I’m posting this from Windows 7!

Yes, that’s right.  I upgraded the OS on our main computer today.  I watched that little progress bar fill as I listened to old episodes of This American Life on my iPhone and read a book about why children lie.

The OS upgrade was pretty successful.  It’s running and functional.  The only thing missing?  All the programs that were installed on XP.  So, it’ll just be a matter of re-downloading or re-installing a bunch of essential stuff.

Installing a new Operating System is kind of like moving.  You get a bit of a clean start, but you have all of your old crap in some folder stored away somewhere.  But it’s nice to be forced to think about each program again.  Do I really need to install that piece of software that I used once?  Should I really bring those old sweaters?

It’s a chance to reevaluate.  What really is necessary?  And what junk can I just leave behind, sell at a yard sale, leave undownloaded in the wilds of the Internet?