Last night, I was in a holding pattern- like everyone else- on what Apple Computer would release.
Now, I know.
While I'm happy that the Mac mini sports a new Intel Core Solo (for the 1.5 GHz model), and Intel core Duo (for the 1.66 GHz model...whew! They're NOT using celeron. A real plus...), and that the video memory has been increased to 64 MB- shared with main memory, I'm still a bit disappointed that I'll still have to buy my own keyboard and mouse, and monitor. I guess when Apple meant bare bones, they really meant bare bones...but since the Mac mini's been out for about a year and a half, apparently those folks in Cupertino know what the hell they're doing.
Okay, I'm done with my gripe.
I'm very happy that Apple has updated the little powerhouse, Mac mini, that it now sports the new Intel Core processor- bioth 1.5 GHz core Solo with the Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), and the 1.66 GHz Core Duo with SuperDrive(TM; DVD-RW/DVD+R DL/CD-RW); the Front Row(TM)software, and remote (increasingly becoming standard equipment for all Macs). It remains affordable at $599 for the 1.5GHz Intel Core solo/ Combo drive model, and $799 for the 1.66 GHz Intel Core Duo/ Super Drive model. Both models should be on store shelves- at the Apple retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers- now.
Also released by Apple is the iPod HiFi, which should be at all Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Resllers now. What this is is basically speakers, which you put your iPod on top, and start blasting the house (hopefully, not to smithereens...at least, not yet anyway...).
Copyright (C) 2006 by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Three Obits...What's Behind the Curtain in Cupertino?
Over the past few days, we have lost three entertainers, all who starred in hit TV series, movies, and stage and radio.
Darren McGavin play many roles- some alongside Frank Sinatra; Rita Hayworth among others. But trhe two that he will be forever remembered for are as a Chicago newspaper reporter who chased vampires in Kolchack: The Night Stalker (from 1972-74 on ABC); and as a bumbling dad in 1983's A Christmas Story. He died Friday night atht the age of 83 of natural causes.
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Dennis Weaver played the lawman in two well-known series. First, along James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillion, he was deputy marshal Chester Goode on the long-running CBS drama Gunsmoke. Then from 1971-77, he was a New Mexico detective living in, and solving crimes in New York City, on McCloud (which was, of course, a part of NBC's Sunday Night Mystery Movie series...I can't get that damn theme out of my head...).
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He also fought off a mysterious murderous truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971).
spamfreefornow/YouTube/NBC Universal
PaulLyndeFanSite/YouTube/NBC/Game Show Network
Weaver died Friday at 81.
But the man many- this author included- will miss ther most is a West Virginia native who had a teaching degree, but instead went to New York and found his true calling.
Throughout the years, Jesse Donald Knotts played the bumbling underdog. Whether he dreamt that he was a fish in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); or a scaredy-cat detective in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, or even as a beleagured (and swinging) landlord on ABC's long-running sitcom Three's Company, Knotts kept people in stitches.
GlennCripes/YouTube/Viacom
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But the role that he will forever be immortalized for is that of- yet, another bumbling yet lovable character- Deputy Barney Fife on CBS' The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68). Fife was not exactly was a deputy you could count on for help- unless, of course, you needed a good laugh. His catchphrase "Nip it in the bud", is in the American lexicon. Sure, he had a cocksure manner that would quickly turn into ineptness. But that's what made audiences enjoy the character for five years (Knotts left the series in 1965 to pursue his successful film career). Younger audiences will remember him for the mysterious TV repairman who transported siblings Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon into 1950s sitcom-land in Pleasantville (1998), and just last year, he played the turkey mayor in Disney's Chicken Little.
Knotts' longtime friend and co-star Andy Griffith was at his side when he died Friday night from complications of lung cancer. Don Knotts was 81.
What's Under Apple's Hood?
