It’s All Mike

Will it be my first hurricane or just another storm? It’s suppose to turn into one…
(I’m where the red square is)

My Rosewill notebook cooler arrived today. I decided to watch the temperatures of my lappy to see just how good this thing works. My lappy had been on for a few hours – sitting a notebook that was on my couch. I had been backing up to my external since about 11:30AM… so it’s nice and hot. I turned on the cooler at about 1:23PM. Anyways, unlike I was told before I bought this, the fan blows air at the computer, it doesn’t not “suck the hot air out”… :pinch: Doesn’t really matter, that’s what I thought it did.

The backup I was preforming ended at about 1:35PM and I started another one at 2:00PM.

Hard Drive
11:30AM – Backup started
12:41PM – 48C 118F
1:23PM – Cooler turned on
1:23PM – 48C 118F
1:26PM – 47C 116F
1:27PM – 45C 112F
1:30PM – 44C 111F
1:34PM – 42C 107F
1:35PM – Backup Ended
1:36PM – 42C 107F
1:49PM – 38C 100F
2:00PM – Backup Started
2:20PM – 39C 102F
3:20PM – 40C 103F

CPU 1
11:30AM – Backup started
12:41PM – 62C 143F
1:23PM – Cooler turned on
1:23PM – 59C 138F
1:26PM – 56C 132F
1:27PM – 51C 123F
1:30PM – 54C 129F
1:34PM – 54C 129F
1:35PM – Backup Ended
1:36PM – 48C 118F
1:49PM – 44C 111F
2:00PM – Backup Started
2:20PM – 44C 111F
3:20PM – 45C 112F

CPU 2
11:30AM – Backup started
12:41PM – 60C 139F
1:23PM – Cooler turned on
1:23PM – 57C 134F
1:26PM – 53C 127F
1:27PM – 53C 127F
1:30PM – 53C 127F
1:35PM – Backup Ended
1:34PM – 51C 123F
1:36PM – 48C 118F
1:49PM – 44C 111F
2:00PM – Backup Started
2:20PM – 46C 114F
3:20PM – 45C 112F

ACPI
11:30AM – Backup started
12:41PM – 63C 144F
1:23PM – Cooler turned on
1:23PM – 59C 137F
1:26PM – 54C 128F
1:27PM – 53C 126F
1:30PM – 55C 130F
1:34PM – 55C 130F
1:35PM – Backup Ended
1:36PM – 51C 122F
1:49PM – 46C 113F
2:00PM – Backup Started
2:20PM – 47C 115F
3:20PM – 46C 113F

Here is the temp “after using the computer or a few hours” without cooler -> with cooler

Hard Drive: 42C 107F -> 35C 94F
CPU 1: 58C 136F -> 40C 103F
CPU 2: 58C 136F -> 43C 105F
ACPI: 58C 135F -> 42C 106F

Keep in mind this wasn’t a professional test (no, I don’t think it cooled down the CPU 20 degrees)… but you can see a big difference. And from what I heard, every degree (F) of a hard drive temp means 10% of it’s life. :fun:

Here’s my new 250GB 7200rpm drive for Lappy along with a new external enclosure and pouch (next to a CD for size comparison) that is now housing Lappy’s former drive (60GB 5400rpm).

Here she is! The brand spankin’ new Sharp Aquos 32″ LCD HDTV! I don’t have HDTV yet (need to get a new box). I’ll get that after I move at the end of the month. :biggrin:

My month long wait is over. I received a phone call today offering me a position as a website production intern! The recruiter I talked to told me some of the things I would be doing – some that struck me as great would be that I get to work with Walt Disney Imagineering, present projects/reports to executives :blink: , and join in on all other kinds of activities they have for me like backstage tours at the parks. Sounds like this might be fun! :biggrin: I’ll be working in the real life “Pleasantville” : Celebration, Florida. Depending on how fast the paperwork is completed, I may start next Monday or the week after. This shall be fun!

I was sitting here on my couch doing nothing as usual and I saw a little lizard running across the room. I’ve never seen one this small. So I put him in a little container and let him go outside. I took pictures!!

I watched the movie Felon yesterday. I’ve never actually heard of it until I got it. It’s a movie about a husband and father that goes to prison for what was “almost” an act of self-defense. Basically the whole movie just shows what he goes through in prison. Sorry, I know the description is vague but I can’t give anything away. Trust me, it’s a great movie. I think this bursts into my top 5 favorite movies of all time.

SPOILER ALERT!! Don’t read on if you plan on reading or watching The Mist.

Earlier today I finished reading a Stephen King book titled The Mist. I thought it was a pretty good book, and it had a very open ending. Well, it really didn’t have an ending – you have to use your imagination I guess. I thought it would be interesting to watch the movie right after finishing the book. I was surprised to see how much the movie actually followed the book. One noticeable difference was the graphic content in the movie. Of course gore and stuff like that are much easier to see than read. I guess you can’t get too gory with words. The big big difference between the book and the movie was the end. Like I said, the end of the book was non-existent. The end of the movie was one of the most depressing endings I’ve ever seen. To sum it up – in the end of the book they are in a deserted building, trying to get out of the mist. Then it ends. That’s it. In the movie, they are driving through the mist looking for a way out and run out of gas. They all realize it’s over so the main character shoots his little boy along with the three other passangers (to end their suffering). With no bullets left, he gets out of the car wanting to be killed by the monsters in the mist. Funny enough, minutes after he kills everyone and gets out of the car, the military rolls by – the mist clears and everyone is saved (except the people he just killed). Woops.

Either way I’d highly recommend the book and movie, if you can handle it.