Surfing Safari

I’m not sure why I went ahead and installed the Safari browser on my laptop but it’s actually working out pretty well so I’m happy I did. I couldn’t get it to properly work on my desktop so I’m surprised it actually works here. I’ve been floating around with it for a few hours to really test things out. I love how things morph in and out when I’m logging into secured areas on the server. Firefox gives you just a little pop up window, it kind of makes me giddy. I was poking around some more download sections on Apple.com to find some cool icons too, part of me is just itching to get onto a Mac and play with all of the customization options considering you really don’t get anything good for Windows when it comes to holiday themes.

Anyway, Sean and I are taking a little vacation this weekend. Instead of being miserable in the house while the guest is here, we’ve decided to head up to Atlantic City for the weekend. Thanks to both of us being Total Rewards members we were able to book a “last minute” room for a completely comped weekend. Originally I was just putting in my card and listing him as a guest without his number, that was going to run us about $500. The second I added his card number to the guest ID the $500 balance turned into a $0 balance and that’s just fine and dandy for us. Unfortunately we were unable to get a room at Harrah’s, so we’re stuck at Showboat but I doubt we’ll be there for anything more than sleeping anyway. I adore Harrah’s, and I absolutely love Ceaser’s, so spending more than a half hour in Showboat to gamble really just isn’t going to happen.

My laptop has been acting up A LOT lately, I don’t even think I’m going to bother to bring it with me when we go up to the casino anyway. The Internet keeps crapping out on me and it randomly stalls up. I’m not sure if the drivers are messed up or if it’s hardware based but I’m starting to get sick of it. It was much worse before I reinstalled Windows and since that reinstall I haven’t downloaded/installed anything that I shouldn’t. A few browsers and notepad are really all I use during the day. There isn’t even a photo program on here, that’s all on the desktop so I can use the dual monitors. It makes no sense but I know that somewhere way down the line I’ll be purchasing a new laptop anyway. I figure a 3-4 year life is more than enough when it comes to computers, especially with the way technology is changing. So figure I’ve had this for almost 2 years, there’s another 24 months (at most) left with it. Hell, maybe I’ll get myself a Macbook Pro for my birthday next year. No better way to turn 24, I think.