Archive for January, 2004
H-vegas to Washbosh
Saturday, January 10th, 2004So Ryan and I are having a blast with Adam and The Ney, going to D.C. today to spend some Christmas benjamins. I am feeling like my normal super-spiffy-self again and I am supposed not infectious anymore. More as the story progresses…
7:23 PM: So I’m in the Clarendon Apple Store now. w00t.
Such a Strepping Young Lad
Thursday, January 8th, 2004I officially have Strep Throat, but I am feeling significantly healthier than the past three days. Last night was the first night that I was able to sleep without interruption from a fever-induced nightmares or need to change my sweat-drenched pajamas. My body temperature is now only one degree hotter than normal and the swelling in my throat has lessened considerably, allowing me to eat semi-solid food for the first time in three days. The doc prescribed me penicillin pills for ten days because I have a needle aversion. The mold excretions should have me non-contagious by Saturday morning, if not earlier. This good news means that I will be traveling with Ryan to Adam’s apartment for the weekend. Holla!
Jermy versus Germies
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004My immune system is rarely breeched. Good thing, because I hate going to hospitals and I hate prescription drugs. However, I am not invincible. I have had a headache, severe sore throat, chills followed by a fever, and swollen lymph nodes in the neck for the past three days. These are the exact same symptoms I had over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, only more severe and they have not gone away after 72-hours. WebMD.com and Kara (Mark’s girlfriend, a nurse) lead me to believe that I either have Mononucleosis (a.k.a. “The Mono”) or Strep Throat. I will know for sure after my doctor’s appointment tomorrow morning.
Emerson College offers (ahem, practically requires) students to buy health insurance from The Chickering Group, an Aetna Insurance reseller to higher education. When trying to locate a preferred health services provider in Virginia for Aetna, I was presented with the Student Connection portion of The Chickering Group’s website. Upon trying to click on any of the text, one realizes that none of the content is linked. What is the purpose of even having a website if the website only taunts visitors? This is not acceptable for an insurance company that rapes college students’ wallets for massive profits. My personal preferred health care provider does not have a contract with Aetna, so I will probably pay for the entire cost of having a doctor tell me that the only real cure for either viral infection is to let my body fight it.
Infectious diseases make kissing so difficult. :-*
Listening to
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004Mama by Los Katinas
Lest I Not Forget
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004Has it really been 7 years? If only you could see me now…
MWSF 2004
Tuesday, January 6th, 2004Despite having a great broadband connection, I was unable to watch the keynote adequately. Akamai was unable to handle the 60,000+ worldwide viewers. Regardless, here is a quick op-ed on today’s Macworld announcements.
The Good
- John Mayer’s multiple demonstrations of GarageBand
- GarageBand
More powerful than Soundtrack and targeted at the fifty-percent of all households in the United States that have at least one person who actively plays an instrument, this application is going to be a huge success. - XServe G5
Apple’s 1U server line finally has ECC DDR SDRAM. - iPod mini‘s click wheel
I have always preferred the original iPod’s button arrangement. This arrangement is more intuitive and requires less finger movement than the 3rd generation iPod’s button arrangment. I hope that Apple implements the click wheel into the real iPods. - 1984-2004 commercial
Apple retouched the best commercial ever aired in celebration of the Macintosh’s 20th birthday. Pay careful attention to the subtle edit of the portable music player that the woman is wearing.
The Bad
- iPod mini’s price
At $50 less than the real thing’s M.S.R.P. and the same price as the real thing at various online stores, I doubt Apple will infiltrate the flash-memory-based portable music player market significantly. - iPhoto and iMovie no longer free downloads
I understand charging for iDVD and GarageBand. Both applications include gigabytes of starter content. However, iPhoto and iMovie are small applications that compete with features included for free in Windows XP.
The Ugly
- GarageBand’s user interface
Apple’s brushed metal user interface is sub-par, but apparently, sub-par was not bad enough. The visual geniuses at Apple have a strong entry into the 2004 Worst User Interface Awards with GarageBand. - iPod mini colors
Multi-colored products are *so* 2000.
Oops, She Did It
Tuesday, January 6th, 2004Fox News: Britney Annuls Sin City Whirlwind Wedding
Let’s pretend that I am Britney Spears. I would be capable of wooing any guy that I wanted. However, I am a dumb blond and marry Jason Alexander on a drunken whim.
No, not that Jason Alexander. The uglier Jason Alexander, my childhood sweetheart and a supposed “bad boy” according to Access Hollywood. When I was sober again, who could blame me for annulling that guy? I should just kiss Madonna during a mock wedding like I did at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards whenever I get that intoxicated urge to wed.
