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June 27, 2008 Yet another reason I love living in San Francisco. The George W. Bush Sewage Plant sounds about right. If you're registered to vote in SF, you can sign and mail the petition before July 1 to help ensure the initiative is on the ballot.
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June 22, 2008 It was hot here yesterday and last night. We had the windows open so all sorts of noises from the neighbors came wafting in. Some college kids across the courtyard were drinking beer and belching loudly enough to wake us both up around 2:30 AM. Rich was not amused. Explains why we bought an air conditioner for the bedroom this morning. Of course, the heat broke in the afternoon. That's okay, we'll probably need it again in September.
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June 09, 2008 I hate to say it but the more the popular press fawns over the iPhone, the more disinterested I am in it. Today's grand unveiling of the new 3G model leaves me, dare I say, bored. 3G? Still slower than WiFi, which I have access to 85% of my day. Yawn. GPS? Eh. Might be helpful when I'm trying to find my way somewhere unfamiliar and I'm not driving in the car that has it built-in. Choice of glossy white or black plastic back? I'd rather keep my silver metal with the lovely, durable pebble finish, thank you. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's nothing in the announcement. I rather like the sound of many iPhone 2.0 features. But they're all software based and will presumably work just as well on my current phone once it's been updated. So I see no reason to rush the store on July 11. Interestingly the bit of today's news I do find noteworth has hardly been noticed by anyone but us geeks. The next release of Mac OS X, dubbed Snow Leopard, will forgo any headline grabbing new features to focus on legitimate performance enhancements. Specifically taking advantage of the multi-core processors that Apple's been stuffing in new Macs for a couple of years now. About time. It's a glimmer of hope that I maybe won't spend the next two years cursing the spinning beachballs this supposedly-speedy MacBook Pro constantly throws up. I'd just about resigned myself to having to make due with this lump until the AppleCare runs out and I could justify trading it in. But the promise of a speedier OS gives me hope. Maybe all is not lost. And maybe, it's a tacit admission from Cupertino that all isn't as right with Leopard as they'd have had us believe.
11:54 PM
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June 07, 2008 I missed Control during its original theatrical run. Haven't been able to confirm but I think it played here for a only week. Now that I have the DVD, I understand why friends who did see it unanimously rave. Easily the best film I've seen in a long, long time. Go buy your own copy right now. |