Miscellaneous notes from all over

by | Feb 6, 2005 | News & Commentary

• Erin was on a Women’s retreat with Queen of Peace Catholic Church this weekend. Unsurprisingly, she didn’t think it was particularly well-organized, meaning roughly that given about an hour of prep time she could have done a better job. The coast was...

These aren’t the droids you’re looking for

by | Jan 31, 2005 | Apple

Apple introduces new PowerBooks, but they’re G4-based. Apple’s new PowerBooks are nifty, no doubt, but so were the last batch, and it’s hard to argue that these new ones have been worth the wait. With a top of the line speed increase from 1.5-GHz to...

Sitting at the Dock of the Mac

by | Jan 27, 2005 | Apple

• “Walk Away” by Kelly Clarkson is a heckuva a song. Available on iTunes even now. (As are Coldplay’s “Brothers and Sisters” and “One I Love.”) I’ve gone and downloaded that and a host of other songs thanks to a...

Black (but not gold) Sunday

by | Jan 23, 2005 | Sports

Today’s wipeout of an AFC Championship game left me about as disheartened as one can get. The annual refrain of most sports fans (“Wait’ll next year!”) is not much of a consolation prize when the Steelers are likely to lose Plexico Burress,...