Satiating
Ahhhhhh…. I just finished all seventeen pages of John Siracusa’s review of Leopard, Apple’s new version of the OS X operating system. There is something really satisfying about a Siracusa review, like a having Thanksgiving dinner for the brain. After finishing that I just want unbuckle my belt and watch a football game. I have Leopard pre-ordered from Amazon, but having selected the free shipping option I’m now stuck waiting for a few more days. Sigh.
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Unintended Realization
Over the weekend I was out in some wooded country, where I’ve noticed there’s been a lot of development and road construction. Later that night, I contemplated the silliness of the government trying to protect the environment by opening an HOV lane — which required cutting down hundreds of trees to widen the road. Subsequently, I woke up, realizing I had dreamed the whole thing about an HOV lane. I guess you know you’re a libertarian when you dream about unintended consequences.
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My Software Curse
One way I drive myself crazy is that I’ll buy a computer game I’m interested in, only to completely lose interest in it soon thereafter. I can think of a couple of extreme cases where I only played the game once. (One of these days I’ll fire up that copy of Railroad Tycoon on my shelf.) Thank God for demos.
Apparently this extends to other products, since I purchased ecto, a very nice blogging client, and lately I just haven’t had the same interest in blogging. Maybe I can attribute it to summertime, when I had lots of outdoor activities on my mind. Well, now it’s the first day of October, so let’s see if I can do any better in the fall.
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