Sunday, February 25, 2007
Weighing the wants
I'm not going to run out and get Vista any time soon. I spoke to a kid at Best Buy and even he said not to buy it, to just wait until i'm due for a new computer. but therein lies the problem.
The one thing that i do like about vista is the sideshow. combined with the new designs in notebooks, the enternal lcd sideshow window will give user the ability to do some cool things without even opening or turning on the notebook. talk about battery saver. checking email, personal productivity, and music through the sideshow is very appealing.
but the problem is that while some of the notebooks are very attractive and functional, they're just notebooks. Take for example the Asus Wf5e. Its got a lof of good specs, its portable (light), external lcd screen. but, i'm now used to a tablet (i have the acer travelmate c110) and i'm also thinking that maybe i want to get another mac as a laptop (and just get bootcamp and run a seperatley bought vista).
so, my perfect laptop would be a mac with tablet functionality, lcd external screen for sideshow. but since they don't make that (YET?), i'm going to have to settle for something they do make. not sure which yet, but i have time since my laptop is still tolerable (though its slowly falling apart and i'm sure it would not be worth the cost of repairing all the little things are are breaking down). maybe i can wish to the gadget gods to make me my perfect laptop.
(and while they're on that, they could work out something for a perfect cell phone too (the closest i can see is the Sony Ericsson K810i but it would have a qwerty keyboard and wifi, or the iphone but with a real qwerty keyboard)
The one thing that i do like about vista is the sideshow. combined with the new designs in notebooks, the enternal lcd sideshow window will give user the ability to do some cool things without even opening or turning on the notebook. talk about battery saver. checking email, personal productivity, and music through the sideshow is very appealing.
but the problem is that while some of the notebooks are very attractive and functional, they're just notebooks. Take for example the Asus Wf5e. Its got a lof of good specs, its portable (light), external lcd screen. but, i'm now used to a tablet (i have the acer travelmate c110) and i'm also thinking that maybe i want to get another mac as a laptop (and just get bootcamp and run a seperatley bought vista).
so, my perfect laptop would be a mac with tablet functionality, lcd external screen for sideshow. but since they don't make that (YET?), i'm going to have to settle for something they do make. not sure which yet, but i have time since my laptop is still tolerable (though its slowly falling apart and i'm sure it would not be worth the cost of repairing all the little things are are breaking down). maybe i can wish to the gadget gods to make me my perfect laptop.
(and while they're on that, they could work out something for a perfect cell phone too (the closest i can see is the Sony Ericsson K810i but it would have a qwerty keyboard and wifi, or the iphone but with a real qwerty keyboard)
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Overload on the senses
Anyone been in an Abercrombie and Fitch lately?
its like being in hell except everyone is dresses in short and sandals and instead of roasting in the pits of eternal fire, you're choking on Calvin Klein perfume (i swear, instead of heat or AC, they are pumping cologne through the vents).
i almost choked on it. went in for 5 minutes, had a headache after 2. this is not an exaggeration.
Its the dead of winter, its -13 degrees outside, and yet, they're selling summer clothes and all the teeny boppers are in tanks, shorts and thong sandals. and they're all so disgustingly cute, and all smiles. whatever brainwashing training they have going on certainly works.
and there are tvs in the walls advertising the A&F jeans, with slogans like "sexy fit".
honestly, its too much and in 15 years, we won't have a lot of smart adults, but damn, they'll all look very pretty.
its like being in hell except everyone is dresses in short and sandals and instead of roasting in the pits of eternal fire, you're choking on Calvin Klein perfume (i swear, instead of heat or AC, they are pumping cologne through the vents).
i almost choked on it. went in for 5 minutes, had a headache after 2. this is not an exaggeration.
Its the dead of winter, its -13 degrees outside, and yet, they're selling summer clothes and all the teeny boppers are in tanks, shorts and thong sandals. and they're all so disgustingly cute, and all smiles. whatever brainwashing training they have going on certainly works.
and there are tvs in the walls advertising the A&F jeans, with slogans like "sexy fit".
honestly, its too much and in 15 years, we won't have a lot of smart adults, but damn, they'll all look very pretty.
Friday, February 02, 2007
Something to Think About....
Murphys Law is a Nice Way of Saying "Screw You"
I'm not quite sure if its Murphy's Law, Irony, or just some Omnipotent Forces say "ha ha".
But on my evening of ironies, i have noticed the following thing:
One the one day that you'll have to end up taking the bus home, your Ipod battery will inevitably die. Despite the fact that its always been charged for the past 2 months and any other day, i remembered to charge it every few days.
Also, because its friday, and you decide to wear a fleece sweater and a vest jacket (aka no sleeves) and no scarf, and all you've worn in the last month and a half was a very warm long coat, that will be the day that you have to take a bus home.
Then, after you miss your connecting bus, and you're waiting for a cab, every cab that comes along will inevitably come from the opposite direction. and not just one or two, i counted. all 12 cabs that came along in 25 minutes came from the opposite direction (and across the street).
Then, when a cab does come along the way, a big transit bus will inevitably come along at the exact same time as the cab, and will come and stand right in front of you, blocking you from the cab.
Finally, when you decide that your next bus will be along in a few minutes and you may as well take it home, and you cross the street, the next cab that comes along will come from...... you guessed it, the direction from which you just stood for 25 minutes freezing your ass off in the cold february winds.
what do you think? just a lot of little coincidences, or someone UP THERE, sitting around bored, saying "lets see how much fun we can have tonight?".
But on my evening of ironies, i have noticed the following thing:
One the one day that you'll have to end up taking the bus home, your Ipod battery will inevitably die. Despite the fact that its always been charged for the past 2 months and any other day, i remembered to charge it every few days.
Also, because its friday, and you decide to wear a fleece sweater and a vest jacket (aka no sleeves) and no scarf, and all you've worn in the last month and a half was a very warm long coat, that will be the day that you have to take a bus home.
Then, after you miss your connecting bus, and you're waiting for a cab, every cab that comes along will inevitably come from the opposite direction. and not just one or two, i counted. all 12 cabs that came along in 25 minutes came from the opposite direction (and across the street).
Then, when a cab does come along the way, a big transit bus will inevitably come along at the exact same time as the cab, and will come and stand right in front of you, blocking you from the cab.
Finally, when you decide that your next bus will be along in a few minutes and you may as well take it home, and you cross the street, the next cab that comes along will come from...... you guessed it, the direction from which you just stood for 25 minutes freezing your ass off in the cold february winds.
what do you think? just a lot of little coincidences, or someone UP THERE, sitting around bored, saying "lets see how much fun we can have tonight?".
The End of Privacy - Whitaker