The Indians are in the playoffs!

This is the first time the Indians have been in the playoffs since I started dating Heather. I’ve forewarned Heather that I’m going to be watching the games. I hardly watch sports and technically I am not the greatest sports fan. But the Indians in the playoffs trump all.

Here is the scoop. The Indians have a real shot this year at winning the Pennate and the World Searies. They have won 26 of the last 35 games. At the moment they have the best record in both leagues. The last time the Indians were this hot the players went on strike and there was no playoffs or world series!

So, if there is a playoff game and the Indians are playing, only call me during commercials.

I just recently purchased a new computer. It’s very powerful. It has a 320GB hard drive, Intel core 2 Duo 4400 running at 2Ghz and 2GB of memory. There is one problem though, Windows Explorer in Vista. I can’t explain how unstable Windows Explorer is in Vista. The operating system itself does not crash, but Windows Explorer crashes randomly. Whether it be Explorer itself or anytime an application uses the file open/save dialog, I have to cross my fingers that the application doesn’t crash. Vista removed some navigation features for going down and up a folder, and in its place are folder names that are separated with drop downs. in addition, the files are automatically sorted in the current view. The end result is a dynamically changing view of your files. It seems like a great idea, but it has some major stability issues. All I want to do is safe, open and copy files, I don’t need a complex unstable system to do this. Microsoft really went too far with Windows Explorer. They should have been spending this time making other tools that would be much more useful.

If you have the ability to buy a new computer with Windows XP, do it without hesitation. I have not come across a functionliaty in Windows Vista that would make it necessary for anyone to upgrade.