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New user? Sunday, July 30, 2000
Driving range
Lots of golfing this weekend. Went to the range twice (free both times, friends have expiring punch cards), and to a 9-hole course this evening. I got par on 2 of the 9 holes, my total... 46 (+19!).
My chipping and putting was horrendous -- my short game is usually my saving grace. Off the tee was pretty solid, which is usally erratic.
I better go to sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow to do paperwork to transfer away the lease on my Ford Explorer, then go to Saturn to do paperwork there.
Saturday, July 29, 2000
Saturn LW1 - the L series Wagon
Saturn: LW1 -- this might be my next vehicle. I've put a deposit down on one. Once my existing vehicle is off my hands (on Monday), I'll sign the papers at Saturn.
I love Saturn cars. :) This would be my second. I had a 1996 SL 1, and kept it for the full three year lease term. I got the Ford Explorer after that because I really needed more leg-room for my messed up knee, and Saturn didn't make a large enough vehicle. Now, with their L series cars, they finally do.
Hmm... I like Macs, dig Saturn cars. I don't smoke, drink, do drugs, pirate software, movies or songs, nor do I eat McDonald's hamburgers, or drink pop. Oh, and I've never stepped foot inside a Walmart store. What a weirdo. :-) (at least that's what my friends call me -- that, and freak)
Weight loss update
Went to the doctor yesterday for a weight-loss-checkup. Official weight loss so far: 33.5 pounds since May 2nd. My goal of 70 pounds by April 25, 2001 seems very attainable now.
My new goal is 100 pounds (no target date, but April 25, 2001 would be nice), which my doctor says is my target weight.
So, I'm 66.5 pounds overweight, 6'4" tall. I have work to do!
Friday, July 28, 2000
I'm going to go check this out
MP3.com, EMI settle My.MP3.com suit -- "On Monday, MP3.com said it took a $150 million charge against its second-quarter earnings for the estimated lawsuit costs. There is also a pending copyright infringement suit filed by some song publishers."
If I remember correctly, My.MP3.com is the service where you insert your CD into your computer to give yourself access to the songs on that CD in MP3 format. That'd be very handy, since I wouldn't have to create the MP3s myself, which I've tried once (ironically with a Metallica CD that was getting badly scratched) and found very slow on my aging computer.
Update: I signed up, and "beamed" a few CDs to my.mp3.com. However, they are "locked", because there is still ongoing legal battles, and apparently I won't be able to listen to this music until that's all cleared up. Oh well.
Anyway, I found a great band on mp3.com already -- ex number five, from New Brunswick and New Jersey. I bought their CD "a history of......." for $6.99. Cool.
Another Update: Hey, check out how much money ex number five has made from mp3.com. Over $900 so far this month, nearly $5000 in total including product sales.
Compare that to S.G.O. which has made just $1.13.
Which is $1.13 more than Napster would have paid them.
CNN.com - Recording industry files response to Napster appeal - July 28, 2000
TANSTAAFL
Angus Glashier on Latte.weblogs.com: There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch -- well said Angus!
Cobalt has their heads up their asses
Apple faces suit over Cube -- Cobalt says Apple ripped off their case design for the G4 Cube.
Uh, yeah right. Cobalt forgets that Apple owns NeXT, which created the NeXT Cube many many years ago. This is not a new idea. Cobalt, fuck off.
Is Apple purposely leaking [mis]information?
Am I the only one that finds it a little bit odd that ZDNet has gotten information about Mercury, the supposed PowerBook G4, and InkWell, the supposed Newton HWR system for Mac OS [X]?
Apple's normally very air-tight, you can't get anything out of them. But suddenly, after MacWorld, there's all this information, and even pictures, of unreleased and unannounced products.
Conspiracy theory #1: It's all bogus. Apple Misinformation Campaign hits ZDNet.
I mean, a slot-loading DVD-ROM drive on a PowerBook? Personally, I wouldn't want a gaping hole on the side of my computer only a half an inch off the ground, where dust and spilled liquids could destroy the machine.
Handwriting recognition? Well, I'd love it, and the theory that a new PDA-style portable OS X machine using this software is forthcoming is very intruiging, but I think it's just too good to be true. (somebody pinch me!)
Conspiracy Theory #2: Apple has decided to let some information through, either as a trial balloon, or to get people excited about handwriting recognition for a few months before they announce it, so that there won't be as many knee-jerk negative reactions about it.
Conspiracy Theory #3: It just got leaked.
Conspiracy Theory #4: Apple's changing their ways and is letting more info out to the press, because they realize they've been way TOO tight with future product information.
