Start Wearing Purple!

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A few days ago I posted 5 weird things about myself. One of the things that I listed was that I have painted my computer purple. Here's the rest of the story.

My computer's name is Gwen. She is the successor to the beloved MicroftXXX* who died unexpectedly this summer. Her name was inspired by the Jerry Pournelle's novel Star Swarm, whose protagonist communicated with a computer program via a wireless link implanted in his head.

I refer to Gwen as “she” not “it”. I often joke that she's my girlfriend.

Why is Gwen painted purple? Is it an attempt to make her more feminine? Is it my favorite color? Nope. I wanted to paint my case and purple was the only color of spray paint I had.

I painted the case while waiting for all the components for my new friend to arrive. That way I wouldn't hurt anything important if I oversprayed and I didn't have to waste time that I could spend actually using my comp waiting for the paint to dry.

Basicly, I masked off case with newspaper and making tape and sprayed it with ordinary paint. Dad did most of it on the first layer. I did subsequent layers.

Anyhow, here's a few pictures:

Here you can see Gwen's inner workings. Pretty nifty, eh?

Gwen and I are going on a date tomorrow. I'm taking her to my friend and future roomie TBQelite's house for a LAN party.

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