a.k.a. the croc hunter

but i really am leaving for scotland. really.

if you love me, then h o l l a a t m e

just got my mac pro today…and it is quite the beast. the transition was pretty painless, too. os x asked me to transfer all the files (including 90 gb of music) and apps from my old computer, most all of which were easily replaced with universal binary versions, save a few random preference panes. the only thing i am really missing and so far unable to replace is apache2—if anyone has a fix, i’d love to know.

as for the mac itself, it sure as shit is fast. sadly, most of the serious apps i use on the regs (read: adobe) are running under rosetta, but since im upgrading from a four year old g4, im still feeling the increase in speed. i imagine the ub versions will be pretty awesome. iPhoto is super fast and safari opens and runs with the quickness. im also really appreciating things like instantly seeing the contents of folders like my apps folder when i right-click them in the dock (i think i’ve probably wasted a solid few weeks waiting for my g4 to chug through a task like that).

other impressions: i know its bad feng shui but since i keep my computer in my bedroom the fact that the mac pro runs silent as an sbd is a nice touch. its also real purdy to look at—and considering how much i spent on her, the least she could do is cook me dinner and get a little dolled up once in a while.

in an attempt to join the rest of the computing world, my friend michael gottwald uploaded his senior thesis film to youtube. its funny comedy, plus a hot college girl, what more can you ask for?

he also uploaded a homemade video of a lion eating a hippo. whoa.

if you remember that end of the world video, nike found the guy and had him make some t-shirt ads. he is (was) 18.
i think there are others but i cant find em…

in the meantime you can pretend: vista transformation pack
it’s free and homebrew, but dont be scurred. i did it, and it look good. (to be safe, set a restore point before you install)

i think a lot of people out there are haters just for the sake of hating. sure, microsoft is the man and shit, they are ‘not nice’ and use ‘unsavory’ business practices, are ‘kind of evil’, etc. but i aint in it on principal. i hate microsoft because every single experience i have using a microsoft designed, inspired or branded ultimately leaves me with the strong urge to commit large-scale violence.

i realize developing for the web puts me more at odds with m$ blunders than most, but i busted out powerpoint today, which i’ve never used all that much (probably because it sucks), in order to put a client’s presentation onto the web. i’m going to gloss over the shitty html that ppt generates…ok, no i wont. someone explain to me why the hell a presentation with 45 slides generates a folder “for the web” that has 475 files in it? WTF!? especially when “save for web” really just means “take a busted-ass .gif screenshot of every slide (which provides as much functionality as a poopy flavored lollipop) and stick it in some circa 1991-public-library-homepage-looking frameset bullshit”. bill, why can’t you just be straight up with us? o no way man, no way would i want those weblinks from powerpoint to actually work when i put this thing on the web! wait a minute—i see…it just generates some retarded javascript that makes the semi-functional version only work in ie! isn’t this office for mac, dickheads?

i just dont need this negativity in my life, man. shit’s toxic.

(you, me, and my mom) i was sad to find this today:
nearly free speech

good thing i didnt just renew my yearly hosting package. to make me feel even stupider, see bar graph.

doh

that i am part terrorist, let me dispel them immediately:

just for a second…
and share some useful things of recent discovery:

apache 2 for os x and a good tutorial on setting up multiple virtual hosts
you can even get full installs for php, perl and cgi.

also, javascript and flash: friends. who knew?