Andy Laub

Andy Laub is a designer & developer in the Twin Cities.

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A Lot More Nothing »

So I was able to see the majority of the Apple Keynote from MacWorld via webcast. I was really excited about this initially for all the effort it took me to make it work it really wasn’t worth it in the end. Many on SpyMac agreed that it was one of the worst keynotes ever. There just wasn’t anything good. Sure, GarageBand is cool and something I may potentially use, and the iPod mini (not worth linking to) is OK, but it is cheap air max trainers really expensive. The real disappointment was the complete lack of “wow”. There were no updates to any of the PC’s, laptop or desktop, and the much-anticipated monitor updates were also nowhere to be found. That said, I went ahead and ordered my Powerbook! The only add-ons I got were the Airport Extreme card and the 80 Gb hard disk in lieu of the standard 40. Naturally, I am pretty excited and counting down the days until it gets here. I sprung for the 2-day air because, when you’re paying $100 for sales tax, $15 just isn’t that much more. I am only a little miffed that I won’t be getting iLife ’04 with it, but I can get it later for $20 so that’s not bad. I am this close to being an Apple owner and that’s awesome. I also bought some RAM so she’ll run nice and smooth. If all goes as it should I will be typing this on an Apple by next Friday. More excitement: I figured it couldn’t hurt to pick up an N64 so we can play Mario Kart. I also managed to qualify myself (by spending more money) for the Zelda Bonus Disc that’s currently shipping with the GameCubes, so that will be fun too. I now officially have enough video games for the rest of my life, or at least until Gran Turismo 4 comes out.

Finale »

Well, this will be the last entry this year, which is kind of nice. I survived another year and put in at least one entry a month. My Christmas/Birthday was good, I got some great games (Mario Kart, Simpsons Hit & Run) and so did Abe (Mario Golf). We bought lots of IKEA stuff in leiu of buying Christmas presents for eachother. We also found out yesterday that the move-in date for the new apartment Cheap Oakleys will probably be towards the end of February as opposed to the beginning. It will be absolutely fantastic to be in a place twice the size of our current one. I can hardly wait. Also fantastic is the fact that MacWorld San Francisco is only a week away. I really hope the 12″ Powerbook gets some updates. I wish for a larger amount of non-removable base RAM (512 Mb would be nice) and maybe the 1.25 Ghz G4. Those two things alone would make me very happy. So, we’ll see.