Here's the beauty of the icon that is Apple Computer. First, I hear on the radio that about this rumor that it may be buying Disney- after all Pixar (which was recently bought out by Disney) and Apple CEO Steve Jobs is now the largest shareholder of Disney stock (could that mean that that Apple logo could be sporting ears...picture Mickey with part of his face missing...). Now comes word that Apple could be releasing...no, I stand corrected, will be releasing new products this Tuesday. As usual, Jobs and Company is keeping everybody in the dark on what the new releases- if any- are. So, given the fact that I'm about to snag a Macintosh in March, I'm going to take a few guesses at what our friends down on One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California will release. Ready? Here goes:
1. The Mac Mini will, not only sport a new Intel chip (though I damn well hope it's not Celeron! I'd much rather have the Intel Core Solo), but finally a keyboard and mouse AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT!
2. The new iBook has a 13" screen, runs on the Intel Core Solo (again NO CELERON, PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, APPLE AND INTEL...)
3. A new iPod, with 80 GB (or even 100 GB capacity; imbedded TV AND RADIO tuner, battery life of 48 hours (okay, so I may be going a bit far on the 48 hour battery life...but the radio and/or TV tuner in my iPod, that IS a possibility). There's further speculation that the new iPod will be a 'touchscreen' modsel. Sounds good, except for the fact that I'm having a hard enough time trying to keep the screen- let alone the iPod surface itself- from getting scratched up.
We'll know at 9:00AM Tuesday, February 28.
Darren McGavin play many roles- some alongside Frank Sinatra; Rita Hayworth among others. But trhe two that he will be forever remembered for are as a Chicago newspaper reporter who chased vampires in Kolchack: The Night Stalker (from 1972-74 on ABC); and as a bumbling dad in 1983's A Christmas Story. He died Friday night atht the age of 83 of natural causes.
MrInspector/YouTube
Dennis Weaver played the lawman in two well-known series. First, along James Arness' Marshal Matt Dillion, he was deputy marshal Chester Goode on the long-running CBS drama Gunsmoke. Then from 1971-77, he was a New Mexico detective living in, and solving crimes in New York City, on McCloud (which was, of course, a part of NBC's Sunday Night Mystery Movie series...I can't get that damn theme out of my head...).
ultraman66/YouTube/NBC Universal
He also fought off a mysterious murderous truck driver in Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971).
spamfreefornow/YouTube/NBC Universal
PaulLyndeFanSite/YouTube/NBC/Game Show Network
Weaver died Friday at 81.
But the man many- this author included- will miss ther most is a West Virginia native who had a teaching degree, but instead went to New York and found his true calling.
Throughout the years, Jesse Donald Knotts played the bumbling underdog. Whether he dreamt that he was a fish in The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); or a scaredy-cat detective in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, or even as a beleagured (and swinging) landlord on ABC's long-running sitcom Three's Company, Knotts kept people in stitches.
GlennCripes/YouTube/Viacom
hd95/YouTube/Viacom
But the role that he will forever be immortalized for is that of- yet, another bumbling yet lovable character- Deputy Barney Fife on CBS' The Andy Griffith Show (1960-68). Fife was not exactly was a deputy you could count on for help- unless, of course, you needed a good laugh. His catchphrase "Nip it in the bud", is in the American lexicon. Sure, he had a cocksure manner that would quickly turn into ineptness. But that's what made audiences enjoy the character for five years (Knotts left the series in 1965 to pursue his successful film career). Younger audiences will remember him for the mysterious TV repairman who transported siblings Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon into 1950s sitcom-land in Pleasantville (1998), and just last year, he played the turkey mayor in Disney's Chicken Little.
Knotts' longtime friend and co-star Andy Griffith was at his side when he died Friday night from complications of lung cancer. Don Knotts was 81.
What's Under Apple's Hood?
