Monthly Archives: April 2005

Just Stuff

Addiction?

You know.. I think Janice may be right… I may have a problem…

This is what the weather looks like here today:

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Weather reports are predicting that some areas of the state will get 30 inches of snow today… so what did I do?

I went to Toys ‘R’ Us… to be there when the doors opened… so I could get this:

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After all.. I couldn’t take the chance that a little snow storm would keep the rest of the SW geeks in the area from going out to get their collectible Yodas… and Toys ‘R’ Us might have run out!

I think she’s wrong… there’s no problem… I’m just a fan! Besides… it can’t be an addiction.. I can quit anytime

Current Events

Google Maps

Monday, Google added the ability to look at satellite maps when using Google Maps…the ‘mainstream’ media has made a fuss about it..stating that its new technology, a first time..and their are privacy concerns..

Umm.. newsflash… Mapquest provided a similar feature years ago (and then stopped, most likely due to lack of funding)… and there maps being used by Google are not current, or very high resolution. No reason for privacy concerns… and there are services that offer higher resolution maps for people to view…

Apple

New Power Macs

The latest rumors have Apple releasing updated PowerMacs as early as the NAB convention (National Association of Broadcasters) which is in about 2 weeks from now (in Las Vegas).

Since I’ll be in Vegas that weekend anyway… I wonder if the planned Apple event is open to the public…. just in case..

Just Stuff

SW: Revenge of the Sith

So…there is a screening of Star Wars episode III in my area a full week before it hits theaters… and I’m trying to decide if I’m going to attend (I was going to say ‘if I want to attend’…but I know that I want to go)… the reason I haven’t decided yet?

The $250.00 per ticket price tag…..

Maybe I’ll do it…and call it an early birthday present for Janice…

Apple

Virus Paranoia

So, there’s been a lot of ‘news’ on the web about how Mac OS users are only moments away from being exterminated by a yet unwritten virus.. apparently, we’re in so much danger, that nobody knew about it.. until Symantec (makers of Norton Anti-virus( decided they should tell all the mac users in the world about it…. and then 2 sentences later try to sell us their Anti-Virus software…

Now, I understand that they are a business, and they need to sell their product to stay in business. But…deciding to sell your product, by creating rampant and un-necessary paranoia is not the way to do it… There’s a good article about Symantec’s paranoia marketing over at Unsanity.

I think Symantec would have been better off trying to sell their product by pushing the ‘good netizen’ angle, instead of creating unnecessary paranoia.

Again…the number of people using Mac OS X has no bearing on the security of the product…if you believe that, how do you explain viruses written for specific cell phones, with an installed base of fewer people then use Mac OS X?