Yippeee!
This afternoon, we closed on our new Townhome! Now all thats left, is to rip out all the old carpet, paint the walls, lay down new carpet, patch holes in the walls, buy screens..oh yeah..and move =)
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What were they thinking?
Today’s DUH! award goes to Snapple..
They had the brilliant idea of erecting a giant popsicle in New York City… in June, on the first ‘official day of summer’.. the Forecast for the day? 81 degrees Farenheit… the average temperature so far for June there? 79 degrees..
Now.. I realize, I’m not in marketing..which means I have more then 1 functional brain cell… but wouldn’t it have made more sense to have the giant popsicle on a day when it wasn’t going to be quite so hot? Like maybe in March?
Team America: World Police
Ok..I know this movie came out awhile ago… but I never got a chance to see it in theater..and I just watched it via Netflix, yesterday (maybe the day before…the days just kinda blur together you know)
Anyway…its HILARIOUS! I loved it… this one is going on the list of movies to buy! In fact.. I’m going to use the iTunes Music Store Gift Card that Kael got me for Father’s day (Such a nice kid! iTMS gift card, a shirt, and a ‘Percy’ Engine (from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) I made out pretty good… and just think.. With Baby Vegas coming..next year I’ll get twice as much stuff..because there will be two of them…right? That’s how that works isn’t it?) to buy the soundtrack… its downloading now.. although.. Janice has told me I can’t play it while Kael is in the car with me..
I think its because of songs like this :
America, Fuck Yeah from the album “Team America – World Police” by Team America
(If I did that right…the link should take you to the iTMS)
A Trip to see Thomas
In what has got to be solid proof that Kael is spoiled completely, on Friday (the 17) we took Kael to “A Day Out with Thomas“. Now, while that on its own doesn’t sound like much…consider this.. the “closest” that Thomas actually came to where we live? 378 miles.
Protest Question
Ok… so, I get the point of people protesting.. they don’t like the way someone(or some company, or some country..or something) is doing/planning/talking about/advertising/smells/looks/spells their name.
So people protest..a nice peaceful way to get their point across right? Right..
Ok, so my question is.. with as uptight as some (most) people seem to be about looking at someone else’s (and really, I think in some cases, even their own) skin.. what’s up with all the naked protesters?
Windows true value
I missed this the other day, in the depths of my Mac86 depression…
But, it turns out.. Microsoft has admitted how much Windows is actually worth. Turns out, its worth $1.00. A quick check on Amazon, shows that XP Pro, with Service Pack 2, goes for $189.00. Which means M$ makes $188.00 profit (probably $180, after Amazon takes their share, the wholesaler gets theirs..) on each copy of XP Home SP 2 sold..
While I don’t care about the markup… I am glad to see M$ finally admit how much their software is actually worth…
Free Music!
Well…technically, almost free…Apple is at the free song thing again..this time, partnered with 7-11. For a limited time, (until 7/31/05, or while supplies last) buy a Slurpee..get a song free. It appears that everyone who buys a Slurpee, gets a song, so its not even a 1-3 chance..its a 1 in 1 chance, Everyone wins!
And remember…when buying iTunes, click on that lovely little iTunes icon on the left there, and let me earn a little commission…
Macintel?
Apart from the fact that everyone on the web still seems to be trying to decide what to call x86 based Macs…
The overall reaction seems to be that for users this transition should be relatively painless, for Developers..it could be a whole different story.
I was doing some more thinking on how Apple could ‘do the right thing’ (#4 on my list from the other day) with regards to Mac users who recently purchased PPC based Macs, and are now having second thoughts about the purchase.
Apple and Intel, take 2
Ok.. so, I’ve had a bit more time to calm down, and think about this whole switching CPU thing…
And, now that I can breath again, I think this may not be a totally bad thing.
It all depends on how Apple actually handles the transition.
read on for how I think it should be done
HOLY SHIT!!!!!
Unfucking believable! Apple did it… they really and truly did it… the PPC is dead.. Apple will be on x86 by 2007..with the first machines available next year…
I don’t believe it… still….
I wonder why they didn’t switch to x86, instead of going the G5 route..that would have been a better time to switch IMO.
And as much as I love the new iMac, I’m in the process of trying to get an RMA for it… I bought the machine looking for something that would be useable for 3-5 years at least… and when developers stop supporting PPC at the end of the year (at least, as far as new product goes)… the machine’s lifespan becomes less then a year from purchase date!