So, I'm here at the MacWorld Expo with Mom and my brother and a friend. Mom and brother's first time! I feel like an old hand. Last night, we watched the Steve Jobs keynote on Mom's Macbook, and it was a lot of fun. I didn't expect to be sucked into the new stuff, but now I see possibilities, as a true gearhead. The file was quick and seamless, and began playing flawlessly (with a couple pauses in between even) within seconds. So much nicer than two years ago when the Quicktime download took more than a half hour on our DSL.
Ogling all the stuff and trying hard to not pick up a lot of promo materials. I still have stuff from ten years ago...in a bag...still sitting in my room. Bleah. Don't laugh. I sometimes have a hard time throwing stuff away. I still have an old Soviet style Power Computing poster! Those were the days, when being a mac head was like being in an embattled camp. Ah, sweet revenge!!
So, it's only been an hour or so here, and already I'm a whoring my body with PR from a couple companyies: Storyist ("I stand with the writers", which I actually do as a good union worker and believer in such things), and DriveSavers, which I've never had the money to use, since none of my weeny little data was ever worth trying to save with outlays of money. :( Just shows what you can really stand to lose. But, a very good service, from my brief contact with the company years ago.
All kinds of doo-dads, which I always love. Beautiful weather outside, too! Not that we will be seeing much of it. Har. Good temp inside, feet doing ok so far. We have just enough gack between the four of us to be thoroughly entertained by the possibilities and accessories. Now I'm thinkin' I may "need" a new iPod so I can accessorize with the new stuff that's out there, because my poor little third gen, black and white, 20G iPod doesn't have a lot of "followers" with accoutrements. :( Yes, this "need" thing.
The AppleTV has my newest attention after the keynote last night. I need a life. Badly. But the couch is still one of my favorite friends. Too bad the couch doesn't have a dispenser (yet) for the medications I'm gonna have to start taking because of all the sitting about on my bum, listening to my arteries harden along with whatever is playing on the Pod.
Good times! Get out there and enjoy the show! I am!
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