{"id":1102,"date":"2006-12-27T00:29:52","date_gmt":"2006-12-27T08:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2006-12-27T00:29:53","modified_gmt":"2006-12-27T08:29:53","slug":"time-to-buy-another-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"Time to buy another computer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got a good deal on some computer parts. Actually they were through work, and I thought I&#8217;d better buy the parts while I still could, i.e. while I was still employed. I thought they&#8217;d take a while to arrive but they arrived today. This means I have to buy the rest of the parts of the computer, or the purchased parts will lie fallow. Actually, doesn&#8217;t lie fallow mean that the parts will be turned into fertilizer or something? Or at least regain fertility? Yeah, if the parts sit around then they&#8217;ll just be useless to me. In any case, it&#8217;s time to upgrade some of the stuff I have, and to see if I can give away the other bits.<\/p>\n<p>I was supposed to be at the gym early today, but Dave the Trainer had to go shopping with his girlfriend. I went to the gym in time to see all of the regulars leaving early. I&#8217;m guessing that most people left work early since nothing happens in this last business week of the year. At least my favorite librarian was there. (I doubt that she&#8217;s a librarian, but she doesn&#8217;t look flashy, so Dave the trainer and I have decided that she&#8217;s a librarian. Don&#8217;t tell my librarian friends. They want to kick my ass already anyway.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got a good deal on some computer parts. Actually they were through work, and I thought I&#8217;d better buy the parts while I still could, i.e. while I was still employed. I thought they&#8217;d take a while to arrive but they arrived today. This means I have to buy the rest of the parts of the computer, or the purchased parts will lie fallow. Actually, doesn&#8217;t lie fallow mean that the parts will be turned into fertilizer or something? Or at least regain fertility? Yeah, if the parts sit around then they&#8217;ll just be useless to me. In any case, it&#8217;s time to upgrade some of the stuff I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/?p=1102\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time to buy another computer.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.i8u.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}