June 20 2009 - How To Make Me A Happy Girl
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I got up this morning to go play golf with my dad at our favorite course, Old Brockway, in King's Beach. There weren't a ton of people out yet, so we played by ourselves, and really only saw one or two other groups on the course. This was my first time playing in nearly a year since my surgeries. I went in with zero expectations, just hoping to be able to swing the club through all nine holes. Haha. I need to play with zero expectations more often!
On the first hole, my drive (with a 3-iron, not a wood) went straight down the middle, and I made it to the green on my 2nd shot (that never happens on that hole). On the 2nd hole, my drive (again with the 3-iron) went down the middle, and I made the green on my 2nd shot (again, never happens on that hole). On the 3rd hole, I landed about 20 feet away from the pin on this par 3, ending with a par. I broke out my driver for real on the 7th hole, and made pretty good contact - I was in a lay-up position after my 2nd shot, though I choked after that. The 8th hole, though...wowsers. I used my driver again, and made the best contact I've made in I don't know how long. The ball went high and straight and long, and my knee dealt with it! I was about 20 yards short of the green after the drive, resulting in a par. Same thing on the 9th hole - huge drive, and ultimately a par. Seriously - I need to play with no expectations every time. I wore my knee brace and was starting to feel it toward the end, but all in all, did well.
We came home and I started work on my nerd project for the weekend - Hackintoshing a Dell Mini9 netbook to turn it into a Mac running OS X. My mom wanted a small laptop to travel with, and since Apple has not (yet) announced a small netbook-like computer, I told her about the success people had been having with the Hackintosh method. So, we decided to give it a go. The Dell arrived while I was in NYC, so this was the first chance I had to try the experiment.
Gizmodo.com has a fabulous step-by-step tutorial on how to do this, though I had a few stumbles along the way in downloading some of the required files, configuring things correctly, and ultimately getting it to boot with OS X. But with patience, the Mac OS prevailed, and we now have a Mini9 running Mac OS X 10.5.6! Oh, and somewhere in there, I tried out riding my mountain bike for the first time in almost 2 years - it (the knee) worked! I think I need the seat a tiny bit higher, but I was able to do it!
I spent the rest of the evening sorting, labeling, and uploading pictures from the last couple of weeks.
June 20 2009 - How To Make Me A Happy Girl
171/365
I got up this morning to go play golf with my dad at our favorite course, Old Brockway, in King's Beach. There weren't a ton of people out yet, so we played by ourselves, and really only saw one or two other groups on the course. This was my first time playing in nearly a year since my surgeries. I went in with zero expectations, just hoping to be able to swing the club through all nine holes. Haha. I need to play with zero expectations more often!
On the first hole, my drive (with a 3-iron, not a wood) went straight down the middle, and I made it to the green on my 2nd shot (that never happens on that hole). On the 2nd hole, my drive (again with the 3-iron) went down the middle, and I made the green on my 2nd shot (again, never happens on that hole). On the 3rd hole, I landed about 20 feet away from the pin on this par 3, ending with a par. I broke out my driver for real on the 7th hole, and made pretty good contact - I was in a lay-up position after my 2nd shot, though I choked after that. The 8th hole, though...wowsers. I used my driver again, and made the best contact I've made in I don't know how long. The ball went high and straight and long, and my knee dealt with it! I was about 20 yards short of the green after the drive, resulting in a par. Same thing on the 9th hole - huge drive, and ultimately a par. Seriously - I need to play with no expectations every time. I wore my knee brace and was starting to feel it toward the end, but all in all, did well.
We came home and I started work on my nerd project for the weekend - Hackintoshing a Dell Mini9 netbook to turn it into a Mac running OS X. My mom wanted a small laptop to travel with, and since Apple has not (yet) announced a small netbook-like computer, I told her about the success people had been having with the Hackintosh method. So, we decided to give it a go. The Dell arrived while I was in NYC, so this was the first chance I had to try the experiment.
Gizmodo.com has a fabulous step-by-step tutorial on how to do this, though I had a few stumbles along the way in downloading some of the required files, configuring things correctly, and ultimately getting it to boot with OS X. But with patience, the Mac OS prevailed, and we now have a Mini9 running Mac OS X 10.5.6! Oh, and somewhere in there, I tried out riding my mountain bike for the first time in almost 2 years - it (the knee) worked! I think I need the seat a tiny bit higher, but I was able to do it!
I spent the rest of the evening sorting, labeling, and uploading pictures from the last couple of weeks.