jibber jabber

ketchup or catsup

ah yes… that priceless line from the simpsons so eloquently uttered by one Montgomery Burns… this quote highlights my current dilemna as i require a new laptop. it goes without saying that it will be an apple but given my current employment status, funds are a little tight.

do i go for a slightly downspec’d refurb and max it out or go with a current model in a stock configuration? then there’s the issue of the new back to school promo for the free ipod but i do hate rebates.

i guess i’ll just have to wait until next week and see if anything new gets announced. but i am excited to get a new one.

ps. i always google for simpsons pics to include with my posts forgetting that i have them all on DVD and can just make my own. sheesh.

Published on June 8, 2007 4:05 pm.
Filed under: geek

electronics rant

why does it have to be so hard? i’m talking about connecting modern consumer electronics. i’ve had several friends and family acquire new tv’s, dvd players and other assorted consumer electronics recently and each and every one of them has contacted me for help in setting up their new gear. they’re all intelligent people. they’re not techno-newbies. yet somehow, the electronics industry has made it impossible for normal people to use the equipment they’ve spent thousands of dollars on. it doesn’t have to be this way!

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Published on May 28, 2007 1:42 pm.
Filed under: babble, geek

back to our regularly scheduled programming

the geek shit is all done now and it was a lot less painful than i thought. go me.

oh and my girlfriend called me “Martin” the other day as in the geek Martin Prince on the simpsons…i’m not sure how i feel about that…

Published on May 14, 2007 11:30 am.
Filed under: geek

heads up

doing some geeky stuff with the site in the next week that may or may not affect your ability to see it. hopefully you won’t notice any downtime but…

i’m changing the domain name registrar and also changing my webhost. if you understand that then i feel bad for you.

Published on May 10, 2007 6:45 pm.
Filed under: geek

such a geek

is it just me or does my desk look a little retarded right now?

that would be an old TiBook G4 connected via firewire to a MacbookPro with my trusty old iBook G4 in the foreground doing my usual work. sheesh.

Published on March 21, 2007 11:06 am.
Filed under: geek

darth vader on twitter

haven’t decided if i’m ready for the level of openness that twitter requires but if you want to keep up to the minute tabs on what darth vader is doing check out his twitter page. too funny.

Published on March 12, 2007 10:32 pm.
Filed under: geek

oh you poor thing

Casino Royale comes out on DVD tomorrow and when i saw it in the theater, the most memorable scene for me was when that poor Aston Martin DBS bit the dust. I do love my expensive British sportscars…

Anyhoo… nice little article about what was required to pull off that stunt as well as some pictures of the aftermath of the stunt car. Apparently they set a Guinness record with 7!!! flips and the stunt driver walked away unhurt.

Published on March 12, 2007 8:41 pm.
Filed under: geek, movies

wii rocks

had a chance to spend several hours of Wii Sports this past weekend. verdict…hella fun. the graphics are nothing to write home about but just the mechanics of the gameplay were sooo fun. i’ve never been a big fan of game like Halo or other first person shooters so to play something like this was great. now i just need to round up some cash and track one down.

Published on January 28, 2007 11:11 pm.
Filed under: gadgets, geek

arrrrgggghhhhh….

i need this now. not want… NEED!!! june cannot come fast enough.

Published on January 9, 2007 2:05 pm.
Filed under: geek

countdown

the big apple product announcements are due on tues… anxiously waiting to see what toys they come up with this time. crossing my fingers hoping for the iphone. i’m such a geek. actually…is something still geeky if it wins industrial design awards? hmmmm…. maybe i’m not a geek.

Published on January 5, 2007 11:13 pm.
Filed under: design, geek