Entries from October 2005 ↓
October 18th, 2005 — stupid people
Working downtown is always fun. Lots of things to see and do and all right outside your office door.
So today I was out for my usual afternoon Spanky break, when I came across an actual take down. Two cops came screaming down Granville and onto Nelson. They turned off their sirens as they made the turn making me think they were simply avoiding traffic.
The light turns green at Howe and they put their lights on but they don’t move and neither do any of the other cars. “Hmmm… maybe something’s afoot” The light goes red and they lurch across the intersection, nearly running over some guy. He seemed very determined to cross the intersection now that the little white man was flashing despite the fact there was a Crown Victoria bearing down on him.
Having blocked a car, they hop out and draw their guns “Let me see your hands! Don’t move!” which must be an interesting statement to hear from someone pointing a gun at you. All I was thinking was ‘Ooh, how cool; an actual take down and me without my camera’. A crowd quickly gathered and we talked amongst ourselves while buddy cuffed and frisked.
He didn’t look like a skid; I imagine he fancied himself something of a player given how he was dressed but whatever. No matter what he did, you know he’s walking the streets tonight…
October 15th, 2005 — just because...
Well, not really but the effect is the same. I get to work Friday morning and there’s no power on the lower 15 floors. “Oh well, I guess I could have slept a bit longer…”
Once upstairs, those who were in decide to go to White Spot on Georgia for some breakfast. I mention the name and location because I was served a large, black hair with a waffle underneath it. Nice. Very appetizing…
We got a call and were told to go home as they weren’t going to have power until the end of the day. “It’s just like a snow day!” I promptly went home and had a nap.
This morning I was in the area of the office and dropped in as it seemed pretty dark in the lobby. Still no power and notices everywhere saying that it won’t be back on Monday either. “Holy… whatta storm!”
I imagine that someone’s head is gonna roll over this. For now, I don’t plan to go in until I hear that there is power. So I relax. Until Tuesday. When I realize I have to do 6 days work in 4 days.
Freakin’ snow…
October 14th, 2005 — tech
Apple doesn’t impress me much with all these product releases. Why did they wait to release the video iPod and the new iMacs? Why not announce them when the Nano was announced?
And for that matter, why wasn’t all of this announced at the Paris Expo in September? Not ready? Who cares? You can’t get a Nano now; not a black 4GB one anyway. Now Apple is releasing more new products on the 19th (probably probably professional grade, which means new PowerBooks). I just don’t get it; I mean, how many times can they go to the well?
They do it because there are thousands of people with a shiny new Nanos and they will be placing orders for the new iPod. It’s nuts. I’m not paying $2.39 to watch the latest episode of Lost. Ever hear of BitTorrent? It’s free and no DRM…
Apple is a design master and it would appear that they know their marketing pretty well too. What would be nice is if people could think for themselves and actually consider the difference between a need and a want. There really is a difference.
