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MacWorld, and more

MacWorld, Profits, Saginaw, Room, and Grandma..

So MacWorld was Tuesday. Apple came out with a new Word Processor, to replace AppleWorks, a new low-cost computer, a new iPod, and some more. New program, Pages, is like word, but from Apple. It looks cool to me. The Mac mini is $499, 1.25 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 40GB HD, and a Combo Drive (CD-R/RW, DVD). And the new iPod shuffle is just $99 for a 512 MB or $149 for a 1 GB. At first I was un-excited about the shuffle because of its lack of a display, but I am becoming more and more accepting of the idea since I realized that on my iPod I mostly just set it to shuffle and pay no attention to it, other than maybe jumping to the next song occasionally. All-in-all, a good MacWorld.

Also, yesterday, was Apples quarterly profit report. They have, to date, sold 10 million iPods, 4.5 million in the last quarter. Thats amazing.

Apple has also posted videos of some of the features of Tiger (OS X 10.4) and if you watch the video of Dashboard, the weather widget gets set to Saginaw, MI. Of all the cities, how? Why? Well, I tried to figure it out. I searched the web for anything connecting Apple to Saginaw. I came up with not what I wished for, but I did get some results. I will post them Sunday (Yes, I am doing a 2 part series, I figure you have enough Mac stuff already).

OK, stuff you care about now.

I am working on cleaning my room, slowly. I still have work to do though.

Grandma is getting better. Much more coherent.

I think thats enough.

Til Sunday,

nick

“That guy really twists my dreads”

It's Noon, and I'm Bored, So Why Not?

Categories, Future, Movie, and Grandma. UPDATED!

First of all, though you probably didn’t notice, the “Blogger” category is gone. I went through last night and marked them all as “Blogger post #XX” and then incorporated them into the other categories. There will be a new category coming soon though, very soon.

I also did some calculating the other day, and came up with this:

May 13, 2005 – 250th Post
May 19, 2005 – 200th General (earliest)
Oct 10, 2005 – 300th Post

I think those are right anyway. Note that the 200th General is listed as earliest, since every non-general post will push that date back by 3 days.

Yesterday we watched Troy. A good movie, based largely on the Iliad. If you liked Gladiator, you will like Troy.

Grandma is doing better. Main problem now seems to be that she is dopy from the medication. She doesn’t complain about pain as much though, and is starting to get used to not being able to use her arm.

Ok, I gonna go. Remember, MacWorld is tomorrow, Keynote is at 12 (Yay!, wait, they said no live webcast this year BOOOO!)

nick

Why don’t they try hiring people who have IQs higher than their age?
me – long ago

update: I just read through my comments and thought I should add that I haven’t started toward any resolutions yet. Thats one of those things about new year’s resolutions, you have all year to work at them.

Wow

Chris, Grandma (the Wow), Saginaw, and Movies.

Thats all that can describe it. Wow.

So, Chris made it to Toronto Ok, and seems to be doing well. He got a little lost on his way, but school is going well from what I hear.

On Wednesday morning my grandma was to go in for rotator cuff surgery at 5, for the operation at 8. Around 4:45 the phone rings and it’s my uncle Steve. After chatting with home for a few minutes, my mom realizes he isn’t at home in Allentown, PA, he is sitting in his van at the end of our driveway, where he had been for about 3 hours. So, he and a co-worker of his went with my mom and grandma for the surgery. He has always had a habit of showing up without saying anything. He left a little after 10 Wednesday night without sleeping, but stopped in Ohio because the roads were getting pretty bad. Grandma is doing fine, though understandably sore.

I went to Saginaw with Jenn today. First to Kohl’s to try and exchange my gloves that came apart (with no success), then to Dick’s to try and find a matching sleeping bag to mine (again, no success). You always feel bad when you come home with no accomplishments. I did buy Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy though. And we found out her ring should be in come morning.

Bourne Supremacy wasn’t great. Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, however, was. A truly great “stoner” movie. You have to see it.

OK, thats all for tonight. Monday I shall return, and Thursday I will tell you all about the fun new things Steve brings us at MacWorld on Tuesday.

nick

There are several sacred things in this world that you don’t EVER mess with. One of them happens to be another man’s fries. Now, you just remember that and you’ll live a long and healthy life.

Movies

Movies, Chris, and his new computer.

Last night we watched Napoleon Dynamite, and it was not impressive. It was decent, but not very good. The kind of movie that you keep watching only to see if it gets better, but it never does. I also watched the Jerk and Men at Work on TBS. Tonight we rented Troy, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, and the Bourne Supremacy. Haven’t watched any of the new ones yet.

Yesterday my brother left for school for 2 months. He left around 4:30, though he was supposed to be gone at 9 in the morning. Troubles with his truck held him up.

He got a new ibook too. Is a 3 year old original ibook, blueberry, worth $600 but paid $100.

Ok, back Friday.

nick

Rent-a-cops…
I HATE rent-a-cops!

Happy New Year!

Resolutions, and cool spot.

Happy New Year to you all, all 4 of you (maybe). Hard to believe its 2005. Seems like just a few months ago we were writing 9x on papers, heck, I remember writing 89 on papers.

So, new year means new years resolutions, and mine are mostly the same as last year.

