Family Portraits: See? Even I occasionally look good!

Frank Rodriguez put some portraits up of Nikki, Nathan, and myself.

I take a ton of pictures but it's rare that I consider myself... erm... "good looking" in one. (Yes yes I'm hard on myself, relax!) So I'm posting them here for your (and my) viewing enjoyment! Click the pictures for the link to the full res source.

Chicago Portraits

Chicago Children Photography

I've asked if we can take some portraits, and some outside staged pictures like we did a couple years ago, once we do that I'll make sure to put those up!

* Note, if you're interested in having a portrait taken, head over to his site at Portrait Photography Chicago and drop him a line!

Imported Spirits from 1971

Nikki's parents found some old liquor at their house. This, is that liquor!

Chicago, Photography, Nathan!

** Shameless Plug **

Frank Rodriguez has posted a couple of very neat pictures, of myself, Nikki, and Nathan at his portrait/blog. Check 'em out!

http://www.portraits-chicago.com/chicago-children-photography/
All Nathan, all the time.

http://www.portraits-chicago.com/chicago-portraits/
It's a picture of Nikki and myself, just ... well, being together!

Lenovo's System Update Tool: DEPRECATED

Source: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-72207.html

Forum Discussion: http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=Special_Interest_Utilities&message.id=4434&query.id=8940#M4434

Disclaimer: No, this is not an Internet Retardation Day (tm) Joke. I wouldn't do that to you.

Last night around 4PM I was running updates using the ThinkVantage System Update utility. I've always considered this utility part of the IBM/Lenovo advantage. This is the #1 reason I prefer Lenovo laptops to Dell laptops (those manufacturers being the only ones my company uses) and it makes life SO MUCH EASIER, both on laptops not updated in years, or in installing a fresh Windows install from scratch.


... and now it's gone.

Lenovo is changing the way customers obtain updates for their PCs and Servers.

For our PC customers, automatic updates via ThinkVantage System Update (TVSU) are being discontinued. Customers can continue to download updates by accessing the Lenovo support site at Lenovo Support & downloads. Lenovo is pursuing alternative solutions for system updates and future offerings will be communicated through the new Lenovo Message Center Plus.

Thanks Lenovo... you turned me from a -huge- cheerleader of your hardware into... well, someone pissed off at you. True: No other laptop manufacturer really offers a comprehensive update utility that would download and batch install everything within a couple reboots, INCLUDING bios updates. (Asus's utility is a joke, I am typing this on an Asus laptop right now.)

Fuck you Lenovo... fuck you. You don't give us something awesome, then take it away and expect us to like it.