Frost everywhere! Finally.
The only bad thing is the lack of heat in the attic. I’m wearing my vest and jacket and I find that it’s quite comfortable.
I guess that’s another reason to leave here.
Frost everywhere! Finally.
The only bad thing is the lack of heat in the attic. I’m wearing my vest and jacket and I find that it’s quite comfortable.
I guess that’s another reason to leave here.
So far, the Wii is amazing. I’m only going to touch on one element of the functionality which is WiiConnect 24.
In short, the Wii is always connected to the internet, even when it’s off. In standby mode, it has the capability to go out into the electric aether and retrieve things for you.
When it does have something for you, the disc slot will pulse with a dim blue glow.
It’s like a mail flag and I’m a little disappointed when I go home and it’s not on.
When it is on, I’ve got a message from my brother, or any one of a number of my friends that have Wiis.
The blue glow is a very simple design decision that means a lot for the user experience.
Now if only my 360 would do the same thing.
I downgraded my PowerBook G4 to 10.3 (Panther) and found something on my laptop that I thought had been lost to me forever.
Performance.
Tiger is just too much OS for my three year old laptop. Panther, on the other hand, is going great. Apps open zippily and there’s no exposé lag. I haven’t tried any video encoding or editing but I’m going to give it a shot soon and see what that feels like.
With Leopard looming on the horizon, I’m left wondering how long I can ride the Panther train.
My guess is, “not very long.”
On the other hand, Core 2 Duo MacMinis should be on the horizon very soon. . .
And here we are:
Thinner R. Nutmeat
I think that’s a fantastic name. I think I’ve found a new use for spam. I’ll just keep the good names around so that I can use them in fiction later.
I think Mr. Nutmeat happens to be a very large man. The “R.” is short for Rotunda.
He’s a desk clerk of indeterminate department of an unnamed conglomeration of companies, and spends his days at an antique desk, languishing away collecting a paycheck as his superiors have long forgotten why he was put there in the first place.
But this is a pretty convincing reason to go for a good television and HD-DVD. Basically, it’s the comparison of HD-DVD source images to DVD source images, using Fellowship of the Ring as the comparison material.
I still don’t think it’s worth it, but if you’re curious about the difference between the two, this is a good way of making those numbers into something palpable you can mouseover.