Congratulations America!
Congratulations to Barak Obama on being elected in a fantastic outcome! Congratulations to Vice President-Elect Joe Biden!
Congratulations to the United States of America for welcoming change. And welcoming it in insanely larger numbers!
Just 2 posts below, I welcomed Iris 1.0 and 2.0 to the family. Well, it looks like I have to chalk her up as a my bounce-back after my caring relationship with Natalie. I have found my new techno-soul-mate!
As so, it is with giddy pleasure that I introduce Ariel to the world! She has been unboxed and photographed. She even has a profile page here on the site now.
Being the avid matte supporter that I am, it might come as a surprise to many that I would pickup a glass MacBook Pro. But the display is gorgeous. And bright. The lowest brightness setting is almost as bright, if not brighter, than Natalie’s display was. Incredible!
Ariel is quickly being brought up to speed with all of the software that one has to go through installing on a new machine. Windows Vista, Office 2007, Fusion, CS3, iWork, Xcode, Aperture, ARD, SubEthaEdit, CrossOver… the list just keeps on going. Luckily the virtual machines don’t need to be reinstalled – though I did just cobble together a Desktop and Server vm of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid.
I also never thought I would say this, but I love the keyboard. While I do miss some aspects of the aluminum keyboards from Natalie and Iris, but the feel is just spectacular. I agree with Bailey, that is is very similar to how the Titanium PowerBooks felt.
I’m eager to see what Ariel can really do in the coming months. Being a dual-core, dual GPU machine, I am now anxiously awaiting to see what Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will be able to do when Grand Central and OpenCL become a platform reality. Even still, as it is, Ariel flies. There is more power in this portable than I could have ever imaged asking for.
I feel dirtier than I did a few weeks ago.
Britney’s first single from the latest album, “Womanizer“, kind of caught me off guard. Sure, it’s poppy, but it is in the Pop genre. This canned, electronic, dance stuff is what the genre is all about! And it fits well with me for mindless, upbeat, background fill that is the morning drive when I forget my iPod or iPhone – thank you HOT 99.5!
But now the video is out. Holy crap! It’s been since the “Toxic” days that she’s looked this good – 5 years ago! Speaking of “Toxic”, this video is from the same guy, Joseph Khan, who also did the video for “Stronger“.
I echo Sir Tyler Durden’s thoughts. Check the link for the video as well.
This very well might be a successful comeback for Britney if the rest of the album isn’t all filler tracks. Only time on the radio or interwebs will tell (no more Britney albums for me, not since the 2nd album).
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