Here's the beauty of the icon that is Apple Computer. First, I hear on the radio that about this rumor that it may be buying Disney- after all Pixar (which was recently bought out by Disney) and Apple CEO Steve Jobs is now the largest shareholder of Disney stock (could that mean that that Apple logo could be sporting ears...picture Mickey with part of his face missing...). Now comes word that Apple could be releasing...no, I stand corrected, will be releasing new products this Tuesday. As usual, Jobs and Company is keeping everybody in the dark on what the new releases- if any- are. So, given the fact that I'm about to snag a Macintosh in March, I'm going to take a few guesses at what our friends down on One Infinite Loop in Cupertino, California will release. Ready? Here goes:
1. The Mac Mini will, not only sport a new Intel chip (though I damn well hope it's not Celeron! I'd much rather have the Intel Core Solo), but finally a keyboard and mouse AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT!
2. The new iBook has a 13" screen, runs on the Intel Core Solo (again NO CELERON, PLEASE, PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE, APPLE AND INTEL...)
3. A new iPod, with 80 GB (or even 100 GB capacity; imbedded TV AND RADIO tuner, battery life of 48 hours (okay, so I may be going a bit far on the 48 hour battery life...but the radio and/or TV tuner in my iPod, that IS a possibility). There's further speculation that the new iPod will be a 'touchscreen' modsel. Sounds good, except for the fact that I'm having a hard enough time trying to keep the screen- let alone the iPod surface itself- from getting scratched up.
We'll know at 9:00AM Tuesday, February 28.
Saturday, February 18, 2006
I've got a BAD Case of Powerball Fever
Tonight's Powerball jackpot has surpassed the $340 Million won by the Chaneys (note the spelling...no relation to the third party on the Hatfield versus McCoy versus Cheney gunfight deal) and Wests of Jacksonville, Oregon last October.
Tonight's prize is a whopping $365 Million.
Do I need to ssya this louder?
$365,000,000! Three hundred sixty five MILLION DOLLARS!
THAT'S...ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR!.
The cash lump sum is $177,300,000.
What could this bring me, your good ol' uncle Darren?
$177,300,000 could bring me:
1. About 10 houses in the West Hills district and in Lake O (Lake Oswego)
2. Just about the budget of 1997's epic film Titanic (talk about a TITANIC film budget).
3. I could make about 5-10 motion pictures. Be my own fucking Darryl Zanuck or David O. Selnick. I could even buy part- but not all- of Paramount, or 20th Century Fox.
4. I can create my own televsion station. Or buy any of these Portland or Seattle TV stations. I can buy at least two radio stations also (besides, I think we could use a few more liberal radio stations in this town. God knows that there's enough conservative and religious voices around here...)
5. I could pay off those debts (well, I'm doing that anyway...).
6. I could get castles in Europe...or at least homes in Paris; London; Berlin; Johannesburg/ Cape Town. And still have plenty to buy a few more properties in Los Angeles and New York...Vancouver, British Columbia...and yes, as I said in #1, here in good ol' Moscow on the Willamette.
7. Give some to dear ol' mum (but only when I'm ready).
The smart thing to do here is just put, oh, $100 Million in the bank, let it gain interest over the years. Turn that $100 Million into $100 BILLION (eat your heart out Oprah! You, too, Bill Gates...).
So, I win this prize, I know that a lot will happen. You know, every woman who have rejected me will say that I'm their baby daddy...everyone becomes my best friend. Yeah, the usual suspects. Kind of like Atlanta rapper Mike Jones song, Back Then.
But at least, I'll be living the high life. And isn't that what this is all about in the first place?
I have my ticket. You have yours?
Tonight's prize is a whopping $365 Million.
Do I need to ssya this louder?
$365,000,000! Three hundred sixty five MILLION DOLLARS!
THAT'S...ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR!.
The cash lump sum is $177,300,000.
What could this bring me, your good ol' uncle Darren?
$177,300,000 could bring me:
1. About 10 houses in the West Hills district and in Lake O (Lake Oswego)
2. Just about the budget of 1997's epic film Titanic (talk about a TITANIC film budget).
3. I could make about 5-10 motion pictures. Be my own fucking Darryl Zanuck or David O. Selnick. I could even buy part- but not all- of Paramount, or 20th Century Fox.
