And we’re back. Let’s play catch-up.
Bee why oh, dee kay em
When designing the original Macintosh, the crew had a price point to meet. It started at $500, but then ramped up as the components needed proved pricier and development lengthened. For more than 20 years, Apple has been more or less synonymous with expensive computers. Until now.
Apple introduced an amazing machine called Mac mini - named after the initial guess we’re still kicking ourselves for never publically airing - that would forever change the putty knife’s world market. You all know this, of course, and in case you don’t, we envy your eremiting skills, sound-proof wardrobe or all of the above. You know how it comes with an amount of memory that doesn’t entirely unsuck. You know how it would suck a little less if it had just been a little bigger and made room for ordinary stuff. You also know how it’s being adapted to fit everywhere.
I doubt you know why it hasn’t been done sooner.
The short story is that they now have a stable, expansible OS with momentum, and a solid base - not just new-iMac-generation-aren’t-they-cute-grade, but a somewhat continuous flow - of attention and brand recognition in the public eye - thank you, iPod. I’ll leave an opening for more competent writers to write up the long story.
Do not eat waffle / waffle shuffle
Life sure is random. One day I’m thinking that I rarely invoke Shuffle mode in iTunes and that the iPod shuffle therefore is not for me because I like to control my playback in order anyway, the next day I find myself thinking that because I often bring my iPod with me but not my PowerBook, there’s gotta be some kind of value in bringing my potential iPod shuffle with me but not my iPod - for use as a quite nifty, if discriminate, USB HD key.
Regarding the excessive length of the donation drive moratorium
I kept postponing restoring this page, because I either couldn’t be arsed to write something up or I had an excellent idea for something to write, following a sweeping redesign of the site. The redesign is still on, but I’ve decided to just write something, goddamn it, and maybe finally get some mental rest to be able to work on the redesign in the first place.
A message to my fellow correspondents
Get your ass out of the goddamned wagon and write, for fucks sake.