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Poll Pau: Are Private School Alumni Cocky?
The “Are Private School Alumni Cocky?” poll has ended, and the results are in. The people have spoken and said we are cocky.
60% of the responses say we’re cocky with a single no vote! One single vote! 30% of the votes say we’re all equals. Six of the voters went to public school and four went to private school. Hmmmm, kinda suspicious, 60% public school responses and 60% of the votes for cockiness?
I tried running the numbers in various ways to doctor the results but just couldn’t disprove our cockiness. Fellow private school alumni, let’s face the facts that we’re cocky. 🙁
Poll: Are Private School Alumni Cocky?
The Tabasco Man lit a match, and I’m going to fuel the fire with this poll that asks: –>
After voting, please add a comment (anonymous is fine) indicating whether you went to public or private school. You can be specific about the school if you want.
Poll closes on January 15. Flame on!
Apple More Valuable Than Dell
On Friday, Apple’s stock surged 12%, valuing the company at $72.13B. At the same time, the value of Dell was $71.97B.
Steve Jobs wrote an email to Apple employees that said:
Team, it turned out that Michael Dell wasn’t perfect at predicting the future. Based on today’s stock market close, Apple is worth more than Dell. Stocks go up and down, and things may be different tomorrow, but I thought it was worth a moment of reflection today. Steve.
Read the entire article.
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My iWeb Observations
I picked up a copy of iLife 06 from the Ala Moana Apple Store and am building a site on .Mac. I’ve only played around with it for a couple of hours so I’m no expert, but I did make some observations:
- Too Much Control. You can and almost must control everything.
- Publishing Speed. Kinda slow.
- iTunes Playlist Integration. Too easy.
More observations to come…
Starbucks is Infant-friendly
Hot water. Never knew how important it was and how hard it is to find. Heating up milk or preparing baby formula? Need the hot water. Pay for a cup of hot water? Youch!
But there’s Starbucks. Lots of hot beverages there. Lots of Starbucks springing up all over the place. Must be a good place to find hot water. Free? Alright. Tall, Grande, or Venti? Even better. Warm or piping hot? Unreal.
So pop your Clomids, use your Woman C ovulation thermometer and DIY Male Fertility Kit, and get your groove on cause Starbucks will be there when you need hot water for your child.
Xzibit Pimp Your Kicks
I was watching the Tyra Banks show (really), and Pimp Your Ride host, Xzibit, was on. He was talking about his kicks he’s designing for Dada shoes. The name of the shoes? Pimp Your Kicks.
No thanks, I’ll pass.
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More Apple Cell Phone Ruminations
Even though the Macworld Expo is over, there continues to be rumors about potential future Apple products, namely an Apple branded cell phone or maybe a Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) cell service. Apple already owns the domain name iphone.org (redirects to Apple.com) and has recently filed a trademark for the phrase “Mobile Me.”
Lost on TheBus
So we know actors from the TV show Lost like to speed in Hawaii. Cynthia Watros who was charged with a DUI lost her driver’s license yesterday in court. Her DUI cohort, Mayte “Michelle” Rodriguez, has her trial scheduled for March.
If you take TheBus enough, maybe you’ll see them going to a shoot. They might as well buy $40 monthly bus passes.
Oh yeah, Nicole “Evangeline” Lilly may not be a speedster, but she sure doesn’t know how to stop.
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Reasons Why I Don’t Want a MacBook Pro
Even with the increased performance, the new MacBook Pro has some unresolved shortcomings compared to a PowerBook G4. Henry Norr got a chance to look at the new MacBook Pro and made some observations that may scare people away.
- No FireWire800. While I don’t rely on this, I do have a FW800 drive. Supposedly Intel-designed motherboards never supported FW800 so the new MBP doesn’t have FW800. There is one FW400 port though (and two USB 2.0 ports).
- Single Layer DVD burner. The latest revs of PBs have double layer, 8x DVD burners. The MBP has a single layer burner and it’s slower too (4x).
- No PCMCIA slot. The MBP supports the latest industry standard ExpressCard/34 expansion slot. What’s that? Exactly. That’s why it’s a problem.
- No internal modem. Up to recently, I’ve lived off of regular dialup, and it is useful when there’s nothing else. Need to get an external USB modem.
- No S-video out. How am I supposed to watch my BitTorrent TV shows on a television set without S-video out? Reports are indicating that there’s an adapter for the MBP’s DVI port that converts to S-video. Another do-hickey to carry around.
Do I need a MacBook Pro? Maybe. Do I want a MacBook Pro? Sure.
A Quick iWeb Review
webmonkey has a quick review of Apple’s new web authoring app, iWeb.
Read Apple’s iWeb Promises Blogs for All. Sounds like customization of iWeb’s products is possible. Best if you have a .Mac account to publish your iWeb site but not absolutely necessary.
Watch the Macworld Keynote
Watch Steve Jobs deliver his keynote address at Macworld Expo 2006 where he introduced iLife 06 and Intel-powered Macs.