I think a lot of the PC ultraportables make that assumption as well with the non-inclusion of optical drives and the like. As someone who's been computer-poly for way too many years I forget that lots of folks only have one machine.

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As someone who's been computer-poly for way too many years I forget that lots of folks only have one machine.

I suspect that the target audience for this thing is mostly poly, and has been for a long time -- but the change in marketing to not even doing that bit of wink-wink pretending that it can be a self-sufficient machine is what I find interesting.

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Proof that the new gig has some folks with a sense of humour:

Co-worker B: Karl, do you prefer Emacs or vi?
Karl: Actually, I'm pretty much bi-textual. I'll go either way.
Co-worker B: (without missing a beat) San Francisco's a good place for that. (sotto voce) Or so I hear, anyway.
Karl: I have a mild preference for Emacs, but sometimes you just need something different.
Co-worker B: It's genetic, really.
Karl: Is this going to turn into a nature vs. nurture argument?
Co-worker B: Probably. Did you get enough keyboard time as a child?

(Note: I am /not/ out to my co-workers, and I am not aware of any queer folk in the office. Doesn't mean we're not here, just that none of us seem to be loud about it.)

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Bwah! That's an awesome conversation.

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I've come to realize, I don't need the shiniest. I mean, I think this 'puter is 2001 vintage and I got it in 2003, and it is only that upgrading it further is problematic, and stuff is starting to fail on it that prompts me.

So the new fancier stuff is good news to me because it means the refurbs will be a better deal for me. I mean, christ, I'm still on dialup.

I think I've decided against a mini. Who knows, maybe getting a fancier-to-me laptop will result in me actually moving off dialup!

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I made a b.org bookmark on my iPhone home screen. It's so cute!

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does it save the URL logo thing as a pic?

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I think so. It has the cool B and .org in gray kind of on top of it.

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Does anyone know how I might get a video from a camera phone into iMovie so I can edit it? It's in .3gp format (I have no idea what that is)

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The Apple TV is very nice, but I think I'm going to buy a MacBook Air for most of my work, and set my current MacBook Pro up as a media center in the apartment I get with my sister. We'll drop cable, buy The TubeStick (with its really cool recording software and FrontRow-replacing MediaCentral software) to get any over-the-air TV, and use iTunes to get the rest / rent movies / etc. Not quite as elegant as the Apple TV, maybe, but functional and with DVR capabilities.

I've been eying the EyeTV from Elgato. And with Macworld, they have released a new version of the software. Also, it seems with MacWorld expo, they are having a sale on their hardware, selling at refurb'd prices. [link] Also, if you happened to have done a search for an old piece of hardware they don't sell anymore, they give you this nice coupon screen that takes another 10% off. [link] Which, for me, paid for ground shipping. Curses, how did my Visa card escape from my tight fisted moneyclip??? Anyhow, just an idea, in case you can't wait until Feb for the one you linked.

Aaaand my google maps just pinpointed my location almost exactly.

Funny thing, since the cell service in my apt is eh, it gave a very WIDE 'pinpoint'. But when I turned the wi-fi share on from the iMac, and re-searched, the pinpoint was within a few blocks. CRAZY. Spooky too. Who says the internet is anonymous?!?

Although, WOW! I'm displaying current freeway traffic conditions on my Google maps right now, AIFG!

Ya, you wanna know what's zannier?! Try doing directions now, it gives you an estimate "33 minutes with traffic".... HELLO, WITH TRAFFIC!! Didn't do THAT before! I gotta try it out in the morning when there is some yellow/red and see if that estimate increases.

ETA the link for the coupon.

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