Jason Pearce

Today was my last day of employment at Gourad Media Group. Thanks Khalid (my boss) for the opportunity. I wish you, the team, and your clients the best of success.

My upcoming plan for the next two weeks is as follows:

• Thursday, Apr 15: Last day of work
• Sunday, Apr 18: Load the truck and begin the drive to Indianapolis
• Monday, Apr 19: Spend all day driving, Audi in tow
• Tuesday, Apr 20: Close on the condo in the morning, wait for current owner to move out
• Wednesday, Apr 21: If owner moves out by afternoon, I’ll begin moving in
• Thursday, Apr 22: Finish moving and return the truck
• Monday, Apr 26: Might begin new job, though I’m not scheduled to start until May

My new residence will be 4728 Charrington Circle #74, Indianapolis, IN 46254-9671. If you are a Plaxo user, I’ll update your address book automatically with my new work and home information. Otherwise, simply visit my site to look up my contact information.

Big announcements are soon to come. Job change? Moving? Big purchase? Stay tuned.

A few months ago, I discovered the music of Nick Drake (1948-1974). He produced only three albums, but they are rare gems.

With 7,500 songs on my iPod, I can’t stop listening to his work. I’ll even pick one of his songs and have it loop five or six times. I never do that. I’m always on shuffle mode. But when Nick Drake pops up, he never fails — I’ll find myself listening to him until the batteries die.

If you care to learn more about Nick Drake, RollingStone and VH1 have two good biographies. If you want to learn even more, just search for him, for he has a lot of fans who are even more captivated than I.

After nearly three-weeks of waiting, my brand new, custom-built computer has arrived. This is the fastest machine I’ve ever owned. I really treated myself on this one. How nice is it? Well, glad you asked. Here are the details:

Processor:

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 3.0 GHZ CPU [800MHz FSB, Hyper Threading Ready]

Memory:

1024 MB Dual Channel DDR-400 [512MB X 2] PC3200 MHZ

Motherboard:

AOPEN AX4C-MAX with 10/100 LAN, 5.1 sound, IEEE-1394, and USB 2.0

Operating System:

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

Case:

Black/Silver Raidmax A268 mid-tower

Power:

450 watt power supply with three case fans and LCD controller

Lights:

Sound activated blue neon case lights

Optical Drives:

16X DVD-ROM dive and a DVD-RW/DVD+RW + CD-R/RW drive

Hard Drives:

120GB Maxtor 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-133 for programs and a 250GB Maxtor 7200 RPM Ultra ATA-133 with 8MB Buffer for files

Monitor:

Perfect-Flat Viewsonic 19-inch SVGA .21H DPI

Video Card:

ATI Radeon 9200 128MB W/ DVI + TV OUT

I bought the machine from iBuyPower. I’ve never heard of them, but they received a good review from C|NET. I haven’t even booted it up yet and I’m already thrilled. Stay tuned, for I’m sure I’ll be spilling my excitement into upcoming posts.