Author: Jamon Abercrombie

Back to the Future (or, THANK GOD FOR GREAT FRIENDS!)

Jamon AbercrombieMarch 09, 2008Leave a Comment

When the ad agency and I parted ways a few weeks ago, I nearly felt like Desmond jumping back to 1996. See, it was a simpler time, when computers didn’t need to be as fast and robust, and I didn’t make my living working on them … quickly and efficiently.

Well, negotiation with the agency didn’t result in me keeping my computer, so after sending it back, I was left with an old standby. This computer could get the job done for minimal usage, but I typically run Photoshop, Flash, an HTML editor, FTP client, Firefox and Zune all at the same time … this computer looked at me cross-eyed when I tried that the first time, then it took 15 seconds for my mouse to move across the screen.

Suddenly I remembered a conversation I had with Nate a few months ago. He mentioned that his family had a computer that they may be parting with, so I gave him a shout, and lo and behold it somehow got from Kansas City to my office in St. Louis in just a couple days after mentioning it.

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!

We first met the Holder family when we moved to Kansas City in 2003, as Jen went on staff at Nall Avenue Baptist Church. Almost instantly and since then, the Holders have been great friends, and have helped us out in numerous ways, and we couldn’t be more appreciative.

Now, this computer isn’t the end-all, be-all of computers … but, to me, this is light years above where I was just a day ago. At least the mouse moves across the screen in normal time – not whenever it feels like moving.

Mr. Holder (Andy) is the president of Semichem, Inc. — Providers of computational chemistry including the famous AMPAC8, a program providing semiemperical quantum mechanics. I know a lot of you have been in that market for a while just looking for a quality provider of semiemperical quantum mechanics, so let Semichem be your solution! 🙂

Anyway, we love the Holders. Thank you very much for your friendship and what you’ve done for us. I will put my new Dell OptiPlex GX280 w/ Two 3.40 Pentimum 4 Processors, 1 GB of Memory, 280 GB HD and Windows XP Pro to uses beyond its wildest imaginations. Thanks.

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Pimp My Office

Jamon AbercrombieMarch 06, 2008Leave a Comment

Alright, in light of Los constantly bragging about his office (even though it probably is worth bragging about), and the remembrance of Victor’s recent "Show Your Desk" contest, I decided it was time for another installment of Pimp My Office.

What is it? Well, Alvin Nathaniel Joiner (a.k.a. Xzibit) probably won’t be stopping by to deck your office to the hilt, but I bet I could find something laying around my office that I could send you to spice up your work life! 🙂 Something like an official autographed 3×5 glossy of my former band, autumnSoul? (< — come on, click it. you know you want to see it. this was before I had the big facial hair, too!)

OK, maybe I won’t subject you to that … and, I thought it was autographed, so now maybe I should pay you to take it.

Anyway, here’s the deal – take some photos of your office and upload them in the comments here. Have some fun. Maybe stick in some cutouts of John Wayne or George Bush or Gumby … whatever.

Here’s a montage of my office:
entry1.jpg entry3.jpg thelounge.jpg desk1.jpg

SOME RULES

  1. Please keep images to no wider than 490px
  2. Use standard <img> tag when submitting photos (if you are unsure of this, copy the following code and replace "your image link" with your image link path)
    <img src="" alt="" />
  3. if you have problems posting your photos, let me know
  4. make it fun
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Happy Birthday …

Jamon AbercrombieMarch 03, 20081 Comment on Happy Birthday …

well … to me.

Jen is on a mission trip in El Salvador. Taylor and Jordan are both in Kansas City with grandparents. I’ve been by myself since Friday afternoon, and unfortunately the 78 degree weather we saw on Sunday is supposed to turn over to ice and snow Monday so that throws the idea of hitting the links out the window.

This will be a lack luster 2nd anniversary of my 29th birthday. I think I’ll head down to ‘Lil Mickey’s Memphis BBQ and grab some ribs.

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Yankee or Dixie?

Jamon AbercrombieFebruary 13, 20086 Comments on Yankee or Dixie?

With this internet thing (hope it catches on), we now have the world – and beyond – at our fingertips. Just the same though, we all still have our own quirks, dialects and traits associated with our heritage. Many of us have moved in our lifetimes, and whether it’s across a country or across the street, our tendencies still tend to follow us.

Take the Yankee or Dixie quiz to see if you’re really as far away from the Mason-Dixon line as you think.

When you’re done, leave a comment and let us know:

Name
Where you grew up
Where you live
Your Yankee or Dixie score

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