Doxory Choices (photon)The latest public Doxory choicesphoton: High school 5 year reunion in October in California. I'm in Massachusetts....photon2008-07-29T20:24:15ZBuy tickets on American (~$400) as soon as I know my teaching schedule and get some more miles. vs. Redeem the 20,000 miles I have on United (and buy a few more miles) and fly for at least half the cost of American.photon: Finally opened MITFCU checking and savings accounts....photon2008-07-22T19:01:20ZClose my old bank account. I'll probably never use it again and the closest branch is 13 miles away via commuter rail. vs. Keep it open, even if I never use it.photon: Where should I spend Christmas? I have enough miles on American Airlines to go pretty much anywhere....photon2008-07-08T02:41:26ZTorquay and Cambridge, England. (Cold, but new, different, and probably some sort of exciting.) vs. Home in Northern California. (Probably a bit warmer and also family.)photon: My mom needs a new computer to use for video editing. She's been using iMovie for years and occasionally pokes around with Final Cut Express. Each movie is several tens of gigabytes, so space becomes an issue pretty quickly. She's a die-hard Mac user....photon2008-06-24T17:55:13ZGet a badass iMac and use external harddrives for extra storage. Pro: cheap. Con: not expandable. vs. Get a Mac Pro (quad core, probably refurbished) and an external monitor. Pro: expandable. Con: Expensive, would need an external monitor.photon: Whether to upgrade to Flickr Pro....photon2007-06-07T17:10:08ZSure, spend the money and have an easy place from which to share photos. vs. Be cheap and stick to Facebook and ~/Public.