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There is nothing new under the sun

sky — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:50:00 +0000

I recently came across some materials that were mailed by Apple to me at an early employer. I was particularly intrigued by the cover letter extolling the virtues of Macintosh/MS-DOS Compatibility. The time frame had to be in the early 1990’s. The products they were referencing were SoftPC and the Orange Micro Orange386. The closing sentence “Thank you for taking the time to learn why your next MS-DOS computer should be a Macintosh.” Is this some strange future prediction? How interesting that today with the Mac product line transitioned over to the Intel processors, more and more people are making the Mac platform their Windows computer of choice. Welcome to the 90’s again.

As a side note, I found it particularly funny that when doing some research the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article came up for Orange 386.

The Cows Can Be Trusted

sky — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:01:41 +0000

I recently attended my first two shows at a local downtown theatre called Mad Cow Theatre. I had heard of this theatre from a few years ago when a friend attended one of their summer workshops. The two shows I attend were “Major Barbara” by George Bernard Shaw and “Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue” by Quiara Alegria Hudes. Both productions were well done, the former in the space called Stage Left and the latter in Stage Right. They use a lot of humor and fun references referring to “the herd” and such. I am looking forward to becoming a subscriber for the 2008-2009 season, and as such I signed up for their newsletter today. On the confirmation page the sentence “Mad Cow Theatre will never give away, sell or release your information. The Cows can be trusted.” just made me laugh out loud when I read it.

The Cows can be trusted.

No Parking DRWAV

sky — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:44:19 +0000

This is the sign I saw outside my brother’s parking lot in Washington Heights. I stared at it for a few seconds before realizing what they intended to say. No Parking Driveway. Could this be a misplaced reference to the YouTube user drwav?

Hillbilly Burritos

sky — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:09:46 +0000

The hillbillies are loose again, and this time with a word processor.

$0.99 Breakfast at IKEA

sky — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:16:57 +0000

Who would have thought. Eggs, bacon and potatoes for only $0.99.

Beads, Cakes, and Plastic Babies

sky — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 23:35:53 +0000

Ok, anyone who knows about Mardi Gras probably knows that the three items in the title do actually go together. During Mardi Gras it is tradition to have a party and serve a King Cake. Rouses Supermarket sells their king cakes online and has the following quote about the history of king cakes.

The Mardi Gras season begins on January 6th, or Kings’ Day. This day, also referred to as the Epiphany or Twelfth Night, marks the meeting of the Three Wise Men and the infant Jesus. It has become tradition to celebrate Kings’ Day and the Mardi Gras season by sharing a delicious king cake. King cake is an oval-shaped cake that is made from gourmet cinnamon dough, iced, and decorated with sugars in the Carnival colors of purple (for justice), green (for faith), and gold (for power). A tiny, plastic baby representing the infant Jesus is inserted into the cake. Tradition holds that the person who gets the piece with the baby in it is obligated to bring a king cake to the next party. The Mardi Gras season comes to a close on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday.

So I was driving around today and saw a billboard for Mardi Gras which reminded me of king cakes. I told my friend Jeff about them and explained how they insert a small plastic baby (sometimes explained to represent the baby Jesus). The person who finds the baby has different rewards or responsibilities. I was joking with Jeff that if we had one and he found the baby and choked on it and died, then his epitaph could read “Choked on the baby Jesus.” No blasphemy intended.

Illegal Aliens (not the space ones)

sky — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:07:45 +0000

So I heard about this yesterday on the radio. This site uses Google Maps to place incidents and activities related to illegal aliens in the US on the map. I knew the problem was growing but this makes it more obvious. So check out the
Illegal Alien Activities, Arrests, Crimes, Legislation, and US Border Enforcement tracker!

Have you heard about… the fiber?

sky — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:34:57 +0000

My Brother told me about this commercial for Time Warner Cable where a Verizon FiOS guy shows up to talk about fiber.