That same old feeling

broderic on April 12, 2006

Because I like to catalogue these…I dreamt about S again last night or more like this morning in that half
awake twilight you’re in before you wake up. And like the other dreams
of her, it takes place at Ruby’s. I am back at work there. I can’t tell if I am the age I worked there or
if I am the age that I am now. It feels like now. I recall that I had
just come back. I am walking through the kitchen. S bursts through the doors behind me
in an exaggerated manner. I smile at her. She smiles back. She looks
the same: beautiful face, as tall as I am, brunette hair to her
shoulders, brown eyes, slightly slimmer in the backside. She wears her
hair with the bangs pinned back. We do the cheek-to-cheek air kiss.
“Long time no see.” We both realize we’re back working at Ruby’s. The
dinner crowd arrives.Later, I see her again more exasperated. Her hair is disheveled. I
walk her into the kitchen, arm on the small of her back. She doesn’t
like that. “We are not going into the supply room and hump.” I am
taken aback. What she said has stopped me in my tracks, and the icy
look she gives me as she continues on saddens me. “I have tables?” “What’s my section?” “Damn, I got cocktails.” For
the rest of the night I stay on the other side avoiding her. Then I woke up.Also, making a cameo appearance is SL. Tall blonde. Great boobs. Hot.
Hot. Hot. Like S, we do the cheek-to-cheek air kiss.

X-men

broderic on April 7, 2006

Comic books not the movie. Do you read them? I did up until 10 years ago. I loved the X-men. But I lost interest once work drinking got in the way.

I picked up an issue last month. I am hooked again. Can someone help me catch up? I especially like Joss Whedon’s version, Astonishing X-men. It reads good.

Say “vwat” if you want to unpimp your Mac

broderic on April 7, 2006

Yesterday, the Apple world was atwitter (not to mention WallStreet) with the release of BootCamp, the dual boot utility that will let you load Windows XP onto an Intel Mac. As you know, I am an Apple enthusiast. This is good news. Maybe I will have an audience for my software.

Why is it good for Apple? They are a hardware vendor. More people buy Macs the more they profit. Apple is hoping for spill over affect. Come for the XP stay for the OS X. Also, games. Want Apple games? Here’s XP. Suckas!

Anyhow, I really can spout off on this but it’s best to let the Apple pundits take care of the brilliance of this move.

Update:
Here’s some more good info on whether to buy Apple stock. It seems that Apple is going to go big this summer. Continuing on the XP as the “New Classic” here and here.

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I need to hurry up

broderic on April 5, 2006

Is it the Mac’s Moment? According to the wall street journal it could be. Let me highlight the one passage that is really intriguing:

Already, there are signs Apple is gaining some ground: Some software developers are warming up to using Macs for programming.

For years, many software developers sniffed at Macs. About five years ago, though, Apple introduced a sweeping upgrade of its operating system called Mac OS X, derived from Unix, a high-performance, reliable operating system long used in scientific and other demanding computing environments.

There it is. Programmers will slowly be flocking to the Mac platform. I need to hurry up and create some killer app. I need to be the big fish in the small pond once the floods come in and inundate our happy little pond.

!MaxWidth

broderic on April 4, 2006

This rant on TUAW is a funny read. It is something I have wondered about for a while, especially about the switchers to OS X.

Men and women, boys and girls, please: Mac OS X more or less offers only one way to manually maximize windows across your entire display for a reason – because they don’t have to be that large.

To maximize the window, in OS X is a weird concept. It is basically done with the green button (the one on the right in the cluster of buttons on the top right). But it doesn’t work quite the same way as the maximize window concept under Windows. I don’t use it, because I don’t like the fact it doesn’t always take up the screen realestate like I am used to on Windows. So since it doesn’t act correctly, I avoid it.

Anyway, the aesthetics of a Mac obviate the need for maximizing the document window. The Mac is program based. Try command-tab. You’ll see only programs. You select the program that you want running on top and control-tab through its open documents. That’s why the menu bar shows only one application at a time. Use expose to access all document windows.

Windows is window based. Alt-tab goes through all open windows. Imagine myriad windows open and you’ll quickly realize the Mac and it’s application based tabbing is more superior. I think Vista will be like the Mac.

Open Thread

broderic on April 4, 2006

Here’s a chance for you to talk about anything you like. Especially, for those lurkers out there. I really want to know who comes here.