave one of the cams to one of my other aunts, who in turn gave it to my parents, who sent it to me. So, I finally have a webcam up-and-running at no cost whatsoever. All it took was a little patience.
Anyway, Andy suggested a couple of days ago that I needed to upload photos of Milo and Dexter, my and my wife’s beloved cocker spaniels. As per that request, here’s Dexter:

Isn’t he cute? Unfortunately, Milo wasn’t in the mood to pose today, but I’ll try to lure him in front of the webcam tomorrow.

Posted pictures of a pet? Check. What other blog clichés are left?

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