rants. raves. random information.
Posted in Apple, Technology on Aug 31st, 2006
Firefox 2.0b2 was released today so I think I’ll run with it as my default browser on OS X for a while. Safari is getting too sluggish lately and the full wysisyg editor is not supported in Wordpress. Using Firefox everything has been working great. I’m not sure anything is as fast [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Personal on Aug 31st, 2006
If I wasn’t sure I was getting old before, I sure know about it now. I was flipping through the channels and came up on the HD version of the MTV VMAs. I still love music but what the heck happened to MTV? Ringtone of the Year? You have to be [...]
Not one of Val’s better days today. When I got home I found out that she lost the diamond from her engagement ring that I gave her over 16 years ago. I tried a few times to get a bigger stone but she wouldn’t hear it. That one was sentimental and she [...]
Posted in Personal on Aug 26th, 2006
Growing up, these were the best cartoons around. Warner Brothers has put a bunch of the old classic Looney Tunes cartoons online and you can watch them for free. There’s a very short commercial at the beginning of them, but it’s worth it.
Head over to Looney Tunes and spend some time with Bugs [...]
Posted in Microsoft, Technology on Aug 25th, 2006
I read over on Robert Scoble’s blog about the new startup sound in Vista and how you cannot change or disable it. Why shouldn’t Microsoft have their own signature startup sound? It’s all about branding. As an Apple user I’ve had a startup sound that happens before the operating system even starts. So why is [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Aug 25th, 2006
If this post is true, it is bitter sweet for me as I love Chris Parnell but cannot stand Horatio Sanz. At no time have my wife and I ever found him funny and actually thought he brought most of the skits down that he was in. He pretty much seemed to have one terrible [...]
Posted in Travel on Aug 25th, 2006
Connectivity! Verizon wireless signs are all over the place in Chicago. Saw a few of them, along with a Verison Wireless booth, at the airport as well. But, although I was supposedly in an EVDO area, my connection speeds were terrible. Much, much slower than an old 56k modem. No [...]
Posted in Apple, Technology on Aug 25th, 2006
Just found out about the Apple battery recall and saw that my Powerbook’s battery was recalled. Went to the web site and did everything online in about a minute. Now let’s see how long it takes to receive the battery. Sony must be taking a beating over this.
Posted in Travel on Aug 25th, 2006
I made my first trip to Chicago this week. Nice town. Huge town. I had some bad and some good out there.
The Good:
The meeting I attended went really well
Switched from a regular laptop case to a backpack at an Apple store
Had the best New York Strip I ever had at a place [...]
Posted in Technology on Aug 25th, 2006
I have not been able to post anything here for about a week since Blogger made their beta available. Every time I would try to login it would redirect me to the beta.blogger.com login and I would just keep looping. I would never get to the dashboard. I found that by forcing a [...]