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Apple, Tech

Apple and Intel

The web has been on fire this weekend, since Cnet stated as fact that Apple will be switching to Intel chips next year, which they state will be announced Monday at WWDC.

My thoughts – which I figured I should get posted before the keynote..so we can see if I’m right..

Cnet is restating the rumors that the Wall Street Journal originally reported as rumors a couple weeks ago… this can be backed up by WSJ confirming the CNet story…

Apple won’t switch to x86… they are a hardware company..and they would lose anywhere from 1 to 2 years of hardware sales for this switch… what’s really going to happen is one of these:

1-Intel will begin pressing out the PPC chip for Apple

2-This has nothing to do with CPUs – Apple is going to license WiMax to include in the next generation of Airport equipment

3-Some other non-cpu chip made by Intel will be used by Apple (memory controller maybe?)

Guess we’ll see in a few hours….

Kael's Adventures

Dr.’s Visits

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So far, we’ve been pretty lucky… with the exception of the whole trip to the ER thing, Kael hasn’t really needed to go to the Dr for anything except his scheduled checkups… yesterday..that almost 2 year streak came to an end… Kael’s got his first ear infection =(

On the plus side…even after only 3 or 4 doses of antibiotics he’s a changed toddler.. he’s acting much more like his normal cheerful, happy, fun self then the crabby pain in the ass he’s been for the last week…

Adventures with Maryn

Vegas’ 8 Week Appointment

Yesterday we took Baby Vegas (And Janice) to their 8 week checkup… The Dr told us Janice was pregnant (Gee..you think?) and then we got our first peek at baby Vegas (in case you can’t tell…we’re not calling the baby peanut..it’s Vegas, I’m sure you are all smart enough to figure out why)

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looks like a healthy little peanut sized thing doesn’t it?

Current Events

Memorial Day

I would like to take a minute, to say thank you, to all the Brave men and women, who are currently serving in our armed forces. I would also like to thank the men and women of the armed forces who have given their lives in service of our country.

Thank You!

Adventures with Maryn, Kael's Adventures

Vegas Stowaway

Despite my ranting on how invasive Airport Security is currently, and how invasive they want to become… they missed a little something on our flight back from Vegas..

Apparently, Janice was carrying an undocumented and unticketed passenger:

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To tell the family members (well..at least the parents on both sides) We took Kael around wearing this shirt:

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So..there is now a new category…that will become the New baby’s category.. once we decide what to call it. For now, its Peanut… Kael’s suggestion was baby snuffalupagus… but..that’s to long =)

Current Events, Tech

Airport Porn

This falls under one of those ‘bad idea’ categories…

The department of raping and pillaging your rights…err…I mean homeland security. has decided that it didn’t go far enough into humiliating the public when it allowed TSA screeners to fondle and grope any woman they wanted to. Now.. they’ve decided to give TSA screeners the ability to see what they were fondling before.

According to this article, Homeland Insecurity is getting ready to begin trials of a xray machine that only xrays through clothes.. not all the way down to your bones like a normal xray.

From the article:

“Well, you’ll see basically everything,” said Bill Scannell, a privacy advocate and technology consultant. “It shows nipples. It shows the clear outline of genitals.”

Great…so now the TSA screeners get to stare at your genitals.. I’m sure the parents of teenage (or younger) girls are really going to be happy with that. I wonder if whatever whackjob at homeland thought this would be a good idea, would still feel that way if he knew that the machines that are scanned, allow the scanner to save the picture to disc, and can then be viewed on any computer? If so, is he really comfortable with the TSA guys seeing his wife/daughter/mother/girlfriend naked? and then saving that picture…for use later..and maybe uploading it to the internet?

Several of the comments on the Cnet article bring up good points.. why not just skip the xray machine and require everyone to be nude once they arrive at the airport? it accomplishes the exact same thing that this does.

And since looking at pictures of naked children can be considered child porn.. are there going to be police standing by, to arrest every TSA that looks at the naked children that they scan?

In short.. now would be a good time to write to your congressperson, the president, the department of homeland insecurity..and tell them that this is a very bad idea.. and that they should do everything they can to NOT allow this to happen..

As for me? as soon as these are in Airports.. I’m going to insist on hand wanding, I will not go through the naked machine, nor will I allow Janice to go through (IF the TSA wants to see us naked..they can pay us) if they won’t handwand..I won’t fly anymore..

Current Events

Interesting headline

So.. I was bored at work, and surfing the web… I came across this article.

The article claims that if you have a ‘manly’ job..you’re more likely to have a boy. And if you have a ‘caring’ job..you’ll have a girl.

It even goes on to quote a study that claims that for people with ‘manly’ jobs, they had 140 boy babies to 100 girl babies.

Caring Jobs? 135 girls to 100 boy babies…

My opinion? Bullshit.. its like saying that what position you have sex in has any bearing on what sex your baby is (which, if that were true, how do you explain no-one giving birth to a litter of puppies? and how about standing up?)

Really…I just find it amazing what doctors and researchers will waste time studying… what’s next? how your job affects your children’s hair color?

Just Stuff

Jib Jab

the funny guys over at Jib Jab (they’ve made some election parody videos, ended up on the Tonight Show) have a new one..which introduces thier relationship with Budweiser Beer..and brings back Frankie and Louie!

You can see it here. Note…according to the site, you do need to be 21 to watch the video… probably so they don’t get into trouble because of some obscure, stupid, law regarding advertising beer.

Current Events

Toddler Vending

Apparently, those vending machines at Wal-Mart (you know, the ones with the little crane hook, and full of stuffed animals) now accept toddlers as payment to play

According to CNN, a mother turned away for 2 seconds, and her toddler crawled up into the vending machine, since she wouldn’t give him money to actually play the game.

So..like any good parent (myself included) instead of hurrying to get the kid out.. she stopped to buy a camera so she could document the fact, to use for future blackmail.

I wanna know a few things:

1-How the hell did that kid fit up there? I’ve seen those vending machines, and the ones around here..there’s no way a toddler could crawl up there..

2-How come they didn’t try to grab the kid with the claw, and drop him back down the chute?

3- how long do you think it will be before this lady files a lawsuit against WalMart for not choosing a vending machine company that uses vending machines with chutes to small for kids to climb up? (Forgeting about the fact that she stopped watching her kid, so he could even try to climb up)

Kael – here’s a warning for you..if you climb up INTO a vending machine.. plan on staying there until someone wins you as a prize =)

Apple

Pepsi-iTunes

Just a quick reminder… you’ve only got 2 days left to redeem any bottlecaps with song codes on them you may have gotten from the Pepsi/iTunes promotion..

Or, if anyone near you is still selling the promo bottles, you’ve got two days to buy them, open them all, and redeem any winners that may be left (hey..it could happen.. I won a free song at Sesame Street yesterday)