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Uh, oh. Guess I better revisit…

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 2 Comments
2008.01.09

So, Monday I made my annual MacWorld predictions.

At that time (oh, so long ago) I said:
The iMac got its facelift, the books got theirs… It’s the tower’s turn. Expect HD-DVD/Blu-Ray (whichever side Apple thinks is winning) as a Build to order choice on the high end.

And then Tuesday Apple gives a relatively quiet speed bump to the MacPro towers and XServes.

So… what happened to BluRay/HD-DVD? What happened to the new form factor.

There are a couple things that could be read into this.

  • Could Apple be happy with the Tower form factor?
  • Could a new form factor not be delivering as planned?
  • Could the announcements planned for next Tuesday be so big that something had to get bumped out.

Yeah,. yeah… but what about the New DVD formats? It’s possible Apple didn’t get the licensing hammered out. It’s possible that Apple will announce it as an add-on/external offer. (Which as an AppleTV V1 owner would be appreciated)

So… BluRay/HD-DVD may have taken a back burner. The Pro Towers may not see a face lift. But this also lifts credibility that the focus on a non-tower announcement is likely.

Or not. With Steve you never know until the Keynote is over.

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Only on the internet

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 4 Comments
2008.01.07

I’m read (on occasion) a journal called weirdjews.

I’ll let the name speak for itself.

Today there was a YouTube post. I’ve seen it before. Well, a piece. I watched the whole thing.
I’m honestly not sure how I feel. Maybe if it were the aliens from “AlienNation” and it were Newcomer speech.

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MacWorld 2008 approaches.

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 5 Comments
2008.01.07

I should start by making some things clear. I have no inside information on Apple products, intended announcements, or decision making process.

I am a third party software Macintosh platform developer who has followed the company closely for … well, pretty much since its inception in the late 1970s.

That being said: I have taken out my crystal ball and tried to look at what might be announced next week.

Note: this is only for next week’s announcements. Some of the unlikely to be announced stuff will be announced in the future after MacWorld.

what could we see this year?

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Obscure makes me happy…

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 4 Comments
2008.01.04

Yes, I was raised on television. I had one in my room as a kid. This probably had short and long range bad effects on me.

That being said… I am always happy to discover something obscure. Even more so because I’ve made one of my first posts to Wikipedia

When I was a kid… (Let’s avoid the references to when the rocks were soft) there were 3 main stations. ABC, NBC, and CBS. (There was PBS, and a bunch of hard to tune UHF stations as well)… Oh yeah.. there was a lot of fuzzy white-noise space between them.

My one thrill a year was a program called, “Battle of the Network Stars.” Back before greed had gotten out of control, the three networks would collaborate to host a series of fun physical challenges between teams made from the stars of their prime time shows.

The show stared Howard Cosell as sports commentator. Cosell was a television institution that I regret is slowly fading from memory and history.

The show was fun. There was an obstacle course, tug of war, swimming, even one year a pinball contest (which ironically was quickly lost by Elton John) But my fondest memory was of “Simon Says.” Not even really a part of the competition it was one man calling the game vs. most of the stars. And the caller was deadly. For years… I’ve tried to remember anything I can about it. Some of my friends have even fallen prey to my ability to make them lose “Simon Says” in less than 5 moves.

Well tonight while YouTube surfing on my AppleTV (A prize I won at work for helping to test our software), I found a video of Simon Says. The video gave me the master’s name. “Lou Goldstein” (Who despite being probably 80 may still be travelling and entertaining. Damn those Borscht Belt mensches!)

So, I appended the article. There was no information on Goldstein. The article now references him and includes an external link to the footage.

In some ways it may seem dated. But it’s a pearl of history. And I’m very, VERY, VERY happy to see it still exists. I wish I could explain the really warm feeling I got… get from putting this piece of Television history in Wikipedia.

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It’s going around

Filed Under: Uncategorized by Lord Andrei — 17 Comments
2008.01.03

This could be fun. 🙂

Please post something you think I should do or try to do in 2008. Big or small, silly or earth-changing.

In my case… all comments screened (they won’t necessarily show up until I read them)

Feel free to come up with anything and tell me if you want it seen or not.

Feel free to post more than one.

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