Friends,
It’s time for another omnibus urp-blog. Excited yet? Who isn’t?
- Idyllwild, CA – The wind storms last weekend were harrowing. The numbers came out in the paper saying that wind speeds were somewhere in the 35 MPH range. I really wouldn’t be surprised if they topped 50. The power went out on Sunday for a few hours, and I have to say that night is much darker here when the power is out than down in the light-polluted lower elevations. I dragged out the lantern and cars driving by actually slowed down to marvel at the mystery of that sole light source. Phenomenal.
- Apple iPhone – I raised the point with the editors of The Unofficial Apple Weblog, but they seemed to dodge a bit. My thought is that the iPhone is awfully sexy and a design triumph for Mr. Ive, granted. Why, however, can’t I have just the iPod part without the phone? A touch/widescreen video iPod with a camera, mail, web browser, and Wi-Fi? I can certainly do without Cingular (and their $60 a month data plan, yikes.) so the only thing holding them back must be the competition with the base Macbook. Or competition with the phone itself. Maybe Q4. I hope my 4th generation iPod holds out that long.
- President’s Troop Buildup – Sounds like Mr. Bush Goes To Cambodia to me. Y’all remember LBJ, right? He said nearly the exact same things, didn’t he?
- The PR Stunt – I’ve been schooled on the nature of Mr. Kowalczyk’s comment. Apparently, he’s a really nice guy who is a longtime friend of Jimmy Two-Beers and thought that we’d like to know about the publication of the poem. I guess some of the comments I made were inflammatory. Who knew! All I saw was a press release, kinda. I must be very bitter and angry about something. At least that was the gist of the charge. Not angry.
Lots more tomorrow. It’ll be lovely.
Your pal,
bob