{"id":64,"date":"2008-07-29T12:30:14","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.gregbueno.com\/wp\/vexvox\/2008\/07\/29\/i_want_more\/"},"modified":"2008-07-29T12:30:14","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T12:30:14","slug":"i_want_more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregbueno.com\/vexvox\/2008\/07\/29\/i_want_more\/","title":{"rendered":"I want &#8230; more &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Kind of a sequel to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gregbueno.com\/index.php\/vexvox\/entry\/3905\/\">this entry<\/a> &#8230;)<\/p>\n<p>What is it about a sluggish economy that triggers my covetous moods? In reality, some of these items might cross over to &quot;need&quot; than &quot;want&quot;. Still, it would be nice to have &#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An upgrade of Microsoft Office 2000. It didn&#039;t seem the 2003 upgrade was all that necessary, but the complete overhaul of Office 2007 reveals a lot of clunkiness in Office 2000. What spurred this realization was the utter hell of trying to get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/content\/2779514\">my novel<\/a> properly prepped for QuarkXpress to layout correctly. Thing is, I don&#039;t write all that much, and my heavy spreadsheet use happened before I released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eponymous4.com\/music\/\"><em>enigmatics<\/em><\/a>. Still, the version I have is 8 years old.<\/li>\n<li><del>A new laser printer. The one I have dates back to 1995 and print out 8 pages per minute. Yeah. Ancient. But shopping for printers is really, <em>really<\/em> paralyzing.<\/del><\/li>\n<li>A camcorder. A total pie-in-the-sky desire. I&#039;ve been making music videos with my point-and-shoot digital camera, and while I&#039;ve managed to gloss over the cheap video quality with creative editing, I would like to try my hand at using the proper tool for the job. But really? I must prohibit myself from purchasing a camcorder till after I get a new printer.<\/li>\n<li>A new desktop computer. I bought my current home computer in 2005. It&#039;s more than capable of supporting the digital audio software I have installed on it. Now that I&#039;m venturing into video, a faster processor would be really nice to mitigate rendering times. But I just extended the warranty on the current computer till 2009, and maybe by then the idea of moving to Vista won&#039;t be so nightmarish.<\/li>\n<li>A full version of Windows XP. But really, that&#039;s just a fear of Windows Vista. Is it warranted? Will it matter by 2009?<\/li>\n<li>An upgrade of QuarkXpress. I think I&#039;m actually more curious about an upgrade than I am desirous of it. QuarkXpress can be inscrutible at times, but I&#039;ve managed to hammer out some CD covers and actual books with it. I must be doing something right.<\/li>\n<li><del>An upgrade of Sony Sound Forge. I&#039;m so tired of the lack of UTF-8 support in the IDv2 tagging. Of course, I could make life simpler and not title my songs in Japanese. Sound Forge 9 takes care of it. I have Sound Forge 8.<\/del><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#039;m so broke, I have no notion I&#039;ll be able to scratch off anything from this list. Except the printer. Holy hell, do I need a new printer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Kind of a sequel to this entry &#8230;) What is it about a sluggish economy that triggers my covetous moods? In reality, some of these items might cross over to &quot;need&quot; than &quot;want&quot;. Still, it would be nice to have &#8230; An upgrade of Microsoft Office 2000. 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