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New TV!

Kathy — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:50:37 +0000

After many years of saving and deliberation, I’ve finally bought myself a TV. My old TV was inherited from Mom and Dad — they gave it to me way back when they were moving to CA. I inherited the ViewSonic 20″ and I was on top of the world.

Of course, as time went on, I saw many other TVs much nicer than mine. The first that comes to mind was the one Keen bought my 4th year when we were roommates. He wouldn’t tell me back then how much it cost … then again, he actually had internships. So I decided when I finally started working I’d make the splurge for a nice shiny flat TV. It’s been 3 years but I finally did it! Hopefully it’ll be great. But it was very very E (expensive).

Shiny

Kathy — Thu, 25 May 2006 21:41:35 +0000

The Apple Store on 5th Avenue had it’s Grand Opening two days ago. Of course, there are many other Apple Stores across the nation but this one is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and is really shiny. I just thought I’d put up some pictures of it (more info can be found on Apple’s website). I’ll have to remember to visit, next time I’m in New York City. Supposedly the plaza it is in has free Wi-Fi!

It Begins

Kathy — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:09:28 +0000

I was telling Spiff the other day I wish I still had my old Macintosh Performa, 6115CD. Why? He asked. “Geek cred” I said. The release of the new MacBook (not Pro) officially replaced the old iBooks. The market is clearly the young, hip students…the same market the iPod aims for. In one sentence, Apple says it all:

Introducing the superfast, blogging, podcasting, do-everything-out-of-the-box MacBook.

Who loves blogging and podcasting? Yes, geeks do but tweens and teens — they love it. Case and point: MySpace. The computer is shiny, small, glossy, and “cheap” (starting at $1099 — but really, you need ~$3000 for a good Apple laptop). Anyway, it has always been a little bit sad for me that the Apple community is no longer just eccentrics and loyalists, and is now populated but by preppies and stragglers that have finally decided to see the light.

Although part of me is happy Apple hasn’t gone out of business, part of of me is sad. It’s the end of an era.