Sunday, September 28, 2008
Inconsolable
I think I am still in denial. It's hard to accept that I actually watched it happen, powerless to do anything to prevent the embarrassment. Which means I was pretty much in the same boat as the 22 guys on the field. The repercussions of this game will be felt for a long time. ESPN already hated us as it was, but now? Last year's post-game headline was "Richtenstein Invades Sabanation." This year Athens got overrun by a fucking blitzkrieg that no one was prepared for. Will I ever in my life be rewarded by a sports team that doesn't routinely disappoint me at a crucial moment?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Apple owns me
Steve Jobs is laughing at me right now I'm sure. I bought a nano 5 months ago, although I've always had my reservations about the pod devices and the company at large. When I mentioned to the sales-groupie (who looked like an effeminate Nate Torrence (the Geico/Capital One guy) who himself looks like a bulky Nick Swardson, who is himself effeminate -- weird how that works) that I didn't like Apple products he got all offended and went into a Jobs disciple diatribe that they probably make you memorize on your first day. Knowing that the pods go obsolete with the announcement of new models pretty quickly I asked him if there was anything brewing on the horizon. He gave me a smarmy reply, I gave him $200, and I walked out of the store with this huge ubiquitous bag balled up in my fist to hide my shame.
I've been mostly happy with the nano other than the fact that it's been an absolute piece of crap. The thing schitzed out on me the first day I had it and continues to do so on a semi-regular basis. It won't play any media, freezes until the battery runs out, and then requires you to reset the software. Half of the time it won't sync up to the damn Itunes correctly. But I've mostly enjoyed having a pocket of songs and NPR podcasts (!) so I deal.
It did it again today so I went by the store to see about switching it out to another one that maybe isn't so retarded. However, now I see that there are new nanos that still cost $200 but now feature twice as much memory. This troubles me since I originally wanted about 15-20 GB but hated to do something incredibly bozo like buy some wicked expensive ITouch or huge IPod storage device for too much cost or too much space I would never use. Not to mention that I like the look of my current nano, and they've now gone back to the original tall skinny ugly thing. So I know I'm most likely going to end up either trading in my current one or give it to my sister and spending another $200 to line an egomaniac's pocket for a product that I'm not sure I even like and will most likely be replaced this time next year when they go back to the short model I prefer but with 25 GBs. Other than Pixar, I've despised Apple for so long because I had figured out their racket, and now in the space of about 6 months I've not only broken down and bought one of their portable music devices, but now I'm actually considering buying another. I feel like Damocles.
I've been mostly happy with the nano other than the fact that it's been an absolute piece of crap. The thing schitzed out on me the first day I had it and continues to do so on a semi-regular basis. It won't play any media, freezes until the battery runs out, and then requires you to reset the software. Half of the time it won't sync up to the damn Itunes correctly. But I've mostly enjoyed having a pocket of songs and NPR podcasts (!) so I deal.
It did it again today so I went by the store to see about switching it out to another one that maybe isn't so retarded. However, now I see that there are new nanos that still cost $200 but now feature twice as much memory. This troubles me since I originally wanted about 15-20 GB but hated to do something incredibly bozo like buy some wicked expensive ITouch or huge IPod storage device for too much cost or too much space I would never use. Not to mention that I like the look of my current nano, and they've now gone back to the original tall skinny ugly thing. So I know I'm most likely going to end up either trading in my current one or give it to my sister and spending another $200 to line an egomaniac's pocket for a product that I'm not sure I even like and will most likely be replaced this time next year when they go back to the short model I prefer but with 25 GBs. Other than Pixar, I've despised Apple for so long because I had figured out their racket, and now in the space of about 6 months I've not only broken down and bought one of their portable music devices, but now I'm actually considering buying another. I feel like Damocles.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Big Bang or bust
Well, I guess in about an hour some nutjobs in Switzerland are going to attempt to recreate the Big Bang. Hey, wait a minute, doesn't that sound like a dumb idea? I certainly think so. I'm not a physicist, so I don't know if this huge particle collider machine can create black holes or melt reality or what, but I sure don't see the logic in attempting to re-enact something that only -- wait for it -- CREATED THE UNIVERSE. And for what purpose? So some snobby MIT scientists can prove their theories correct and stroke their egos?
Supposedly it's safe and I'm just some medieval Luddite afraid to come out of his cave into the light, but when I read one of the chief physicists working on the project say --
"You're talking about such incredible power inside both the accelerator and detectors that you never really know until you turn it all on what's going to happen."
-- I tend to worry just a tad. And if the LHC can possibly uncover new discoveries that contradict current theories, couldn't one of those discoveries be that it actually CAN destroy the known universe? But I guess these are the same guys who weren't sure if the atomic bomb would incinerate the atmosphere and still ended up pushing the button just to see "what would happen." I mean, sometimes I find myself wishing the world would end, but I didn't think anyone would actually attempt it. If science is so positive there is no god, then why the need for Man to be Him?
Supposedly it's safe and I'm just some medieval Luddite afraid to come out of his cave into the light, but when I read one of the chief physicists working on the project say --
"You're talking about such incredible power inside both the accelerator and detectors that you never really know until you turn it all on what's going to happen."
-- I tend to worry just a tad. And if the LHC can possibly uncover new discoveries that contradict current theories, couldn't one of those discoveries be that it actually CAN destroy the known universe? But I guess these are the same guys who weren't sure if the atomic bomb would incinerate the atmosphere and still ended up pushing the button just to see "what would happen." I mean, sometimes I find myself wishing the world would end, but I didn't think anyone would actually attempt it. If science is so positive there is no god, then why the need for Man to be Him?
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