...more recent posts
From the not-quite-getting-it department: IOC disappointed with Olympic internet use. This is from the same group that went out of their way to stop independent web coverage of the games (i.e., athletes who were set up to run blog-like pages detailing their personal experiences at the games were stopped by those in power, I guess in fear that they would take away viewers from the incredibly bad and much over-hyped, and over sentimentalized, major media coverage.) Huh? Repeat after me: The web is not a replacement for T.V.
Took a really long walk yesterday up through midtown. I used to walk around (and bike around) the city more than I do now. Yesterday's trek brought back all sorts of memories.
Housing is always tricky here, and at one point (years ago now) I didn't have a real place to live. I had lots of places I could stay, but no real home. That's when I really walked around a lot. As if the whole city was my home. Now those days seem far away, but on the right day, if I walk far enough, I'll find myself back there again.
Anyway, I was going to say: Took a long walk yesterday and ended up stopping into CompUSA on 5th in the 40's. I was looking to see a Sony Monitor MB is thinking about buying (GDM-W900,) and although they didn't have that, I did get a chance to play with the Mac OSX Public Beta. Sure, I've seen all the screen shots, but it was nice to see it in action. Looks sweet I think. It was running on a G4 tower, but I couldn't tell if it was a Multi-Processor or not. If it wasn't, then I don't know what everyone is complaining about in terms of speed, because the desktop seemed very responsive. Quicktime movies played well (and I've heard they don't.) I cannot wait to get it (looks like tomorrow, as FedEx is saying it has left the sort facility in Newark, NJ.) You, gentle reader, will be the second to know.
This weather is too good. I love the fall. Perfect. Now if we could just hold it right here until about April...
Two days ago I woke up in the morning and the first thing I thought about (or was it the last thing I was dreaming about?) was the phrase "quantum entanglement." Now this was strange because although I have heard this phrase before, I really have no idea what quantum entanglement is. Apparently it might be important.
It shipped!
Damn you Brig Eaton for turning me on to nyc and me, the blog Drat Fink said reminds him of "felicity meets coyote ugly." Who could resist? Now if only she'd get her own computer so we could read about her life more often. (I think this one tops even *riothero for voyeristic fun. Sort of makes me cringe, but I keep going back for more.)
I think this site gets hit by more robots than humans. The indexing going on is insane. Does the googlebot ever sleep? Or play with its friends? My god that thing needs a day off.
One half a manifesto, by Jaron Lanier. It's always interesting what he has to say, but this one is especially good. I guess I'm guilty of much he is charging, but his ideas seem to strengthen my mind rather than attempting to disrupt, or change it. He's really picked up the ball here in the ongoing techno-cultural dialogue that has perhaps been too skewed lately by Bill Joy, Ray Kurtzweil, et al. Find the time for this one. (from /.)
"An interesting development for you freaks that follow the Roswell story..."
And as if that link weren't enough, 7CR also has this one, to a great page called "weird but true."