Lightning is scary. So be careful.
I often wonder what I would do if I got caught out in a thunderstorm while out on a bike ride. You see, my bike is steel, all the better to be nice conduit of electrical energy. I’m riding a lightning rod. So when a storm comes up, should I abandon my trusty steed and duck for cover? I don’t know. I hope to not find out. I’m a little bit scared thinking about it.
Are you getting the latest Mac OS?
Snow Leopard is not as fearsome sounding as ocelot would’ve been, but that’s what Apple’s giving us. No new features, but supposedly changes under the hood.
First and foremost, I hope they do some optimization. Make OS X run faster on my MBP. Make it consume less battery.
Next should be some bug fixes. Fix whatever is scary. Then fix the security of the OS. Just make it better.
From a programming perspective, the multi-core programming doo-hicky has to be explained more. I want to know how to make an octocore mac scream. That would be nice.
I always wondered how spammers filled their spam email with snippets of text. You’ve read it. It defeats your spam blocker with the random text, and when you read it it almost makes sense. Almost.
So now my Annie Hall review is infamous. It’s probably clogging up the internet pipes as we speak. More interesting is if I ever receive it back.
Can anyone decode the unicode text and tell me what it means?
Here it is in full: (with additional line breaks added by me)
Beijing China
211.145.113.234
/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/%u675C%u76C8/%u684C%u9762/
%u7535%u5F71%u4E0E%u65F6%u5C1A/
%u8D44%u6599%u5206%u7C7B/AN/BrowserMetrics%20Annie%20Hall.htm
“A Leader We Can Believe In.”
Senator John McCain’s campaign slogan
If you aren’t reading John Gruber’s DaringFireball, then you are missing out on perceptive analysis of Apple and all Apple related issues. You should probably read his take on the Steve Jobs keynote. He’ll surprise you.
I finally rode my bike.
This weekend was the hottest so far for the summer. It was record temps and high humidity, and it was hot enough to send out a code red for extreme conditions. Whatever you do don’t do anything to strenuous during the peak daylight hours.
I was stupid, and went out shortly before noon. I figured to get a ride in and jump in the pool afterwards.
The ride began somewhat fun. A right onto Greenspring and a quick jaunt to Caves. There must’ve been a tail wind, because I was flying. I really thought I was in shape, but it’s been two months since the fatwars and I’m home as a veteran so I deserved my rest and pie. I’ve lost all conditioning since then, but I am mentally thinking I am okay. With the tailwind, it looked as if I was flying and the conditioning was still there. On the turn around on Park Heights, the tailwind became a headwind and reality set in.
I was pedaling, but seemed to go nowhere, 12mph! And it was slow. The melting tarmac added to the problem. As I crested the hill and down the other side into the valley, the heat began to build. Halfway through the ride, I knew I had to get out of there as the heat was becoming oppressive. I was going to have to take the shortcut — up Dover Road.
I have never ridden up Dover Road. And it was only my fifth day in the saddle all season. Dover Road rises up a hill for at least half a mile. It’s probably not good to take it on the hottest day. And it wasn’t. I made it a third of the way, got off and walked the rest of the way up. My spirit was broken. I bonked. I spun the rest of the way home.
I was hurting for the next half hour trying to cool down and get hydrated. It was really something.
The next day though was fun. A tad earlier in the day. Less humidity. A slight wind. It was great. And I was running quick. I think it’s coming back. The feeling of the need to go for a ride. I’m starting to smile.
You Don’t Mess with the Zohan has got to be the only Adam Sandler movie I wanted to see in the theatre. (Click! was a Kate Beckinsale movie. That’s what I keep saying to myself.) It looked stupid funny, and I find it incredible that they can make jokes about the Palestine/Israel conflict.
And that’s what it was. Lots of politics surrounded featuring the bone-headed-ness of the entire Middle East problem. And it made you laugh if it weren’t so funny. Good for Adam Sandler to make fun of that issue, because it is pretty stupid when you think about it.
This movie was a good popcorn flick. It’s what summer is all about. Stupid fun. And it had some morals to share with the world — deep down we’re all the same. Our ambition, your ambition, they are all the same dream. Let’s stop this fighting and do something we all agree on is great…
… DISCO!!!!!
I got to admit the middle east inflected pop music used in the soundtrack is great. I was wondering if Ofra Haza would show up? Good beats. Good eats. Fun summertime pastime to while away in AC away from the heat.
It’s not for everyone, but turn off your brain and it’ll be fine.
3 of 5 stars.
So, are you getting the new iPhone?
“Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.”
Woody Allen
This year’s Apple Developer conference is sold out. Looks to be a halo effect with iPhone development bringing in others into the Apple/Mac developer fold.
Why am I not one of them? And why are these lame people joining now? I’ve been predicting for years that Mac development is the way to go. Now it looks to have come true. Dang!
