Thanks to beerorkid and Mr. Wilson at Lincolnite, I had to try Lincoln’s new Soda and candy shop, Rocket Fizz. It was full of sugary goodness. For today, I got candy cigarettes (for old times sake) and Chai Cola (pretty good) and Geoff got a Dad’s Root Beer. If you want reviews of sodas, check out beerorkid’s RocketFizz category.
Rocket Fizz
1501 Pine Lake Rd #24
Lincoln, NE 68512
402 328-FIZZ (3499)
So I’ve done it… I’ve moved away from Ubuntu for my main desktop computer. The #1 reason for this was Photoshop – I’m using it more again, and Gimp just does not cut it. There were other little things- mostly related to flash and sound issues. I’m not ditching Ubuntu entirely, of course- my Ubuntu computer is now my always on file server/web server (for development), and I can still get to it through putty and VNC. I’m going to work on “greenifying” the system so it consumes less power. I’d also like to get some home automation stuff going eventually.
I miss a lot of little things about Ubuntu (multiple desktops, the ability to move toolbars around wherever, toolbar applets, the themes, THE TERMINAL, etc, etc.) but in the end, an OS is an OS, and I can still get things done. I’m sort of looking forward to Windows 7.
I briefly toyed with the idea of going to mac, but that was nixed fairly quickly: my mac mini doesn’t support multiple monitors and is pretty underpowered, and anything else is WAY out of my price range. I’ll be sticking with what I’ve got until it dies or becomes obsolete. The only thing I really liked about mac is the fact that it’s Unix like- and since I have the Ubuntu computer, that’s not as big a deal. Once I upgrade my Ethernet cables to take advantage of the new gigabit router, it should be even less of one- I’ll store my files on the Ubuntu computer anyway and manipulate them through putty.
For now, we’re in “make do with what we’ve got” mode, due tot he fact that the old house isn’t sold yet. Good thing “what we’ve got” is quite a lot. 
(Another old post I’m getting out of my drafts)
The house we are moving moved to is around the same size as our current house, but with much less storage space. That in itself doesn’t bug me–I want a house to live in, after all, not just a place to store our stuff. But over the years, Geoff and I have accumulated lots and lots of stuff. We’ve done a pretty good job of getting rid of some things, but there is still so much. And as we get got closer to the moving date, I am finding myself less able to consider each individual item and make a decision about getting rid of it or not. Compounding the problem is the fact that much (most?) the stuff isn’t mine. It’s really hard and energy draining to debate about keeping or getting rid of stuff with Geoff, especially when we are already stressed with the move, so it goes into a box.
Me: Do you really still need this toy you got in a cereal box 5 years ago and have not used since?
Geoff: um, yes?
Repeat x 50 toys per drawer, 3 or 4 drawers
It’s not that I don’t have useless crap of my own, but in the interest of reducing the crap in my life, I’m a little more ruthless about getting rid of stuff.
Anyway, I have a feeling what will happen is we’ll move all this stuff to the new place and then we’ll end up getting rid of more as we figure out what just doesn’t fit. Seems a very inefficient way to do things but oh well.
Postnote- this is indeed how it is working. The more Geoff unpacks, the more willing he is to get rid of stuff. But I’ve been doing most of the unpacking, which may not be the best idea, now that I think about it.
