Beware the Lion in Waiting

I've been trying to install OS X Lion since yesterday. Today, after many hours, I was at least able to purchase it. It has been sitting, waiting for over 3 hours now to start to download.

James' blog as a public service

See if you can spot the problem:


This morning* I was reading my friend James' blog** and noticed his latest post was post-dated Oct 25. I was going to make a joking comment that it was a post from future James and to not drink the coffee. I look at the date of the comment I had already posted was Oct 25 as well but iCal read Oct 22. Opened iCal and suddenly the date changed to Oct 25 but when I closed the program it changed back to Oct 22. Stupid iCal, we'll have to see if it sends me any notifications today.

To quote a infamous James/Janice argument
James: "What day is the 30th?"
Janice: "We've gone through this already: Friday is Thursday."


*at the ridiculous hour of 6:30AM. This is the 3rd time this week that I woke up 2 or more hours before my alarm is to go off. Blah.

**previously known as Blond Derek on this here blog

I want to kiss Steve Jobs full on the mouth

[Dear Janny,]
Apple is pleased to announce the updated iPod classic, now with 160GB of storage capacity so you can hold up to 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video.
Since your 120GB iPod classic has not yet shipped, you will receive the new 160GB iPod classic at the same price.

I had to read the email two times just to make sure I had read things right.

Who knew?

You can reset an IPod by holding down the menu and select button for 6-8 seconds.

I connected my IPod to my computer last night to charge it. This morning I discovered that the computer had not recognized the connection because the IPod was stuck on the menu screen. I only knew how to reset through ITunes so I did a little digging.

In other Apple news, I pre-ordered Snow Leopard and it should be arriving early next week. It only costs $30 for those who are running Leopard and there are some improvements that I am seriously interested in. Some Adobe CS 3 users are upset right now that Adobe tested compatibility with CS 4 and not CS 3. Some software magazines are testing it and so far there are no problems. I'm going to wait to install it until after the first OS fixes and I've heard more about compatibility with the programs I use.

Sick with Worry

My hard drive crash, again. Technically it is not the same hard drive but you get the point. I have made a back up since the end of April so I've lost most* of my summer work, most** of my music and all*** of my videos. Fortunately I sent a first draft of a project I was working on to my boss and a co-worker last week so I won't have to re-write it. It makes me ill to think of everything I've lost from the last three months.

Note to self: back up work weekly.

The last thing I need right now is "Macs are evil" speeches from PC users so if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all. I hate Windows so much even two crashed hard drives will not deter me from purchasing another Mac. Two hard drives? That's amateur compared to the tomfoolery I've had to put up with PCs personally and professionally.


*All except my website work which I can download from the server.
** all except what is on my iPod.
*** Good thing I purchased Dr Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog on DVD for the extra features even though I bought it on iTunes.

John Hodgman's Broadcast Correspondent's Speech: Obama Is The First Nerd

Apple as an Economic Indicator

Follow this logic: analysts say since Apple had the most profitable quarter of its history (and sold the most amount of product), the American economy is not in a recession. The only difference between the good times and the bad are the number of companies that are profitable. Now there is a company that is so tied into our culture it alone is considered the economic indicator. Hear that? That was my mind being blown.

Source: Analysis: Apple's best-ever quarter is no disappointment by MacJournals.com,Jan 23, 2008 5:48 pm

Wisecracking Applications

I was converting some avi files to mpeg-4 when iSquint kept on switching how long it was going to take. First it would say 7 minutes then less than a minute then back to 7 minutes again. Finally it said:


When you go into advanced settings it announces "What? You think you're better than me?"

Some getting used to

Yesterday, for the first time, I let iTunes organize my music and as a result it made duplicate copies of all of my music files. I tried to delete all duplicated files and ended up opening a couple hundred music files and folders. Yikes. The good thing is that the song it started playing was an awesome song that I totally forgot about.

The biggest adjustment to the new computer is the lack of a left and right touchpad click. I'm addicted to the left click but there is only one button. I have some learning to do.

Apples for Apples

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! My new computer came today. I am the proud new owner of a MacBook. This is my first Mac and there is so much to learn. For being such a techie, I feel like a complete novice.