6/12/07

I am disappointed by WWDC07. I was hoping for new hardware. People who say it is just a developer's conference, there shouldn't be hardware, are right. But i have a right to be hopeful because there was a new Mac Pro introduced at last year's WWDC06. I tried safari for windows, and it looked nice, it froze up on me though. I am not a fan of apple's decision to put safari on PC. Maybe it is faster. Then just give us those facts and let the PC users feel bad. Oops, I meant to say make them feel like switching. (he he, no i didn't) I don't use safari anyway, and I don't intend on switching anytime soon. Although I have used it in the last 3 months. I haven't touched IE in like 3 years. And that was because I came across something that could not run in firefox, but now with the IE tab add on I can do everything in firefox, so I leave it alone. I have to say IE is the one of the things I hate the most about Microsoft. But everything Microsoft has built a pretty good reputation for sucking really bad. I have a PC in my room. It is a Gateway laptop running XP, it has a 1.3GHZ processor. I installed Ubunto and was up until 5 in the morning installing it the other day, and when you boot into it, the computer shuts off. I saw the video of WWDC07 and I saw Leopard. A quick thank you/shoutout to Apple Inc.

Apple, I want to thank you.
I want to thank you for making your software seamless.
I want to thank you for making your machines beautiful.
I want to thank you for Aqua.
I want to thank you for leopard which appears to more beautiful than all versions before it.
I want to thank you for being so reliable and a 6 year old mac that runs bug free to this day, and a 17 year old Performa that is now retired but ran just as well.
I want to thank you for giving me an alternative to crappy Microsoft products.
Thank you Apple.

I could continue with a list of things I wish Apple could improve on, but I dont have the time. I spent 2 hours trying to get a Linksys WRE54G to work, and it turns out, just like everything else I have ever ordered from Linksys, the install CD is a piece of shit and should be recycled. The directions do not tell you how to set it up at all. They just assume you have a linksys unsecured router. And that it is right next to were you will be putting this, (not sure why it would be, it is a range extender, it should be far away. So i gave it a poor review on cnet, and that is actually were I got tips and hints to hacking this thing to work. Ahh well, it works really well so far. I have a 90% signal right now, and I am 2 stories and a few walls away from the router. I wonder if the microwave is still going to kill my signal. gtg, I am back in school, and have homework again. ttyl.


-Ryan

5/13/07

Alright, I will make a post because apparently this one kid is complaining tat I don't update enough. I didn't think anyone read this, but oh well. First of all, I would like to make the fact that anything I say in this blog is off the record. And I would appreciate it if what is said on the blog, stays on the internet at least. If you have anything to comment on, just leave a comment on the post. Lets see, what is important in my life, I want a new laptop, I want an HDTV, a Blu-Ray player, and HD comcast. I also want really fast internet. I have the fastest available in my area, but that is not good enough. I am looking forward to summer, even though I will only have like a week off before I then have to start going o summer school. But that is probably enough tie for me to gather my thoughts and compose myself. I bought a straightener yesterday, I straightened a strand of hair and thought it looked kindof funny. I am considering straightening my entire head. But I do not know if that would look good so I am hesitant. I broke into my grandmother;s house yesterday to take measurements of her stairs because we are going to install a people lifter thing because my grandpa can not walk up the stairs. It was kindof exciting, the breaking in part. Sneaky Sneaky. A funny kid whos name will not be mentioned because I dont feel like typing it and dont want to risk misspelling it, made a blog a few days ago, (because he wants to be just like me. I'm flattered) and I have subscribed to it on google reader. But sometimes I get bored reading it, and I have engadget to read too, and they have pictures and cool technologies, and I am a little more fascinated by that. I always have over 100 news articles to get through every day plus e-mail. So I am a busy bee. I fell asleep watching youtube and making an avatar of myself last night on the MacBook, and I woke up to see that I had used the 4 hour battery up completely. Which was kindof depressing. I like that laptop because it's batter never seems to run out. I got an Apple e-card with a MacBook on it from derek, (wish you had given me a MacBook Pro) and thought, awwwww, how sweet, and then I thought, wait a second, i never gave him my e-mail address. But then i realized i gave it out in this blog. So I am not too creeped out. My laptop has a 14" screen, i feel deprived, the HP i want has a 15 inch screen. Meh, the MacBook has a 13" screen, so why am I complaining. The macbook pro I want has a 15 inch screen. The macbook pro that I would love to have for around the house has a 17" screen. I remember when I got the gateway for the 1st time, and I had had a Toshiba satellite with like a 12" screen for like 2 years, and I thought that 14" was freaking huge. But it is considered pretty average today. Although 15.4" is the standard, 14 is designed for travelers. I do not travel with my laptop though. I seem to see the BSOD alot more when I am moving around with it. The mac has no problems with moving. The mac has a sensor to tell if it is falling so that it can lock up the hard drive if it might fall, and you can use it to your advantage, there is an add that you can install and than you rock the laptop back and forth, and you see a picture of an identical laptop on the screen mimicking your actions. It is pretty cool. How is this useful you ask, well, you can use the motion sensor to switch between desktops as well, by smacking it. Like a SmackBook, not a MacBook. Here is a link to a video showing how it is done. Click Here For Video.
Well, that is all i got for now, have a nice resto of your weekend all. Oh wait, before I go, is anyone else jumping up and down screaming inside at the thought of a sixth generation ipod with a touch screen and a wide screen. Well I am. And. I am going to die when one comes out. I hope it doesn't cost too much, because I absolutely have to have one the second they come out.

4/30/07

Ok, so it has been a long time, Mackenzie "broke up" with me because she was under the influence that we were going out (not sure how you mistake that being as we have NEVER gone out) and thought that I was hurt that she was leaving me. How strange, scary, funny and everything else. Speaking of strange, scary, and funny, I have been listening to more ICP, I have always loved Tech N9ne and his style of music, but I never really put 2 and 2 together, they both are extremely similar, so I did some research, some listening, and I enjoy them very much. Just gotta make sure they do not influence me (that will be pretty easy, they are insane). I have seen the blue screen of death many times in the last few hours, but I have only really used this laptop a few times this week, my mother has let me take her MacBook and I have been using that lately. Cnet has been boring, (nothing new or overly interesting) and Google Reader has been just as boring. I was listening to BOL today, and I heard that it is not exactly unheard of to loose your google homepage, or g-mail account (my primary e-mail) so I got all scared, ( I get scared when something I rely on just might go away). I have been wanting to get Thunderbird, I have never really used an e-mail client, but I really wanted to play with it, 2.0 just came out and was supposed to have all these cool features, so I downloaded, it knew the special settings for gmail for me, all I needed was login and password, and 712 messages were downloaded to my inbox. I had to enable pop on gmail first though. I made all new folders, and sat down and used the search feature to make sorting the messages into folders a 20 minute job. I am very happy. I just wish I knew how to then transfer to another computer with thunderbird when I get my new dell. Yes, I have decided that paying half and being a little more complicated and uglier is worth it. I will buy the dell over the macbook. It has a bigger screen too, and that alone is a big seller or me. I just do not get why Apple ONLY sells 13" macbooks, they used to have options, 12" or 14" they should have 13" or 15". And It would make my decision to switch to dell even more difficult. But they don't, so I am like meh. But yea, I want to transfer all when I get my dell, and I would like help. If anyone reading this has any clue, please let me know. I would absolutely love to know. I wouldn't normally do this, but since I have a great email client now, I can handle lots of messages, my e-mail is ryanbrooks33@gmail.com or you could comment this post.

You are all great, (not that many if anybody reads this)

-Ryan