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A couple of interesting things in my life as of late; may be of some interest to others...
(Scott)--Parallels 3.0 has some really interesting features. Let’s say I have a .doc file; version 3.0 let’s me choose to open it from Apple’s MSFT Word, or Window’s MSFT Word, right off the bat. In essence, this gives you the power to automatically (or manually) select which operating system environment you want to use when modifying a file. (This feature appears to be built into the Mac OS.) It's totally blurring the notion of an "Operating System". Secondly, you can set it to ask which OS environment should take control of all volumes, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD; so it's easy to direct new devices to the appropriate OS. Version 3 seems to have solved any and all of the significant remaining issues; if anything, it will be too powerful for the weaker minds to comprehend. Finally--check out Path Finder, if you haven't already.
And here’s another thing... I’ve recently discovered Pandora, which is a really great music referral service. Historically, I’ve found these types of “let us pic your music for you” services to really stink, but this one has pretty much nailed me right out of the box. Further, there’s a program called Pandora Jam that let’s you record the songs in which Pandora plays (at up to 256 kbs AAC). Pretty sweet, I think.
Had a few other instances of note, including a mother that outright lied (i.e., covered up) her child’s punky behavior to me (as the other parent was lying) at the park. Other mothers were looking at me with a disgusted look on their faces, shaking their heads.
The other biggie was our induction into a “Swim Club”, which felt tantamount to being investigated by “The Firm”. Could talk about this latter incident for hours...
Finally--an interesting post by Bill.
A couple of interesting things in my life as of late; may be of some interest to others...
(Scott)--Parallels 3.0 has some really interesting features. Let’s say I have a .doc file; version 3.0 let’s me choose to open it from Apple’s MSFT Word, or Window’s MSFT Word, right off the bat. In essence, this gives you the power to automatically (or manually) select which operating system environment you want to use when modifying a file. (This feature appears to be built into the Mac OS.) It's totally blurring the notion of an "Operating System". Secondly, you can set it to ask which OS environment should take control of all volumes, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD; so it's easy to direct new devices to the appropriate OS. Version 3 seems to have solved any and all of the significant remaining issues; if anything, it will be too powerful for the weaker minds to comprehend. Finally--check out Path Finder, if you haven't already.
And here’s another thing... I’ve recently discovered Pandora, which is a really great music referral service. Historically, I’ve found these types of “let us pic your music for you” services to really stink, but this one has pretty much nailed me right out of the box. Further, there’s a program called Pandora Jam that let’s you record the songs in which Pandora plays (at up to 256 kbs AAC). Pretty sweet, I think.
Had a few other instances of note, including a mother that outright lied (i.e., covered up) her child’s punky behavior to me (as the other parent was lying) at the park. Other mothers were looking at me with a disgusted look on their faces, shaking their heads.
The other biggie was our induction into a “Swim Club”, which felt tantamount to being investigated by “The Firm”. Could talk about this latter incident for hours...
Finally--an interesting post by Bill.
posted by Greg | 11:48 AM
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Remember back when you shared the news about Bill's divorce. I did some poking around back then and found this at that time. Wasn't sure what to make of it. Sounds a lot like the Bill of "old" - cynical, yet oddly hopeful.
Any ideas how to best interpret this:
"And you soldier on, cause that's what you're suppose to do. And you can become vulnerable to a lot of things. You're desperately trying to fill up a deeper well. And, in my case, the compromises and alibis...can become sensational. A lot of folks can get hurt. Houses of cards always falls in the end. Pride is insidious, it seems."1
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