New computer parts
Last week my video card died while I was trying to fly practice instrument approaches in FlightGear. Instead of simply replacing it I took this as an opportunity to upgrade. So I ordered a new motherboard, cpu, memory, and video card. The parts arrived yesterday and everything is installed. After fixing one minor issue with the SATA controller kernel module everything is working great now. Things feel very fast since it's a quad core cpu running at 2.66Ghz compared to my old single cpu at 1.8Ghz.
One application that greatly benefits from the multiple cores is stitching panoramic photos. So in honor of how fast this now is, here's a long-lost panorama from way back in March. I shot it at Bayfront Park (which has since been renamed to "Bedwell Bayfront Park") after I had a little disaster there with a kite and a (different) camera.
The image above links to a 1600 pixel wide version. I also have a 2400px copy
