Airplanes have always fascinated me. So I watch ’em.
Geek
Updates.
So today is *the* day that Mac geeks all over the world look forward to. Today was Steve Jobs’ yearly keynote speech at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
Oh my goodness. Within ten minutes of the end of Steve’s presentation, my iPhone was updating its software (with a little help from me). iTunes and Quicktime quickly followed suit on the various computers around the house. The only update left is the AppleTV and that is coming out in a couple of weeks.
Earl is out of town on business tonight so I have plenty of time to play with the computers and do the geek thing all night long. I’m sure there’ll be a video to share soon as well.
Bid On This.
What has happened to ebay? Browsing through the famous auction site used to be like walking through someone’s garage sale; you’d take your time to browse and perhaps find a treasure that someone else thought was just junk. You’d offer some money for the item, niceties would be exchanged and they’d get the money for their junk while you’d add another item to your collection of stuff.
It used to be so simple.
These days it’s like being forced to go through your local Wal*Mart (Always White Trash, Always) while sober. Lights flash, ads play, snipers bid at the very last possible second, squashing any chance of you winning an item because you can’t press ENTER fast enough, people are downright nasty in their e-mails and nearly illiterate people type questions and answers in all capital letters while mangling the English language in an astounding number of ways.
I sold my HP laptop on ebay. I will admit that I neglected to include the remote control that came with the computer when I shipped it so I am making good by shipping it out. On the other hand, I threw in a carrying case and a large amount of Windows based software that I have no use for. I didn’t charge for the software, I threw it in for free.
And the winner is still bitching about it, mainly because he can’t figure out how to work the computer and install the software I included with the auction. He also claims that the power connector was broken in which it wasn’t when it left here.
So here we are, 08 January 2008 and I am declaring it to the world in my typical “one extreme or another” fashion.
I’m done with ebay. Fin. Finito. It’s a wrap.
2007.
Every year at this time I usually I go on and on about resolutions and all that I accomplished and all the jazz. Tonight I’m just going to keep it simple.
Happy New Year!
Thank you to greg, Bob, Steve, Tim, Scott, Mark, Sean, Jeffrey, Earl and everyone else for all your friendship and thank you to my family and everyone that reads this blog for peeking in on our life – we hope to meet you in 2008.
Highlights In High Tech.
There are times when I have this urgent need to embrace this technological whirlwind that has grabbed our society and somehow be part of it. This is an interesting endeavour for me, because in general I’m not much of a crowd person. I really never have been. It’s not that I’m claustrophobic or that I’m afraid of people; I guess I’m content to live in my own little world and do my own thing. So trying to reach out is a bit of an adventure for me.
That all being said, I have to admit that I enjoy peeking in the lives of others by reading blogs. So I’ve added a new blog to my ever growing blogroll; so a big welcome to Jay from “All I Ever Wanted Was Everything”. His blog is über new, so it’ll be fun to watch it grow. I was instantly attracted to his blog because he’s taking flight lessons, which is something I plan to do someday. An added bonus is that he flies a Piper Seminole. The last Piper I flew in was with my father (who let me take the controls for a bit) and it was a Piper Apache. I was 16 or 17 years old at the time. Not as big as the Seminole but still fun.
Perhaps this blog reading thing appeals to a hidden stalker side.
I have another high-tech adventure I’m thinking of embarking on. I’m thinking of selling my HP Pavilion dv9030us laptop. It’s a powerhouse of a computer (complete with 17-inch widescreen display) that deserves to be owned by a Windows geek who’s going to put it through it’s paces. I’m a Macboy at heart (hence, ‘iMachias’) and though I’m a Linux lover when it comes to the PC world, this baby is just meant to be running Windows XP or Vista full-time for someone that has an interest in that side of the computing coin (and no, I don’t think that’s a bad thing and no, I’m not one that hates Microsoft, I just like my Macs better). I’d be happy to deliver it cash in hand to anyone within 150 miles of my location else I’d ship it anywhere within the United States or Canada. I don’t want to just throw it up on ebay; I’d rather it went to a blog reader. If you’re interested, drop me a line and I’ll share the juicy details.
Ancient Disco Bunny.
Once upon a time I could have been called a “disco bunny”.
Today the best I could muster is “Ancient Disco Bunny”.
This is what happens when I’m alone in the house and decompressing from a really whacky day. What was it I said about a lack of inhibition?