4. I can create my own televsion station. Or buy any of these Portland or Seattle TV stations. I can buy at least two radio stations also (besides, I think we could use a few more liberal radio stations in this town. God knows that there's enough conservative and religious voices around here...)
5. I could pay off those debts (well, I'm doing that anyway...).
6. I could get castles in Europe...or at least homes in Paris; London; Berlin; Johannesburg/ Cape Town. And still have plenty to buy a few more properties in Los Angeles and New York...Vancouver, British Columbia...and yes, as I said in #1, here in good ol' Moscow on the Willamette.
7. Give some to dear ol' mum (but only when I'm ready).
The smart thing to do here is just put, oh, $100 Million in the bank, let it gain interest over the years. Turn that $100 Million into $100 BILLION (eat your heart out Oprah! You, too, Bill Gates...).
So, I win this prize, I know that a lot will happen. You know, every woman who have rejected me will say that I'm their baby daddy...everyone becomes my best friend. Yeah, the usual suspects. Kind of like Atlanta rapper Mike Jones song, Back Then.
But at least, I'll be living the high life. And isn't that what this is all about in the first place?
I have my ticket. You have yours?
It's Just a STUPID ASS CARTOON, PEOPLE!
Last September, a Danish cartoonist drew a picture of the prophet Muhaddmad with a bomb stapped to his turban. Now, every Muslim in almost every Islamic nation has a major case of PMS, not to mention a bounty for that cartoonist's head. Sure, you can make fun of the pussy-in-hiding Osama bin Laden, but don't you DARE mess with Muhaddmad.
How bad can things get?
Note the latest Associated Press report: Cartoon protest leave 15 dead in Nigeria.
Pardon moi, but I don't recall Nigeria being a Muslim nation. If it is, then I'll stand corrected and admit my ignorance.
Still, this stupid bitching about a long dead prophet has grown way past long in the tooth. I mean, people, it's just satire- something Muslims know about when it comes to lampooning the good ol' U.S. of A. These Muslim morons need to just calm their asses down, bow down to Allah, apologize for all of the damage, and just move on.
We Americans sometimes lampoon God, and even draw Jesus Christ shooting up heroin or meth. Do you see us killing each other just because Jesus looks like a speed freak in that picture? No. Sure, we may hear something from Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, but no one pays any attention to those fossils anyway. So, if we can make fun of the Almighty (God putting tips in the stripper's G-string...that'll be the winning cartoon...), then I think that most Muslims would know that the Muhaddmad carrying the bomb bit is nothing more than satire. A joke. Something that- despite a few fanatical, pissed-off asswipes who have no life (so they try to take everyone else's)- shouldn't be taken so seriously. In other words, lighten up.
Besides, I don't think Allah can take the fighting and killing of innocents too much longer.
How bad can things get?
Note the latest Associated Press report: Cartoon protest leave 15 dead in Nigeria.
Pardon moi, but I don't recall Nigeria being a Muslim nation. If it is, then I'll stand corrected and admit my ignorance.
Still, this stupid bitching about a long dead prophet has grown way past long in the tooth. I mean, people, it's just satire- something Muslims know about when it comes to lampooning the good ol' U.S. of A. These Muslim morons need to just calm their asses down, bow down to Allah, apologize for all of the damage, and just move on.
We Americans sometimes lampoon God, and even draw Jesus Christ shooting up heroin or meth. Do you see us killing each other just because Jesus looks like a speed freak in that picture? No. Sure, we may hear something from Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, but no one pays any attention to those fossils anyway. So, if we can make fun of the Almighty (God putting tips in the stripper's G-string...that'll be the winning cartoon...), then I think that most Muslims would know that the Muhaddmad carrying the bomb bit is nothing more than satire. A joke. Something that- despite a few fanatical, pissed-off asswipes who have no life (so they try to take everyone else's)- shouldn't be taken so seriously. In other words, lighten up.
Besides, I don't think Allah can take the fighting and killing of innocents too much longer.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Sex on Northeast Lloyd Boulevard
I met this woman, Romana (real name...I'll identify her only by first name...).
