A lot of people point the finger Technology blaming it for making us introverted. They say it creates pasty, white, antisocial individuals who barely have the social aptitiude to order a burger at their favourite restaurant.
When I was a PC user, I would see guys and gals with their Dell's and IBM Stink Pads sitting in Coffee Shops surfing and playing games etc and I never really gave it much thought. More or less I didn't really care. I work as an IT guy and have to fix the frigging things all the time. Why would I want to talk to a PC user and listen to them gripe about this or that.
I switched to Mac over a year ago now. In fact I am still working on the same MacBook that I got then. Sure it's a little dirty and the battery isn't as robust as it once was. Sure there are cracks in the case (I have a case open with Apple about that). Even with all these "issues" I have not had one major malfunction on this machine. I could probably count on one had the number of times it has crashed but honestly I can't remember the last time it did.
Using a Mac is a joy for me. Having one has proven to me that a Computer can be as reliable as the box that makes your toast ever day. I have a friend that argues with me about Mac vs. PC and I always forget to say that I actually use both on a daily basis and can tell you first hand that there in no machine / OS combo that beats it. I am sure Linux users would say the same thing. Though I can't say it to his face, he is wrong and is merely a Mac hater. Grrrr..
Well today at the Coffee Shop that I frequent everyday I saw a teenage girl with an iPhone. I sat down popped open my MacBook and whipped out my junk (my iPhone!! Get your mind out of the gutter) We had a very pleasant conversation about our phones, where we got them and how great they are. If I saw someone sitting there with the same Samsung piece of crap phone that I have, there is now way I would have stopped to talk. Dude, is yours as hard to text on as mine?!?! Ya I hate it that I can barely ready the tiny screen!! HIGH FIVE!!
Call me a fan boy, call me a PC hater. Whatever. I think that there is no other group of technology users that ban together more tightly than Mac users. I don't care if you are a blogger or a high end video editor. They would both respect each others wise choice of weapon. Not sure I would take a bullet for that guy, but I may pull him out of the way!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of satellite, visionary in technology, dead at 90
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Today is a very sad day in our little world. It's been reported that Arthur C. Clarke, among the most influential visionaries in technology and a personal hero of Engadget readers and editors both, has died in hospital care at the age of 90. Along with his many written works (such as the infamous and immeasurably influential 2001: A Space Odyssey), Clarke was possibly best known for conceptualizing the geostationary communications satellite -- clearly one of the most important technological innovations in history.
Arthur, you'll be dearly missed.
German trucker uses mobile as "ear warmer," court believes it
Oh sure, we've seen alleged criminals wriggle out from under the strong arm of the law, but this one takes things to an entirely different platform. Reportedly, a truck driver in Germany was pulled over for yapping on his cellphone while cruising, but apparently, said trucker actually wasn't talking when the boys in blue saw his handset upside his melon. As the story goes, the 43-year old was actually using the freshly recharged mobile to "warm his ear" in an attempt to alleviate an earache. Astonishingly enough, he was even able to provide "an itemized telephone bill proving he had not been using the phone at the time he was stopped," thus, a court in Hamm accepted the excuse and let him go sans penalty. Something tells us this guy's got friends in low places.
Disconnected!!
I am an IT guy. I am connected, hear me roar!! I am fortunate enough to have my father here in
After a great dinner and some chats, I decided to open up the notebook and surf a little, update Twitter and Facebook, chat with my girlfriend etc etc. I was disappointed to find out that the Hotel (ehem… The Marriot) charges $15 per day for this service!! 15$!! What a money grab. I am not paying for the room but I am sure they can afford a few hundred dollar data bill for the rates they are charging there. Give me a break. Since I was on the 30th floor, I was too high and far away from the residential buildings to probe for open Access Points. And since I live in Canada my iPhone is on the Edge Network which is basically dialup and since Rogers has deplorable data packages using that device would probably cost me more than $15 for the evening anyway.
Oh, the curse of being a connected IT guy. I know you are saying “Suck it up! Pay the $15!” You are probably right but I just couldn’t justify it. Whatever happened to the Open AP for the People movement? Don’t talk to me about security either. You have to balance your level of security with what you are trying to protect. I am not a Bank, or CSIS. If you want to use some of my bandwidth, then by all means have some. Anyway, security is another topic.
Thanks for listening to my rant…
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