“Your first paycheck, and every one after that, is what you save part of in order to prepare for life after your last paycheck.”
– Anonymous
An Apple Quote From A Long Time Ago
I was searching for an Apple-related video I did a long time ago, and came across this quote of mine that Gizmodo published over a decade ago:
“The most impressive thing to me about the iPod shuffle is the price point – $149 for 1 GB of flash storage is a lot of bang for the buck. The usual impressive Apple styling is there, but I’m dubious on the lack of a screen – what if you actually want to listen to a certain song? The Apple hype machine spit out some pretty text about how cool it is to be “random”, but I wonder how well that will work in real life…
Based on what I’ve seen so far, the Apple Mini is quite impressive. I’m blown away by how small it is – I was expecting some sort of Blade-sever-esque size, but the Apple Mini makes my Shuttle XPCs look like a full tower. The specs for it are absolutely pathetic (167 mhz bus speed? I can type faster than that), but people aren’t going to buy one because it will their fast, main computer. They’ll buy one as a second or even third computer, something to compliment what they already have, or to fit into a tight space. Hell, I’ve never owned a Mac (and frequently smack Apple around) and even I’m considering picking one of these up. The Apple OS has always intrigued me, but the price point always put the idea of getting one on the “When I get $2000 that I have nothing better to do with” shelf.”
– Jason Dunn, Executive Editor & Publisher, Digital Media Thoughts
It’s amusing to me that a decade ago I had the same conflicted feelings about Apple hardware, and now, ten years later, I’m finally taking action on my idle threat of picking one up. What can I say, it takes me a while to make a decision like this!
Also amusing to me is that a decade ago, I was being quoted between the likes of the Senior Editor of Playboy and the Editor in Chief of Laptop Magazine. Now I’m an anonymous cog in the AT&T machine. 🙂
Photo courtesy of The Shrine of Apple.
Looking at this #Sweetwater music catalog made me smile ear to ear. I remember when I could legitimately call myself a #bassplayer. Ah, those were the days…
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So…I Bought an iMac [Part 1]
I bought an iMac. I can’t believe I just typed that.
For anyone that’s known me for any length of time, that statement will be shocking. I’m still in disbelief in myself. And this isn’t a “I’m going to dabble in OS X”, this is a “I spent $2800 on a 27″ 5K iMac with the 4Ghz Core i7 CPU, a 512 GB SSD, and 32 GB of after-market RAM and will dive in head-first to learning to use a Mac as well as I can use Windows”.
For some, who have watched my severe dislike – some might even say at times hate – of all things Apple slowly melt away over the past six years, this may have seemed inevitable. I’ve certainly had some interesting conversations on Facebook over the past few months as I’ve slowly come around to the idea of really going all in on OS X. But how did I get here? How did one of the most ardent anti-Apple and pro-Windows/Microsoft guys there was get to the point of making the leap? As they say, all journeys begin with a single step (or maybe it’s more akin to falling off a cliff). Continue reading So…I Bought an iMac [Part 1]
The next #Lego set I want to see is a Lego store recreation, full of minifig kids asking for the big sets, and minifigs of the stunned parents looking at the price tags and asking themselves how plastic bricks can possibly cost that much. #meta
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What I’ll be staring at for the next four hours. #HandsandFeet #SMOC @nlchurch
It’s curious to see a Blu-ray movie come in a red box. I guess they assume we’ve forgotten all about #HD-DVD by now…
Amazon Fire HD 7: Great for Content, But Keep Your Expectations in Check
When my daughter fractured her leg earlier this year and was put in a large cast, both my wife and I thought we’d have 6-8 weeks of us carrying her around, plunking her down someplace, and her staying there wanting to be entertained. She wasn’t yet two years old (so not old enough for daily screen time) but we decided to make an exception on a short-term basis and buy her a Fire HD 7, complete with a purple giraffe skin case. Here are my thoughts on this device after having it in our family for a few months. Continue reading Amazon Fire HD 7: Great for Content, But Keep Your Expectations in Check
Simplifying My Camera Life
It feels surprisingly liberating to go down to only three cameras: #NikonD750 (my multi-lens heavy hitter) #SonyRX100MarkIV (my 4K speed demon), and a #Panasonic #DMC-TS3 (waterproof vacation camera). The latter is a bit dated now, so I’ll be replacing it in early 2016 before our next Mexico vacation.
How hot does @alaskaair keep their plane on a #Dallas to #Seattle flight while in the air? This hot: 81.2F (27.3C). I didn’t sign up for a sweat lodge vision quest!
A visual aid to my previous post on the the very hot Alaska Airlines flight I was on earlier this month. I wanted to show Alaska Airlines the photo proof. 🙂