Apple Style August 23, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Weird , 4commentsWhen a Windows PC dies what do you see? The Blue Screen of Death. Ugly. Boring. Utilitarian. Blue.
What do you see when a Mac dies? The Multi-colored Vertical Stripped Screen of Death. Fun. Vibrant. Useless. Pretty.
I think the (very helpful) guy from Apple’s tech support summed it up pretty well: it’s a screen so pretty that you want to see it everyday. Uh-huh. Sure I do.
Comeuppance August 18, 2006
Posted by Owen in : Life , 1 comment so farSo here I was today eating a tuna-fish sandwich on the steps near the Ferry Building. I was sitting at a funny angle trying to simultaneously read the newspaper, eat my sandwich, keep the wrapper from blowing away and waving my arms to prevent the pigeons from stealing a bite of my sandwich. I went for a bite and, of course, the entire contents of the sandwich fall on my lap. No problem at least no one but the pigeons saw me. Well I look up and what do I see? A Channel 7 cameraman filming me. All I can say is that I sure hope that this footage doesn’t make it onto the news tonight.