I took my friend ECMJR to Fry's in Pally Alto so we could price parts for the new computer that he's going to help me build. Ever since I moved out of my parents' house I've been having to rely on a computer that has a grand total of 3 GB, and two of those were taken up by Microsoft Office and various other programs.

So I finally got to go to Fry's for the first time. And it's pretty damn cool in there. They should offer 'Wedding Registry for Grooms' in those places. I'm sure there would be a lot of happy men post wedding as they're opening gifts and finding cool gadgets, video games, and a veritable cornucopia of DVDs.

So the grand total for the computer is ~$700, which I hear isn't bad for a Pentium IV, 128 RAM, 60 GB hard drive, CD burner/DVD player and Video Card. I'll be able to download some music notation software and also be able to play all the games that my low memory computer prevents me from playing.

So within the next month I should be posting blogs from my brand new shiny toy!