Folklore.org: Anecdotes about the development of Apple's original Macintosh computer.
Wow. There's some really inspiring stuff here about the creation of the Macintosh. It makes me wish I could change the world.
Monthly Archive for January, 2004
While this is pretty funny, the one thing it forgot is the boss stage: Figuring out how to put all the damn stuff you bought together.
Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)
This is a good list, but it doesn't cover my biggest problem: excessively compounded sentences.
Who is George Lakoff and what's he doing with Howard Dean?
As if I weren't already moderately inclined to like Howard Dean, the fact that he's read Lakoff only makes me like him that much more.
This is a pretty awesome article. From moral fashion to heresy to taboos, this article covers a lot of topics that has the cultural anthropologist and the cognitive linguist in my thinking. However, I admit it's a little heavy hypotheses and a little thin on actual conclusions.
Microsoft won't go soft on Mike Rowe
Man, this is almost unbelievably absurd. Funny, but still absurd.
Possibly more interesting than the 2004 list is the archive going back all the way to 1976. Also, I would like to point out that the "X" obsession started -- and I bitched about it -- long before 2003. However, I stand by my belief that Apple can legitimately use the X in OS X.
On account of probably less than stellar snow, combined with the prospect of spending six or seven hours driving just for that snow, and the having-to-get-up-at-430am part, we decided to call the day trip off. Worse, it doesn't really look like it's supposed to snow before next weekend, either, but I might still have to brave a trip to the mountain anyway.
After picking up and tremendously Robot Food's Lame DVD earlier this month, I ordered Afterbang from their site. When I received the package, I found not only my DVD, but also a Lame t-shirt and some robot food stickers.
Anyway, both DVDs are great, and free stuff is cool, so if you're looking for some good snowboard porn, I'd check out the Robot Food movies. I'd suggest Afterbang before Lame, both because it's cheaper and because I liked the music better.
Amazingly, this weekend last year was only my 2nd and 3rd days at the mountain, but this weekend this year already put me at day 10.
- Date(s): Saturday, January 10th, 2004.
- Who: Trisha, me.
- It hadn't snowed very much since new years, so the conditions were packed and groomed. On top of that, it was sunny and warm out, though there was some wind blasting over the ridge. In actuality, the conditions weren't too terrible, but compared to the wonderful powder at Mt. Bachelor, it just seemed a lot worse than it really was.
- I went backside for the first time this season, but it was too crowded to make the slow lift worth it. Worse, the snow was either groomers or frozen powder. So instead, we decided to stick to the shorter faster lifts to optimize our time spent on the slopes.
- Several runs down The Reut, several runs down Sentinel Bowl, several runs down Solitude, and stayed as far away from Zachary's as possible (because it sucks even on powder days).
- We spent most of the afternoon running on Hole 'N Wall, riding through the mini-terrain park. There were several nice jumps in there to practice on, and we even just spent awhile hiking back up the park four or five times.
- I feel like I'm getting really comfortable jumping. I rode Trisha's (shorter) snowboard for awhile, and it was amazing how much lighter it was, and how much easier that made it to jump. Of course, the shorter board also made landing harder, because it was a lot less stable.
- Most importantly, I saw two guys riding Arbor Snowboards, and they both spoke very highly of them. More importantly, one of them formerly rode a Burton Custom, and he said he liked his Arbor A-Frame better than he liked his Custom.
- These exchanges led to me pick up an Arbor Element at REI, which I'll be trying out tomorrow. Thanks to REI's 100% return policy (yes, I can return it even if the snowboard has been ridden), I'll very carefully evaluate it tomorrow and decide whether or not I want to keep it. I'm a little concerned about the size, because I got a 154 compared to the 156 I've been riding, but it's less stiff than my Custom, which is one of the things I didn't like as much about the Custom. Look for more thorough comments on the board next week.
- Unfortunately, it hasn't exactly snowed since last weekend, so we're only going to take a day trip tomorrow.