  1. Clean my room (and KEEP it clean, would be a good idea)
  2. Get in better shape. this is a multi-part thing:
    • ride bike more (this means not leaving it at Jenn’s for the summer)
      The rest is actually from the requirement of Coast Guard training camp graduation:
    • 29 push-ups in a minute
    • 38 sit-ups in a minute
    • 1.5 mile run in 16.50
    • sit and reach of 15.5cm*
    • swim 100 meters then tread water 5 minutes

    *sit and reach: sit on the floor and reach out with your legs flat, your fingers must extend x cm beyond toes. Is a measure of flexibility.

  3. Do a better job with the blog. This past year has been some sucky blogging. The website updates have been all but nonexistent, the regular blog updates have been consistently late, and well, it’s just not been what it should be.

So, in other news I found one of the coolest points in the US. You may all be aware that as you travel north through Michigan, you pass a maker stating you are passing the 45th parallel, “halfway from the Equator to the North Pole” (the actual halfway point is 10 miles north, since the Earth is slightly elliptical). Well, as you travel west, in Wisconsin, you will also cross the 90th meridian. So, naturally, there comes this point (scroll to bottom, then to 3rd pic up). Thats right, the exact middle of the North-east quadrasphere (quadrasphere?) Cool, huh? I guess though that the real cool point is again 10 miles north, and would likely require a GPS.

OK, thats all for today.
Again, Happy New Year,

nick

With money in your pocket, you are wise and you are handsome and you sing well, too.
–Yiddish Proverb

Number 201

Not much

Well, I finished the game. About 2:15 this morning. It would have been sooner, but I had to go live my life. Damn people wanting me to do stuff. Oh well.

Uhm , actually that’s most of what I’ve done. And I haven’t really even played the game lately.

I’m watching a SouthPark about satanic woodland animals. It’s one of the most screwed up episodes I’ve seen, but I haven’t really seen many.

Anyway, I sadly think that’s it.

I didn’t want to blog, cause I enjoyed not blogging for 9 days, but now I’m sad because I have nothing.

Ooh!

The job.

It was pulled the next day, so that’s a no. But, I found another one and applied yesterday. I am 0% qualified, but I still have about 10% hope, and that’s amazing. (No, thats not a typo, I meant 10%, not 100%. Just wanted to point that out.)

OK, that’s it. Good bye.

nick

“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”

!!!!!!!!!! 200th !!!!!!!!!!

200, Jobs, and Game.

Yeay! Two hundred posts. That’s freaking insane. That means it’s been 600 days? Wow. I can’t believe I’ve written that much crap.

I don’t think I mentioned it, but Nextel never happened. They were only interviewing on the 1 day. Oh well, I will find something. I would of course prefer sooner than later. I did see a cool job on Michigan Works today, as a rail car mechanic and inspector. I have no mechanics experience though. I will look into it a little more though, as it sounds like it could be cool.

So yeah, as I said last time, I’ve been playing MGS3, hence the last 2 posts being made today. I am almost done with it though. The Metal Gear series is awesome, if you like that kind of game. It’s like a movie that lasts a week.

All right, I think that wraps it up. Back Friday I guess.

nick

Playing the blues isn’t supposed to make you feel better,
It’s supposed to make everyone else feel worse.
– Bleeding Gums Murphy, the Simpsons

Apple Store!

Late: Apple Store news and a game.

Jenn and I went to the Apple Store yesterday. The 30″ display is beautiful. Strangely, it doesn’t look that big. It does however make the 23″ look small, which is quite a feat. Up close though it is a massive display, too massive in fact for ordinary tasks, as web pages and text documents seem rather tiny on the display. Pictures and movies however are gorgeous.

The iMac G5 is much better looking in person. The G4s seemed kind of awkward because of the widescreen LCD, especially the 20″, but the G5s are square, and eliminate the problem. (as a side note, the word awkward is rather awkward, yes?)

Jenn rented “Metal Gear Solid 3” for me while she is taking exams, so I may be hard to reach for about a week. Sorry. She also rented “The Day After Tomorrow”.

OK, I’ll be back Tuesday.

nick

Happy Birthday iBook

Anniversary/Birthday, 200th, Shopping, Gift, Somerset, and Chinese.

Wow, it’s been 2 years now since I got the iBook. Makes it seem sad that I am already looking into replacing it. Honestly though, I was looking at replacing it with a 12″ PowerBook when it was barely a month old.

This post, 2 more, and then I am on number 200. Thats Tuesday the 14th by my count.

Jenn and I went shopping today in Saginaw. First we went to Olive Garden for lunch, but after 14 minutes and fully realizing the price, we left without even ordering drinks. We ended up at Bennigan’s next, and after eating we were so stuffed we never even shopped.

I bought Jenn’s gift yesterday. She knows where it is and it’s driving her crazy. I, on the other hand, am loving it. No, I shouldn’t enjoy torturing her, but I do anyway.

We might be going to Somerset in Troy later in the week, I think Thursday. I love that mall.

On December 20th Scott, Sarah, Jenn and I are going to Old Great Wall for lunch. I am excited. I liked it.

OK, that’s all for today.

Nick

8 out of 10 women use sex to get what they want.
The other 2 are ugly.