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Today I pulled out the stock 320gb hard drive in the mini and swapped it for a 30gb OCZ Vertex SSD. Why give up all that extra space? For the extra speed. Opening apps is almost instantaneous. And since it’s used as an HTPC, most of the media is access of the Drobo so all I need room for the is OS and apps.

This video was a huge help: Mac mini (Early 2009) Hard Drive Upgrade

I wish schools would to teach an understanding of ‘scale’ to students. What does it mean that there are 6.7 billion people in the world? That modern humans have been on the Earth for about 200,000 years? And that the big bang happened over 13 billion years ago? This would be a good video to go with it.

From the American Museum of Natural History:

Nobody got fired over 9/11, but I bet with Obama heads will roll.
Wife loved Avatar despite hating the trailer. 2nd time was great for me, too. Normal 3d actually seemed clearer than IMAX 3d.
Taking wifey to Avatar. Haven’t paid to see a flick twice in forever. I figure I owe Hollywood at least this much.
RT @SecretsHQ: A fantastic infographic on the impact & insanity of bottled water http://bit.ly/7Lf41c
looked at ways to d/l all my tweets ever. tweetake.com did the trick.
finally…macbook pro firmware update that prevents the superdrive noise when waking from sleep. nice little perk.
Tweeting 2 years, 11 months, 1 week, 5 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes, 3 seconds (Jan. 15, 2007). How about you? http://bit.ly/eC942 #howlong

• wow, the new Boxee beta is slick. just when I’d gotten Plex all setup, too… #
• scam: savevid.com lets u d/l youtube vids, but opens a b/g window with fake ‘breaking news’ story: “make money working for google from home” #
• the $25k Cupcake Car on Letterman is so Burning Man 2004. and not even as nice. http://bit.ly/8Q0nXe #
• likes A Conversation with Brooke Burke and Mark Cuban on Boxee http://bit.ly/s0vCe #
• “insurers can no longer deny for pre-existing conditions” – how did it come to be that we even need to fight for this? #
• Vark.com is like Yahoo Answers but more targetted. I asked a q, and got 5 great answers within 5m. And answering q’s is fun, too. #
• Used to *love* browsing the magazine rack at bookstores. Now the content all seems so stale. #
• Zune is a hot gift this holiday. http://yfrog.com/33cvzrj #
• aww shizzle. Apple event scheduled for Jan 26. http://bit.ly/5BQOap #
• Selling the Kindle 2 (sorry c). It never wins the battle for attention over the iPhone. #
• Morning of intense electronics rearrangement in pursuit of cable management nerdvana. #
• Tweeting 2 years, 11 months, 1 week, 5 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes, 3 seconds (Jan. 15, 2007). How about you? http://bit.ly/eC942 #howlong #

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…which my wife says is the one of the secrets to a good marriage.