Like a lot of other geeks, I paid some attention to the keynote at MacWorld yesterday. Though nothing announced there really interested me (oh, the iPhone looks like a fairly sexy bit of engineering, though it's a perplexingly stupid decision to not let users install their own software on it, but I don't carry a cel phone), I hopped over to the Apple store yesterday afternoon anyhow. That's because I was just waiting to see if there was any changes in the Mac Pro lineup before ordering one.

So, a couple weeks from now I should have a Mac sitting on (well, under) my desk along with the Windows and Linux boxes. I also splurged a bit and treated myself to a new Dell 24" monitor. I figure I'm going to cover about half the cost of this system by not renewing my MSDN subscription this year. Now it's time to get serious about spending a couple hours each day working on new skills.