This is going to be just a little of bit of rambling. I generally try to research stuff before I post it but this time I feel like just guessing. Well, I’ll do a little bit of checking around, but I’m sure mistakes will be rampant.
I’m thinking .mac needs a little bit of an upgrade, well a lot of an upgrade. .mac was introduced in July of 2002 at 99 US dollars if I recall correctly. It replaced iTools and a lot of people got upset. Depsite the consternation of some .mac was an okay deal. Sure you could get all the functionality of .mac elsewhere (at lower cost to boot) but .mac was an attractive offer because it was so easily integrated with any Mac. No hunting for site host, then another place for e-mail, etc. Plus you kinda knew that Apple would have decent servers and decent load times. Here’s what you got: 100MB of idisk storage, e-mail, pre built templates for web pages, and the occaisional free program.
That was two years ago. Storage is cheaper, Macs are cheaper but you still get 100MB of storage. A hundred MB seems kind of paltry when Google is going to be offering a GB of storage with G-Mail and Spymac already is offering a gig (well, supposedly. I can’t get the e-mail thing to work for me.)
I know, I know. Storing e-mail is not the same as hosting bandwidth burning pages but I still suspect Apple could up the idisk storage and not break the bank. One of the most alluring aspects of of a Macintosh is digital media creation. iMovie files are huge, a regular sized iPhoto library uses a lot of disk space and many folks have huge music libraries. It would be nice to be able to back up most of the content up to idisk. You can’t do that right now, just not enough space.
What I’d like to see is a much larger idisk, even at the expense of premade web pages. Is 1/2 GB (that’s 500 MB for you lottery players) too much to ask? Would it be possible for a copy of any purchased music to automatically reside on your idisk? Just a thought.
Wow, that’s a lot of non linked content. Most people say more links less Chris. Gotta agree, the less I write and the more I post links the better the blog. So let’s get to the linked stuff:
I was sitting in a quantum mechanics class with Todd. It was February or so and I had that mucusy virus that leaves your head constantly full of snot. I felt a sneeze coming on but before I could grab anything (tissue, sleeve, QM book) the sneeze was out. I barely had time to get my hands up. But I did get my paws around my nose and subsequently sneezed a baseball sized wad of mucus into my folded appendages. Todd saw my predicament and began silently laughing, This sent me into near convulsive laughter. So we sat there in QM, shaking all over trying very hard not to laugh out loud, our faces truning red and suffering actual physical pain while my hands were full of snot. Every time Todd got himself a bit under control I’d crack my hands revealing the monster wad of snot and Todd would be off on another jag again.
Which is a very long way of saying that this SNL clip is hilarious not for the material but because everyone is trying not to laugh.
Excellent Game: The bottom of the Sea mmmm, relaxing
New Beastie Boys Video Honestly I’m not a huge fan of Beastie Boys music but they make the best videos… This one features Star Trek Spoofing
Pat Tillman’s brother: “Pat isn’t with God. He’s f—ing dead” except he didn’t say fdashdashdashing he went for the big mother of all profanities. When it’s put that way its extra depressing.
Very amusing dating demonstration. If you’re trying to impress a girl a stop here can only help.
CKS/BL tridiot rating: fork+shoe=spleen. It’s the new math baby!
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