Well, here I am, updating because I feel like I should. Nothing new to say, really. Overall, I'm contented with life besides the occasional interpersonal setbacks and internal tantrums. Days have been busy, hazy and fast, and my dreams have been vivid and overdrawn, per the usual. In high school, teen-ages ago, I used to compare key components of my dreams against various decoding "dictionaries," but these days they don't tell me anything about myself, maybe just about the generic perceptions of other people. Life, waking or sleeping, is in the eye of the beholder, and I am more privy to all my facets than most-if-not-all beholders. (I might not share well with others, but I share everything with myself.) Most everyone else just focuses on one aspect, actual or not, scattering me-myself to pieces across a plane of unconsciously willful misunderstanding. I am what I am, that is to say. For better or for worse, but always striving for best. And I find myself knowing all that I do and more of what I don't, and am thankful for my wealth of self-insight.
Now, putting that into action....
June 27, 2009
June 8, 2009
Apple <3s kitties.
If Twitter's trends for the day are any indication, today's big news isn't one of abducted American journalists being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, but rather Apple's official confirmation that OS 10.6 will be dubbed "Snow Leopard," following the company's Big Cat naming trend.
(Side note: Part of my work responsibilities require me to have a Twitter presence, though, thank God, only as a non-personal corporate entity of sorts. But, as a result, I know too much about Twitter. And by "too much," I mean "something.")
Anyway, since I love me some Apple as much as the next sane modern computer user, I began to wonder what cat names are in the cards for Mac's remaining OS X generations, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9. We've already gone through some biggies, after all: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger and, currently, Leopard. Here are my predictions for future installments in everyone's favorite OS, in no particular order:
Lion: This will obviously be 10.9, king of the OS X pack. Described by Apple aficionados as being "The Best," and by Windows users as being "Terrifyingly User-Friendly" and having "Really Scary Teeth." With notable customized variations:
Cougar: For older, but still physically attractive, women; with an interactive component that randomly generates compliments on one's physical appearance and a built-in widget of listings for local plastic surgeons. Or, conversely, for young, gold digging men; with various built-in applications that automatically spend money and set up personal profiles in search of young, attractive mistresses on Internet dating sites.
Smilodon: (Also: "Sabre-Toothed Tiger") Novelty OS with special themed apps and widgets. Upon installation, replaces any preexisting Adobe Creative Suite Package with "Cave Painting," any downloaded or factory installed games with "Inventing the Wheel," and Microsoft Word with "Emphatic Grunts and Pantomime."
Domestic: (Also: "House Cat") For agoraphobes or social pariahs. Can be installed in multiples to give a "multi-screen" effect on a single monitor, popularly to watch multiple YouTube videos of adorable animals and/or stupid human tricks at once. Used to combat feelings of loneliness and to simulate any sort of connection to the outside world.
Fisher: (Also: "Fisher Cat," New England only) An application created by Windows, purportedly to allow a Windows user to install & run an Apple OS on their desktop, as Apple users are able to do with Windows when (God forbid) necessary. However, the application instead downloads a virulent phishing virus used to obtain sensitive personal information from the offending parties as a punishment for trying to use an Apple OS.
If any or all of these predictions come true, you heard it here first. I could take or leave any of them, really, but Mountain Lion might be fun to bring out at parties.
(Side note: Part of my work responsibilities require me to have a Twitter presence, though, thank God, only as a non-personal corporate entity of sorts. But, as a result, I know too much about Twitter. And by "too much," I mean "something.")
Anyway, since I love me some Apple as much as the next sane modern computer user, I began to wonder what cat names are in the cards for Mac's remaining OS X generations, 10.7, 10.8 and 10.9. We've already gone through some biggies, after all: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger and, currently, Leopard. Here are my predictions for future installments in everyone's favorite OS, in no particular order:
Lion: This will obviously be 10.9, king of the OS X pack. Described by Apple aficionados as being "The Best," and by Windows users as being "Terrifyingly User-Friendly" and having "Really Scary Teeth." With notable customized variations:
Nittany Lion: Only available to Penn State University students and alumni. Default desktop image of Joe Paterno.
Mountain Lion: Allows your computer to double as a still; comes with recipe for Apple's Homemade Moonshine.
Cougar: For older, but still physically attractive, women; with an interactive component that randomly generates compliments on one's physical appearance and a built-in widget of listings for local plastic surgeons. Or, conversely, for young, gold digging men; with various built-in applications that automatically spend money and set up personal profiles in search of young, attractive mistresses on Internet dating sites.
Smilodon: (Also: "Sabre-Toothed Tiger") Novelty OS with special themed apps and widgets. Upon installation, replaces any preexisting Adobe Creative Suite Package with "Cave Painting," any downloaded or factory installed games with "Inventing the Wheel," and Microsoft Word with "Emphatic Grunts and Pantomime."
Domestic: (Also: "House Cat") For agoraphobes or social pariahs. Can be installed in multiples to give a "multi-screen" effect on a single monitor, popularly to watch multiple YouTube videos of adorable animals and/or stupid human tricks at once. Used to combat feelings of loneliness and to simulate any sort of connection to the outside world.
Fisher: (Also: "Fisher Cat," New England only) An application created by Windows, purportedly to allow a Windows user to install & run an Apple OS on their desktop, as Apple users are able to do with Windows when (God forbid) necessary. However, the application instead downloads a virulent phishing virus used to obtain sensitive personal information from the offending parties as a punishment for trying to use an Apple OS.
If any or all of these predictions come true, you heard it here first. I could take or leave any of them, really, but Mountain Lion might be fun to bring out at parties.
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