I'll keep this short, because I have other stuff to talk about, but last night we hung out, drank a 40 ounce Olde English HG800 malt liquor. Then we fucked- on the corner of NE Lloyd Boulevard and 13th Avenue.
Now, Romana is this...I'm going to say 40-to-60-something. She says that she's a lesbian, but she didn't hesitate to give up the pussy last night (or was it this morning, you know, Valentine's Day...for all it's worth, I can't say that I wasn't loved on Valentine's Day...). I was kind of nervous- hey, I never really was into this public sex bit. Watching for Portland's finest, etc...so, I came a little quicker than I wanted to. Now, had we went into the woods behind us, then I think we would have lasted longer. And this was the second time I did the public sex bit. You know, where cars and people pass by while we're doing thew nasty...I'm getting used to it, though...I think...). Afterward, Mona- I'll shorten the name a bit- ghot pissed, and afger missing two westbound MAX trains, I had to walk her downtown- then I left her behind- the bitching and moaning got to me. Besides, she was safe.
I don't think I'll be running into her for a while. And when I do, she probably won't remember who I am- or the night we fucked in the middle of Lloyd Boulevard.
"Mac Book Pro Arriving in Stores Now" Okay, onto other business, the Mac Book Pro has just been released, and will be in stores any day now.
Now, my challenge: get together $2000- $2500 to gwet one. And get one pretty damn soon. I have journal writing software that's I'm dying to use.
"Break Out the Fucking Long Johns...and Add Extra Logs, Too" It's going to feel like Alaska come Thursday and Friday night here in the Portland/Vancouver/Salem metro.
Temperatures will dip down to the lower 20s at night come Thurdsay, with wind chills feeling much lower. Of course, in the Cascades and higher elevations, look for below zero wind chills, with a low of 4 degrees (Fahrenheit) in Government Camp Friday night. Snow levels will definitely drop, and we may get a bit of snow here in Portland on Friday.
Stay warm, kids.
Copyright 2006, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.
I'll keep this short, because I have other stuff to talk about, but last night we hung out, drank a 40 ounce Olde English HG800 malt liquor. Then we fucked- on the corner of NE Lloyd Boulevard and 13th Avenue.
Now, Romana is this...I'm going to say 40-to-60-something. She says that she's a lesbian, but she didn't hesitate to give up the pussy last night (or was it this morning, you know, Valentine's Day...for all it's worth, I can't say that I wasn't loved on Valentine's Day...). I was kind of nervous- hey, I never really was into this public sex bit. Watching for Portland's finest, etc...so, I came a little quicker than I wanted to. Now, had we went into the woods behind us, then I think we would have lasted longer. And this was the second time I did the public sex bit. You know, where cars and people pass by while we're doing thew nasty...I'm getting used to it, though...I think...). Afterward, Mona- I'll shorten the name a bit- ghot pissed, and afger missing two westbound MAX trains, I had to walk her downtown- then I left her behind- the bitching and moaning got to me. Besides, she was safe.
I don't think I'll be running into her for a while. And when I do, she probably won't remember who I am- or the night we fucked in the middle of Lloyd Boulevard.
"Mac Book Pro Arriving in Stores Now" Okay, onto other business, the Mac Book Pro has just been released, and will be in stores any day now.
Now, my challenge: get together $2000- $2500 to gwet one. And get one pretty damn soon. I have journal writing software that's I'm dying to use.
"Break Out the Fucking Long Johns...and Add Extra Logs, Too" It's going to feel like Alaska come Thursday and Friday night here in the Portland/Vancouver/Salem metro.
Temperatures will dip down to the lower 20s at night come Thurdsay, with wind chills feeling much lower. Of course, in the Cascades and higher elevations, look for below zero wind chills, with a low of 4 degrees (Fahrenheit) in Government Camp Friday night. Snow levels will definitely drop, and we may get a bit of snow here in Portland on Friday.
Stay warm, kids.
Copyright 2006, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Committee for a Strip Club- Free Tampa
My friends at The Smoking Gun have given me- and the rest of the world- a real gem this week.
It's all about the strippers, and the people who hate them.
The Pasco County Sheriff's office arrested two dozen strippers in several clubs during a lunchtime sting Friday. Several charges included lewdness, sale of alcohol; cocaine peddling; and the ever so reliable prostitution. Clubs raided included Brass Flamingo; Bare Assets; Foxy Lady...and I could go on and on with this list.
My beef with this is that it appears that these law enforcement types have nothing - and I mean absolutely nothing better to do than to waste time, raiding legitimate adult businesses, that are obviously doing absolutely NO HARM to the neighborhood. As I look at some of these documents, it appears to me that these fucking jackals- the said Pasco County Sheriff's Office- were doing nothing more than entrapping these women. Okay, so these strip clubs are open to the public. Okay, so these women did private lap dances. These undercover goons shelled out the bucks. Otherwise, they could have stopped, and left. Nothing said. No harm done. But instead, they decide to attempt to put these businesses out of comnmission. Why? Simple Can you say "Nuisance to the community"?
Can you say BULL-FUCKING-SHIT! ?
Unfortunately, this shit's happening all over the country- police raiding adult clubs and shutting them down. Why? Too close to a school? In some cases, yes, but when the club was opened years ago, the school wasn't there. So what gives? Too close to a church? Again, yes. But again, that church wasn't there years ago when "Jiggles" opened.
We, the freedom, liberty loving people of the United States of America will not stand for this! I said this before, and I'll say it again, this country is turning into the Christianized version of an Islamic/ Muslim nation. Yes, we believe in God. But I don't think shutting down adult businesses just because a few pissed off Bible thumpers don't like them was what the almighty Lord (Jehovah is some circles; Allah in others) had in mind.
Screw the cops (and for that matter, the church, etc.). Give me my Jiggles. And my Foxy Lady in Florida...my Union Jack, Mary's Club; Stars Cabaret; and Roosters- all in strip club-lovin' Portland, Oregon.
Copyright 2006, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.
It's all about the strippers, and the people who hate them.
The Pasco County Sheriff's office arrested two dozen strippers in several clubs during a lunchtime sting Friday. Several charges included lewdness, sale of alcohol; cocaine peddling; and the ever so reliable prostitution. Clubs raided included Brass Flamingo; Bare Assets; Foxy Lady...and I could go on and on with this list.
My beef with this is that it appears that these law enforcement types have nothing - and I mean absolutely nothing better to do than to waste time, raiding legitimate adult businesses, that are obviously doing absolutely NO HARM to the neighborhood. As I look at some of these documents, it appears to me that these fucking jackals- the said Pasco County Sheriff's Office- were doing nothing more than entrapping these women. Okay, so these strip clubs are open to the public. Okay, so these women did private lap dances. These undercover goons shelled out the bucks. Otherwise, they could have stopped, and left. Nothing said. No harm done. But instead, they decide to attempt to put these businesses out of comnmission. Why? Simple Can you say "Nuisance to the community"?
Can you say BULL-FUCKING-SHIT! ?
Unfortunately, this shit's happening all over the country- police raiding adult clubs and shutting them down. Why? Too close to a school? In some cases, yes, but when the club was opened years ago, the school wasn't there. So what gives? Too close to a church? Again, yes. But again, that church wasn't there years ago when "Jiggles" opened.
We, the freedom, liberty loving people of the United States of America will not stand for this! I said this before, and I'll say it again, this country is turning into the Christianized version of an Islamic/ Muslim nation. Yes, we believe in God. But I don't think shutting down adult businesses just because a few pissed off Bible thumpers don't like them was what the almighty Lord (Jehovah is some circles; Allah in others) had in mind.
Screw the cops (and for that matter, the church, etc.). Give me my Jiggles. And my Foxy Lady in Florida...my Union Jack, Mary's Club; Stars Cabaret; and Roosters- all in strip club-lovin' Portland, Oregon.
Copyright 2006, by Darren W. Alexander. All Rights Reserved.
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