I almost feel guilty about not updating, regardless of the fact that I'm talking to a massive network of computers, which are being stared at mostly by people I've never met in my life.
I wanted to hold off on this post until I received some parts I ordered last week. As you already know, I upgraded to digital TV earlier this month. I decided to take things one step further and finally order the component-VGA transcoder I've been talking about for the past year or two, along with appropriate cabling to hook up the gadgets I have that can run in progressive scan. The entire order, split across a few stores, shipped from China and Japan, so it's taking its sweet time to arrive in Boston. As of yet I've only received the component cable for the PS2, through which I've been enjoying the cleanest 480i picture I've ever seen. I'd been hoping that the rest would ship in time for the long weekend, though it looks like that isn't going to happen. I'll keep you posted as the rest of the order flows in.
I took the SAT Reasoning Test again and got the exact same score as last time: 640/640/750. I'd been shooting for over a 2100 aggregate, though apparently that isn't going to happen. It's a shame that more colleges don't consider the new writing portion as much as they do the English and Mathematics sections, as a 750 supposedly puts me in the 99th percentile across the country. Coupled with the fact that I got a perfect 12/12 on the essay (I got Prompt 1 from here, so you can imagine I had a field day with the essay)... Well, you catch my drift.
In other news, my laptop is now free of visible duct tape. I spent a few hours supergluing the antenna in place instead. Since superglue bonds stronger than tape, I don't have to grab the antenna against the display when I extend or retract it. There's still tape on the bottom, which I haven't yet found a way to replace.