Archive for August, 2005

About to do something I never dreamed I would be doing . . .

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

A couple of months ago, two very close friends ask to speak to me about their upcoming wedding. My first thought was that they wanted me to stand up for the groom. . .
I couldn’t have been more wrong . . . In fact, they wanted me to PERFORM the ceremony
I was speechless!
Somehow, [...]

Speaking of Insanity . . .

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

From CNN: Panic ensues in rush for cheap laptops
A group of people numbering in the thousands waited in line for hours to purchase $50 used Apple iBooks from the Henrico County school system. These were laptops issued to students (so you know what kind of shape they were likely in). Now these were [...]

This Is Insane!

Tuesday, August 16th, 2005

This is not security . . . it’s not even an illusion of security:
From SFGate.com: Babies Caught Up in ‘No-Fly’ Confusion
Children are being pulled off flights because their names somewhat match known terrorists . . . no wait, not known terrorists, but suspected terrorist . . . no wait, wrong again . . . [...]

Travel and Catchup

Sunday, August 14th, 2005

I’ve been traveling most of the last 3 weeks; while I am alive, it may take me a few days to catch up on postings. I’ve got a few posts started, now to find the time to finish them . . .
busy

I think hell has frozen over!

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

While I was not surprised at the Mac/Intel announcement of recent days, I was actually expecting it . . . this one has caught me by surprise!
Apple Releases the “Mighty Mouse”
Leave it to Apple to figure out how to make a multi-button mouse . . . that has NO BUTTONS!!
The $49 dollar mouse is a [...]


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