Mac Programmer Blogs
I wish to be one one day. Here are a few blogs from people who code for Macs.
http://rentzsch.com/
http://mjtsai.com/blog/
http://inessential.com/
http://gusmueller.com/blog/
http://www.glorifiedtypist.com/
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/blog/index.php
http://www.unsanity.org/
http://wilshipley.com/blog/
http://www.mikematas.com/
This is just a few and it is mostly a scarfed from the blogroll in the first link. Also, don’t forget to read Jon Gruber’s Daring Fireball. This is my first read for insight into any Mac related news.
Bike Rides.
I think next year I want to ride a century. 100 mile on a bike. I have to start training this winter. Plus I have to pick the rides I want to do before making it to the big one. Any suggestions?
The Fog 2005!
Since it is spook time here in the US, I thought it would be grand to catch a “scary” movie. So I caught the remake of The Fog. I don’t know why.
I don’t know why they had to remake it. The original was perfectly workable scary movie in its own right. I don’t know why they had to make it PG-13. All the scares were removed. I don’t know why they cast Selma Blair in the Adrienne Barbeau role. She’s no where near as old to have a son. What, was she 12 when she had her kid? That’s a frightening thought.
Anyway. Not scary enough. Dumb plot twists. Dumb casting.
2 of 5 stars.
Stick to reading ghost stories this Holloween.
Big and tiny
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Wallace & Grommit
What better way to start celebrating the scary holiday than some cheesy animated film. I am a fan of Wallace & Grommit. Also of animation. Stop motion is fun to watch. I thought the movie, though, was too long by a half hour. Wallace & Grommit are best as a short film. This was a bit stuffy too.
3 of 5 stars.
Share the road
This past sunday a colleague of mine was hit by a car while riding his bike. He’s alive today, but has been in the hospital for a while, and has received several opertions. Hopefully, he will recover and ride again someday, but this did not need to happen.
I implore both car drivers and bicyclists to be courteous to each other and share the road. Car drivers especially need to be more careful around bicyclists. You don’t own the road completely, but you have more control of the situation. Share the road.
The following are links to bike advocacy groups.
Active Transportation
League of American Bicyclists
One Less Car
Hopefully, this will help educate both bicyclists and drivers.
Apple News
Okay. If the Nano was not enough to give you gadget drool, then this, the v-iPod (it should have vi), should. Nice.
Except some people are unhappy with all the press that Apple has been garnering lately. Is it really deserved?
I take it with a grain of salt. I am an Apple fanatic. Most importantly, a Mac fan. I think OS X is the shiznit. Yet, I am not so enthused about the iPod. But whatever keeps Apple afloat to churn out more Macs, I am in favor for.
So, go ahead and complain about the hype surrounding an Apple product launch. Don’t forget to mention that there have been failed Apple products. Don’t forget to mention that Apple has a small percent of the computing market share. Don’t forget that Apple is always on the verge of disappearing.
But don’t forget that she’s still around. And she’s beating the bigger guys in the market of ideas and innovation.