Well I had hoped to turn this into a full length Apple bashing article. But I can’t. David Casseres could, that guy can take a piece of plastic and get a thousand interesting words out of it, but I’m no Casseres. Onto the rant:
Most folks hate pop up ads. You can convince yourself of that fact by noting several browsers currently incorporate pop up ad blockers. One browser, for example, that blocks pop up ads is Safari (though it is doing a worse and worse job of it lately). Ya see Apple understands that people don’t like to be pestered constantly with advertisements. Or rather at one time they did… or at one time might of… or possibly just woke up to the possibilities of annoyware (well that isn’t true, think QuickTime). In any event I don’t like pop ups getting between me and the internet, I like it even less when pop ups get between me and a program that I shelled out cash for. Obviously Apple didn’t consult me when they added this, err, feature to the iLife suite:
Yep every time I fire up an iLife program I get that special present (well after checking the box multiple times it has finally gone away). Gee thanks Apple, you have new software out with marginal improvements? And this new software is the greatest and bestus version ever? No way! I mean what are the chances new software is going to come out with more features than the previous version? It is a rare thing I suppose. Which explains why Apple is wasting my time popping up an ad, they just want what is best for me. Because, you know, I want to pay for functionality I’d never use. Actually, what is best for me is for the ads to get out of the way so I can get stuff done.
Well that was fairly mindless, but I feel better.
For all your controversy needs I suggest DKE’s recent entry. Got a lot of people worked up. My take: Why do people insist on giving extra credibility to the stuff celebrities say and do? I may think, picking a random example, that Guy Pearce is a great actor but I don’t really care what his views are on any other subject. Cause, you know, he’s an actor and all. If he was spouting off on acting that is interesting, if he’s talking about foreign policy that isn’t. On the other hand if Pauly Shore had an opinion on the Iraq War, I’d listen cause it is pretty clear that guy hasn’t spent much time honing his acting skills, it could be he was studying middle-east policy instead.
Time for links, cause everyone loves links:
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Generally my entries don’t generate a lot of comments or mail. Which I’m good with. Recently this trend changed. I linked Iron Crotch and got six or seven e-mails filled with various stories of what people can do with/to their genitals. Slightly disturbing. More disturbing was the picture some guy sent me of his Tom Delay with multiple piercings. Generally speaking I would appreciate it if my e-mail remained testes free.
A few entries ago I used Chad Perry for the alliterative name. This was a mistake. Unbeknownst to me Chad is incredibly wealthy. He patented the tin foil cover for applesauce single serving packs and is currently in talks to buy Montana. In any event Chad likes to keep a low profile. Sure he has the huge mansion and all the trappings of the 501st richest person in the world but he likes to play it low key. Long story short, when I used Chad’s name in the alliterative part of the blog his lawyers made contact. Apparently I am being sued for several billion dollars, the attorneys tell me that they will accept a donated liver as payment and a public apology.
Oh, the public apology part. I’m really sorry Chad.
Oh, I’ll get the last laugh, wait ’til they get a load of my liver.
I’m not the only one with these kinds of problems:
Something Rotten and Ultimate Warrior
Short, stupid, sappy movie. Notable for the anthropormorphized computers… And awful Randy Newman song.
Mic and Mac
College Freshman in over his head:
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Man, that is as bad as most podcasts. The really sad part is that guy will get better, most podcasts won’t.
Game Pick:
Black Knight
Be on the other side of the full DKE experience.
And that is it for today. I’ve got to come up with some gags for a very good podcast (a good podcast is hard to find).
BL/cks Tridiot (pronounced trid-ee-ot) Rating:
119.25436%
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