Hmmm...now we're up to 1801 kbps down and 432 kbps up. Not bad.
Well, it is that time of the year again, but with a few changes. No Steve Jobs keynote and probably no new products, just refreshes and updates. I can understand Apple not wanting to have to have something to launch on a regular schedule and doing it during someone else's event. They've been moving towards special events for all of their recent product launches anyway.
Kind of sad that I never got to attend a Macworld, but I've never worked at a Macintosh-focused company either, nor specifically in the IT world.
Didn't realize I had done one of these last year as well.
January: A list of to-dos for 2008. Did OK on most of them. Not as much running or cycling as hoped, although I did get a Garmin Forerunner 305, which is a great gizmo. Ended up buying a new camera. Did not organize the CD collection just yet. Podcasts? Only did five last year (E-mail me for the radio show URL, if you're interested.) Broke Moveable Type. (Monthly templates are still broken, as a matter of fact.) Not sure if I read more books.
February: Got a Garmin Forerunner 305.
March: Was excited that Yes was going on tour.
April: Guillermo del Toro was signed to direct The Hobbit. Adobe killed GoLive, which is still my web authoring tool of choice.
May: Ten-year anniversary of the iMac. I no longer have mine; ended up donating it to a charity.
June: Yes tour canceled. Disappointing, but I could understand why. Flooding in Iowa destroys Sutliff Bridge.
July: Rush appeared on the Colbert Report.
August: Broke Moveable Type, again. Created a vanity portal: jimlosby.com.
September: Bought an iPod Touch, which I've been happy with, aside from the lack of a camera. Lance Armstrong unretires. Continued to break Moveable Type, although it was my host, not me, doing the bulk of the damage.
October: Pretty much fixed the weblog, finally, then stopped posting for the year. Laziness set in.
Well, that's it for 2008...
Let's see if this is set up correctly...
Working on some stuff behind the scenes. I hope to have things looking good soon.
Well, seem to have broken the MT template system. Need to have some time to sit down and fix tihngs or at least burn it all down and start over. For the time being, please enjoy a design-free site.
Hmmm...had to change some settings due to a migration by my web host. Hope things are working OK...
Need to clean out all of the MediaManager cruft. That plugin sadly seems broken. Time to figure out a replacement, as I miss having a "Now Reading" section. Perhaps I'll use Multiblog and set up a book blog and run that info in a widget.
Big fan so far of the iPod Touch. Using it and the iMT interface to post this. Quite cool!
Looks to be so:
Funny quote from the Vanity Fair piece:
While dining at Chef Melba's in Hermosa Beach, California, Armstrong heard an obnoxious voice, with a thick New Jersey accent, coming from the table behind him: "Hey, kid, what are you gonna do for work this summa?!" Armstrong worried that he had a kook on his hands. "I'm talkin' to you, kid. What are you gonna do?" Armstrong got pissed, he recalled. "I was like ... I think this motherfucker's talkin' to me. So I wheeled around in my chair. It was fucking Don Rickles. And I started laughing.
Well, the latest version of the iPod Touch was announced yesterday.
Pros: Cheaper, voice recording (details a little bit hazy), Nike+ (a surprise)
Cons: No camera (a pipe dream for me, perhaps, but there you go)
End result: Ordered one from Amazon last night--had a gift certificate
