tech: January 1999 Archives

so i found myself thinking yesterday (always a memorable occasion). If ya look at it, apartment buildings sure look like dorms for old people. You pack a bunch of people into one building... with the shared laundry, mailroom, etc. The differences though are welcome. Private bathrooms. Youve never really had the communal restroom experience until you had to use a stall after a 300 pound drunk korean. And Ive yet to hear latenight panting coming through my walls from the neighbors. Not to mention my kitchen is the size of my college dorm room.

anyways...

i love computers... what they can do. And I enjoy video games all the more. But no one can tell me they dont affect you. Besides the obvious waste of time. Every time I finish playing a game, my mind is spent. I cant concentrate worth shit on anything. Very annoying.

The internet is an amazing thing. I knew about the last set of attacks on Iraq before they anounced it on the radio, by catching a blurb on the CNN homepage. We proceeded to watch live RealVideo footage of the attack. Or when I ordered christmas presents, and the company gives you a tracking number for the package: I was able to find out exactly where the package was at any given minute, and knew when it was waiting for me at home, even though they hadnt put a slip in my mailbox yet. But why cant this wonderful tracking and high-speed updating keep all those presents I ordered from coming in late?

I think I better go eat while this video game wears off.

It can be interesting working here. We're less than a block from the white house. THE white house.

I went for a walk at lunch today. From the road blocks and security, Id say Bill and Hillary were going for a stroll. The Secret Service was as conspicuous as ever (while my spelling remains a disaster). The guy on the corner was preaching Judgement Day, starting with the presidency. Personally, I hope my God has more important things on his mind than who the president is screwing.

I'm scared... downloaded some new microsoft products today - Explorer and Outlook - and they were good. Isnt this one of the signs of the armageddon? I may just have to break my own ban on Microsft products on my personal computer to install Outlook.

Spent some time looking at the new Macintosh G3's... with the new cases (Yosemites). They are suuhhhhweet. Decked out with enough hardware to make John Wayne Bobbit jealous, and a funky case that puts even the iMac to shame.

This week alone,
I think ive gotten 3 or 4 comments from people around the world on the site i did for work. Now if I could just get credit for it... help starting my freelance web design business.

I'm gonna try to
go back to work now... it's a slow day though... I may be back.

(yes, i do love
those triple dots "...")