Category Archives: Opinion

Belly Buttons

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I’ve heard various twists on the statement, “Like Belly Buttons, everyone’s got an opinion.” Some of them have been cleaner than others, but I digress. In short I want to throw something out in regards to the latest news that Apple will be switching to Intel Chips in about a years time. I haven’t read all of the articles on the subject, but there have been way too many, and most of them full of speculation. Here’s my thought in regards to Microsoft and Apple’s progress going forward.

First, Apple’s Intel chip orders are supposed to be x486 chips. That’s right, 486. Microsoft, I’d like to ask you why a Pentium 4 is required to keep your OS running smoothly without hicups while I will use a 486 on an Apple? This is rather frustrating because it shows either a superiority in design or that Apple’s picked the wrong chip. I’m not too worried though because the jump is not one that appears to have any performance issues. Steve Jobs would not be switching to 486 type chips if it was a problem.

Which leads me to my second point: Intel has already got Pentium 1, 2, 3 and 4 technology. Imagine what would happen if Apple made the (not so huge) leap to pentium chips? Imagine running OS X ‘Liger’ [the next version of OS X, poor Napoleon] on a Pentium 4. It would probably be an embarassment to Windows. Then imagine running OS X with a Pentium 4 with several gigabytes of RAM. This would cause Windows to cry and lament the power of 486s dissipated by its gluttonous OS.

Apple Store

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Sunday afternoon I went to the Apple store at the Cherry Creek Mall (or Cherry Creak Maul for you Star Warts fans). Wow. Those stores are so simple and effective. When you walk in you are not over-stimulated. The machines are the focus, and they have all sorts of configurations so you can see what it will look like when your machine is put together.

They also have all sorts of software and accessories, so you can buy all of the other stuff if you want it. They even had a kids station where Abby was excited to sit on a neat cushion ball while playing with an iMac 20″. Wow.

Of course I want the dual processor G5 with as much RAM as I can cram in there with the 30″ display. That would probably cost me over $6,000.00 USD so I won’t be buying it, however, it looks cool 🙂

Great Products: 3M Command Strips

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Command Strips
I don’t know if you’ve assimilated another 3M product into your life, but I have added the Command strips to my office arsenal. The ubiquitous 3M Post-it pads are great for… lots of stuff, their tape is just as ubiquitous, and the command strips are great. They have cable cord holders which keep the underside of my desk more organized, and what’s even better is that I can mout the wireless mouse and keyboard receiver I have underneath my desk with them: no screws, no clips, just two Command Strips. Smart products by a smart company.

The way the Command Strip works is brilliant. It is like foam with a sticky surface on both sides, and when you are done sticking whatever you’re sticking where it is stuck, you pull one end of the sticky tab and it comes off the wall, desk, window or surface you have applied it to [see the video at the site link at the beginning of this article].

Just a side note and piece of trivia: you may have 3M products in your mouth right now, they’ve got a dental division that makes crowns and adhesives. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a 3M Command Denture Strip? 🙂 Oh, and they have them at Amazon.com – what’s funny is this: the text says used & new. I’m going to stick with the new ones 🙂

EEFFOC SKCUBRATS

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This morning while at Safeway buying food stuffs Abby started reading off the letters of the Starbucks sign… backwards. She still has a bit of a time identifying K’s and X’s and Y’s because they all have ‘crossing lines’ [or so I guess]. However, she’s just so smart it’s amazing.

Also, while at Safeway looking for cocoa powder we walked past the coffee section. Of course a large sign says, “Gourmet” over the section. And, of course, the sign is over the Folgers, Sana and ‘Cheap Cup ‘O Coffee’ brands. How can they put that sign over the cheap stuff? That’s like saying a Yugo car is a fast car just because you put it up next to a model-t Ford! You can find a worse cup of coffee, but ‘Gourmet’ by what standards? My taste buds are defended offended.

Ture Love

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I just got a spam that was in some oriental language. Sorry, I don’t know which one. I’d sure hate to misrepresent the spammer as being any particular nationality when in fact they’re not that nationality. Mostly because I’d sure hate to have said that ‘ture love’ doesn’t exist in America, but it does in Korea, China, Japan or Hawaii*. Especially when we have such historical movie precedense as the Princess Bride wherein we find a priest with such a fun speach impediment that True Love sounds more like ‘twoo wub.’ This can only help to confuse those who speak Engrish as a second language. If you have any doubt, Crick Here. Anyway, the only English in the whole email was ‘Ture Love.’ Which I’m pretty sure is a guaranteed way to get click throughs that earn them millions of yen, pesos or dollars.

I hate maps**.

* Woops, Hawaii is part of the United States, my bad.
** I mean spam, but (s)he typoed first.

Leave it to Cliffhanger

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Jessica just finished watching the season finale of Alias. What a cliff hanger. I don’t know this by personal experience, I was judging a CSS competition in my office. However, I heard the shock in her voice and ran out to make sure that there were not bugs on the floor in front of her. No, she was just stunned by the ending of the show. What’s worse? She’s going to complain about not knowing what happened (or what will happen) until next fall when ABC interrupts their mediocre line of reality shows with episodes of Lost and Alias.

This all got me to thinking: what would Leave it to Beaver be like with cliff hanger endings? Given the ‘endings’ of Bat-Man episodes would they go something like:
“Will June finish mopping the floor before Ward gets home?”
“Will the Beaver clean his room in time for the party?”
and
“Will Wally be able to get more hair gel before his big date?”

Stay tuned for next season’s exciting conclusion… Yuck!

Tasty Condiment

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Caravelle is probably one of the hundreds of condiments vaing for your attention when you go to the grocery store. However, I had some given to me to try and I can say that it is a weird looking sauce with pleasant flavor and I highly recommend it in the following hamburger format:

  • Hamburger
  • Cheese
  • Guacamole
  • Caravelle

Dancing with the Stars

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Reality TV may have possibly reached a new level of stupid: Dancing with the Stars. That’s right. It’s a dance competition wherein ‘famous’ (read: has-beens) people dance with people who have half a clue. Then, and I know you’ll be surprised: there will be judges who will grade their dancing. Stupid. Stupider. Stupidest.