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Random 60: Coffee.

Colin Devroe — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:26:30 +0000

Random 60: Coffee. | Favorite on Viddler.

Soooo you’re having a cup of joe, some mud, an expresso, a Starbucks, or maybe you just call it coffee. No matter how you take it, how you like it, or what you call it – we’re all addicted to it.

Recently I switched to black coffee which has opened my eyes to the quality of coffees from different vendors, restaurants, and even the stuff I buy at home. Â Ironically, this morning I’m drinking some coffee with a little milk and sugar.

How do you like your coffee?

Another shot at the moon

Colin Devroe — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:52:21 +0000

Date taken: May 18, 2008 – 10:24pm EST – The moon, as seen from northeastern Pennsylvania.

I found this as I was rifling through a few of my photos that I haven’t yet imported into my photo library. Â Getting a photo of the moon without the proper equipment is extremely frustrating. Â The awe-inspiring view of the moon on this night, led me to run back upstairs after taking out the garbage to get my camera and tripod, and this photo does not do that view any justice.

One day, you will visit this site and see a photo of the moon that will take your breath away. Â I promise.

Gas station sky

Colin Devroe — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:54:12 +0000

Date taken: September 21, 2001 | Red. White. Black. Blue.

One year with the Macbook

Colin Devroe — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:54:25 +0000

I purchased my black Macbook on the very first day they were available at an Apple Store in Rockaway, New Jersey. I even wrote about the first week with my Macbook. I had a few problems with the very first Macbook they gave me with a dead mini-DVI port and then random shutdowns with the second one they gave me. Third times a charm, as they say, and since then I’ve had absolutely no problems with my black Macbook.

One year ago, almost to the day

I use my Macbook on a daily basis. I’ve put it through its paces. I’v taken it on several trips across the country and it has always performed perfectly for me. The battery life is sufficient, the screen size is nearly perfect, its extensibility with external monitors and even my television is an added benefit. I have no real complaints.

Today, a little over a year

I’d say the only thing that I would change, now that I’ve used it for an entire year, would be the size of the hard drive (though much larger sizes are now available in current models). The hard drive is only 80GB in this model of the Macbook which is not large enough for me to keep all of my music, video, and photos locally on the computer. Being that I’m using a laptop that may never be possible so I’ll always be tethered to some external drive(s) when I need that data.

I’ve had the opportunity to upgrade to a Macbook Pro but I am going to stick with this Macbook. I may even run it into the ground I love it so much. Even if I did upgrade to a larger hard drive, faster processor, and the ability to have much RAM – I’d probably still stick with the black Macbook. I really like the form factor, size, and weight of this computer. It has been the best computer I’ve ever owned.