Guess what?! I got a fever, and the only prescription…
No, despite popular belief, the only prescription is not more cowbell. For me, the only prescription is lots of expensive toys.
The fever I gots is the photography bug. I guess that makes me a...
shutterbug |ˈ sh ətərˌbəg|
noun informal
an enthusiastic amateur photographer.
It started with a trip to Hawaii where I took a boatload of pictures. Then one of my co-workers had to go and point me to HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography. WOW!
So, I’ve decided I’m going to start up yet another hobby, photography. As near as I can figure, it’s going to be one of the costliest hobbies I’ve ever taken on. Much to my surprise, when I brought the idea up to my wife, she didn’t complain about the cost, instead she said, “Oh, you’d be good at that, and would really enjoy it. That would really be good for you.”
So, wish me luck. Should be an interesting ride.
Testing MacJournal
I’m just checking out MacJournal, a fairly cheap ($22) program that not only allows you to keep personal journals (locked securely on your Mac) but also lets you keep public journals. What we like to call “blogs”.
So, guess what!?! You can post these public journal entries (blogs) to...you guessed it...your blog.
So I’m going to give that a try. If this looks weird or doesn’t work, blame MacJournal.
I haven’t figured out how to use them yet, but apparently MacJournal also supports goodies like smilies ☺ and wiki text as well (not sure what that means yet.)
Looks like you can set tags. It seems to know something about categories, though I can’t figure out how to set it. Maybe it will do that when I upload it to the server.
EDIT: Just tested editing an existing entry from MacJournal as well. Pretty cool.
As I create more entries in MacJournal, it will automatically link to them. That’s sweet.
I Love Stats
I won't bore you with the details, 'cause the numbers I am getting excited about would make a lot of you point and giggle, but there are a couple of stats I am getting pretty excited about.
Of the millions (ok, thousands) of people that visit this site, only 22% are using any flavor of Internet Explorer. Then we have about 75% Firefox, and the rest split between Safari and Opera.
The OS wars aren't quite as much fun, but still pretty cool. Not the 98% Windows that one might expect. Only 55% Windows, 35% Linux, and 10% Mac OS X.
The tides they are a changin', my friend.
Apple Hits a Foul Ball with iTunes Movie Rentals
Anyone that knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of anything Apple. I own a MacBook Pro, an iPhone, and probably half a dozen iPods. I plan to buy a Time Capsule in the near future. I love the idea of being able to back up my MBP just by walking in the room. But, while I also love the idea of Apple TV, I haven't come up with a good excuse to buy one.
I thought that I had finally found that excuse with the introduction of iTunes Movie Rentals. What an awesome idea! I can sit down, on a whim, and just start watching a movie (after a brief delay while I wait for the download.) Instant gratification! It's the American way, baby!