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Happy Thanksgiving to all of my US readers!
I’ll be visiting my mom tomorrow, so I probably won’t post anything.
Since I work for a Canadian company they forgot tomorrow was Thanksgiving & wanted to schedule a conference call. I’m not their only US employee… we do get Thanksgiving and several other US holidays off, although we don’t get Victoria Day, Canada Day or other Canadian holidays off.
MacMegasite and WorldBeatPlanet cover very different subjects, so I almost never post the same article on both sites.
However this article about 1 Giant Leap involves both Macs & World Music, so I posted it in both places. A few days ago I posted another item about 1 Giant Leap at MacMegasite after MacDirectory interviewed the people involved with it.
Today is my birthday.
I went to the Wilton Manors craft fair, on Wilton Drive. I attempted to drive there yesterday, but it was impossible to park. I ended up walking there today. It’s about 2 miles from my home, but the weather was cool & pleasant today so the walk was comfortable & pleasant.
The food was good and the vendors were selling some nice stuff. One of them noticed my Mac OS X T-shirt and told me she’s also a Mac person (for 15 years). I asked if she uses X, and she said she depends on Quark XPress, so she can’t switch until a native version is available.
From kottke.org:
By James Sherman
(We take you now to the Oval Office.)George: Condi! Nice to see you. What’s happening?
Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
George: Great. Lay it on me.
Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
George: That’s what I want to know.
Condi: That’s what I’m telling you.
George: That’s what I’m asking you. Who is the new leader of China?
Condi: Yes.
George: I mean the fellow’s name.
Condi: Hu.
George: The guy in China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The new leader of China.
Condi: Hu.
George: The Chinaman!
Condi: Hu is leading China.
…etc…
Chuq has a friend who is working with Windows XP for the first time. Her reaction: It looks like the UI was designed by the Disney people who brought us all the really bad films when they were in the “what would Walt do” stupid-cute–kawaiiiiii mode. It looks like something you’d run on a toy. Chuq’s response: Windows: It’s like “it’s a small world” when the ride breaks down and you’re stuck next to Sweden” That hit a bit close to home as I actually was stuck in the Small World ride at Disney for almost 40 minutes. This ocurred 3 years ago, so the memory– the terror– is still fresh in my mind. I have tried to use Windows on a semi-regular basis mostly because I either have to or because I simply want to keep up on what Redmond is lumping into the OS these days. I can honestly say that trying to use Windows for any length of time makes me physically ill. It becomes so blatantly obvious that the “user experience” was created with zero consideration for the user. Thanks, Chuq, now I have a rather painful soundtrack to go with Windows. [bbum’s rants, code & references]
Will Rogers. “The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best.” [Quotes of the Day]
I just upgraded my LinkSys BEFSR41 router to the new 1.43.3 firmware. I’m now finally able to do traceroutes, which never worked with this router.
I finally received my paycheck for Oct. 15 from MicroBytes. They still owe me one more paycheck, for the rest of October.
I just bought an iPod. My local Target only had the Windows model, so I bought that. I had some trouble getting it to work initially, until I found out that it needs to be plugged directly into my computer’s FireWire port, not a passthrough port on my FireWire drive. Once I figured that out, I ran the iPod Software Updater and was able to install the Mac software on it & load my iTunes library. I’m now syncing my contacts & calendar from iSync.
I just received my first paycheck from Absolute Software, dated the 15th and sent via FedEx Wednesday. I’ve also received several emails thanking me for fixing the problems at the school district.
I still haven’t received my checks for the 15th & 30th of last month from MicroBytes.