Anonymous, via Scripting News: “I watched the Steve Jobs show today at my local Apple dealer’s showroom. The buyer noticed three new SKUs in Distributors’ catalog without descriptions. Only pricing. We think there is more to come at CES.”

Personally, with all the hype, I was hoping for more. (Gigawire? 802.11a? OSX.2? G5? Digital Tablet?) Hopefully there’s more, because conceptually, Microsoft’s new hardware beats out the iLamp IMO. Of course, I’d be gaga over the new iMac if it say, had a teardropped base, an completely brushed aluminum or chromed finish, and decked out in pure art deco glory. As I was saying to some friends, the white plastic is played out. So 2001. (like Cameron Crowe, I like my own lines so much I need to repeat them over and over).

“Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.”

So, I took a bit more time off then I was planning to, but I had a few things to take care of, like getting some motivation, and a job, and a place to live, and an Internet connection, and a table to type from, and a system to type to. And well, I pretty much have all of that set up now. (Just spent the past hour compiling and configuring proftp [uploading w/ a /bin/false/ account of course, can’t be too careful]).

Sure, I have lots to post about (don’t worry, nothing important), but it’s late, my wrists have been acting up (hopefully nothing more serious) and I have work in the morning. (Pretty cool stuff, right now I’m working on research and analysis on QA/Analysis tools, web-based Workflow/Groupware solutions, and accessibility standards, as well as production work on some random sites, and getting started working with a fairly well thought out ASPed CMS system.

Hmm, speaking of which, the sooner I get my K/CMS up and running the more interesting this place will be… I’ve basically ended up writing the beginnings of a multi-user web-application framework, but I’m left wondering if I’d be better off taking a look at what’s already out there before going whole hog.

test

most recent quake in the la area. more: the shakemap

can’t resist. best of david hasselhoff. check out the reviews.

i haven’t been writing much recently, part of the whole finishing up last freelance work, not having an apt (thanx crane), looking for a car, looking for a real job thing.

also, i am just starting to read Rich Dad, Poor Dad, where apparently, i will learn how to incorporate and give myself “tax-free gifts,” do some “insider’s trading,” and deal in real estate w/ my imaginary cat muffins as my “business partner” while getting “good deals” from schmoes and getting it on the cheap from banks because i’ll be using cashier checks. we (muffins and i) are really looking forward to this.

in fact, we’re looking forward to blogging in the first-person plural voice until muffins gets tired of it. isn’t that right muffins? who wants some catnip?

joseph stiglitz, ex-chief economist of the world bank talks about the IMF and it’s four-step help program (step three and a half involves rioting).

sigh, nothing like a power hiccup to ruin a perfectly good uptime. (almost 4 months)

so, i was up and taking a break from work, and i decided to add some really old stuff to my archives page. i dug up some stuff all the way back to dec 97. fun, right? um, not that anyone should read it. also, i found some old photos from when i first got my coolpix.