I love it

come on, how can you beat this?

Job needed...

Anyone have a job for me? Man, I need one. Is it too much to ask to play with Macs all day, and read rss? I wanna work for Google.

Apple Store Opening-07.21.07

Well, I was fortunate enough to be at the grand opening of the new Apple Store in Ann Arbor; being only 40 minutes away from my lame location of Toledo, this is basically my first Apple Store. It was awesome, the employees were great, and oh crap, holy crow, I TOUCHED AN IPHONE. I touched it WITH MY HANDS. I pinched, I flicked, and I had no idea that I could have wanted one more than I did already, but so help me, I do. I know that it would be wise to wait for v2 (at least), and there’s no way that I can really afford one now anyway, and I’m sure that there are dozens of other reasons that should make me feel better about not having one, but I don’t care about any of that, I just want one. Crap.

Some of what I'm reading...
The Unofficial Apple Weblog(as always)
43 Folders(naturally)
Instructables(very interesting...)

Later.

iPhone!

Visit www.applephoneshow.com, the best iPhone website EVER, run by none other than MBW hero Scott Bourne, where I'll hopefully win an iPhone! C'mon, Scott, please???

tv's vs. monitors-wtf?

I went to the electronics store the other day to look at a TV, and I must reluctantly admit to being confused. I like to believe that I’m fairly tech savvy, but this is truly puzzling, and it’s something that I’m not come across, anywhere. Why are widescreen TV’s (as well as films, for that matter) made with a width-to-height ratio of 16x9, yet “widescreen” computer monitors have a ratio of 16x10? They’re even touted as "16x10 widescreen" displays. The resolution on the pc monitors even matches a 16x10 ratio, so if you watch a 16x9 movie on your computer, there are thin black bars on the top & bottom. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have much of a problem with black bars, as I have been dealing with them for years in order to watch movies in widescreen on standard TV’s, but this seems a little silly. If the industry is moving towards embracing the idea of widescreen, as it seems to be, then why not embrace one ratio? Is it somehow cheaper to produce the higher resolution, smaller monitors in the 16x10? I don’t see how this is possible, but what do I know. All I know is it makes no sense to me. I saw a 22” widescreen “TV” in an electronics store circular, and it was clearly a PC monitor with an atsc tuner strapped to the back. It was even advertised as a "16x10, 1680x1050"(clearly monitor stats) res. “TV.” Sorry, but that’s not a TV. Any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated.