I think I may have found the bike for me, a Suzuki TU250X. I think it will be a good bike to learn on, and can last me for a little while. I can get this new, for a fairly reasonable price per month I think, and I can get a warranty with it too. I think I like that. An older bike would be great, but I am just not knowledgable enough, and I don’t have enough money or time, to find the right bike. Now I just need to find some time to get to the dealership…
It took me a while to purchase the AppleTV. I liked the idea ever since it came out, but until recently I did not own a TV. Now that I have the AppleTV, and a nice TV to watch my iTunes library on, I love it. It’s a great way to get all the movies and TV shows from my Mac Mini to the TV. Sure, having Hulu and Netflix on it would also be great, but the the TV has a computer in port so we can just hook up a laptop to the TV and watch those that way.
So, when Apple had their event this past Wednesday I was excited to hear about a revamp to the AppleTV. The new design is great. Smaller is always good. Cooler is also good, the original AppleTV does get quite hot. And the streaming Netflix is great too. One thing that bothered me during the event was that Steve Jobs never mentioned if this would be backward compatible. He has in the past mentioned the backward compatibility of OS updates. I push this thought out of my head and think that I can download a software update in the next couple weeks and I too will get the Netflix streaming.
Since the Apple event blogs have been writing about how original AppleTV owners are getting the shaft and will not get a new software update for their machine.
Now I understand that the new and old AppleTVs are different. For example, the original has a hard drive and you can store stuff on it, the new one has no hard drive and can only stream content. But, I can also set up my original AppleTV to only stream content. Currently that is what I do, except for HD movies, I found that those were a little choppy when streaming so I store them on the AppleTV. I can easily move everything off and only stream. To stream Netflix through the AppleTV has got to be an easy feat I imagine, so why can’t we just get an update to our OS and have that added? Shouldn’t us early adopters get something in return for helping to keep the AppleTV alive? I think we should, it just makes sense to me. I hope that all these blog posts and people complaining will make Apple rethink this plan, and they will release the OS update for us original AppleTV owners.
Of course that is me feeling entitled. Apple does not have to do anything they don’t want to do. If we don’t get them to change and offer us the OS I am sure I will purchase the new AppleTV at some point. The Netflix streaming, and the smaller footprint are well worth the price.
I recently took a motorcycle safety class here in las Vegas. I took this because I plan on getting a two-wheel form of transportation. I will need some sort of transportation here in Vegas, and two wheels is cheaper, and more gas efficient than four wheels. So, I took the class and learned about motorcycle safety, and the basics of riding. Now I need to find myself a ride. Maybe I should just take a note from this guy and start building my own.
I am going crazy. I am going crazy in Texas. I am ready for this year to be over. I am ready to move on and say goodbye to this land. I have enjoyed the novelty of this place. I have explored and adventured. I have given it a good run, but I am done. I am ready to pack up my things and hit the road.
The next place should be better, but I don’t know where it is yet, so all I can do is hope that it will be. I hope that it will have friends. I hope that it will be fun. I hope that it will have more likeminded people. I hope it isn’t like Texas. This area of Texas is flat, and hot, and though parts are green, it has a brownish tone to it.
I long for the day when I can go on a snowboard trip again, it has been many years since I have been on a mountain. I keep moving my snowboards around, and I keep moving to flatter places that get less and less snow. I miss the snow, I miss a real Winter.
I also want to be able to climb a mountain, something tall, and green, and lush. A mountain that makes my legs hurt, that makes me sweat like crazy as I climb it, only to get to the top and need a jacket. I want to go above the tree line, I want to bound over rocks looking for the geological marker that is hidden atop that grand mountain.
And kayaking, I want to cool off in a nice cool river on a hot Summer day. I want a river that has some actual current to it, and some drops, and rapids that are not man-made. I want to feel secluded on the river, looking for wildlife and enjoying the vegetation. I want to hear the noise of a rapid coming up, and feel the thrill of going through that rapid. I want to get out of that river and enjoy a wonderful day with some friends and a beer.
I would love to have all three of those within reach of my home, but right now I do not. I have flat lands, and heat, and sand. It is perfect for biking, and biking I have been doing, but I long for more. I long for someone to go on long, fast bike rides with, over hills and on trails.
I really hope that the next year brings me some of those things, because if it does not I will go mad. Mad I tell you.
People keep talking about all the things that they want to see in the next iPhone OS, here is just one example, and today I finally thought of one. I would like to be able to change the notification sounds for the apps with that ability. I would be happy with being able to set a different sound for each, or just one sound for all the apps. I just wish it could be different than the one for text messages. And yes, I know that I can switch the text message notification sound, but I like the tri-tone one. That’s it, just a simple wish for this Thursday.
Last Saturday we found ourselves a dog. We had been on the hunt for one for a while, and when I saw this dog on petfinder.com last Wednesday I knew we had to see this dog. So, Saturday we headed out to the Sam Houston National Forest and the foster home where the dog was. She was exactly what I was looking for, something a little smaller than a medium dog, and a terrier. More specifically she is a rat terrier. We played with her a little, and looked at all the other dogs at the foster home. In the end, we knew that she was the dog for us. We adopted her and headed home, but stopped at the Huntsville State Park and PetSmart before bringing her home.
One the ride home we decided that her name will be Olive. The foster parents had named her Bella, but we weren’t too keen on that name. It’s been good times so far. She has been adapting to her new home pretty well, and we have been happy to have her here. Some things have been pretty new for her, like not getting on the couch or bed, but she is learning the rules pretty well.
While we are on the topic of Olive, I think it’s time for a walk. I know I could use it, and I bet she would like it too.
Check out her little site here.
Got 2 new discs today, thanks to a little help from my sister who provided me an REI gift certificate for my birthday, to replace the one I lost in a water feature. Stupid water feature. I would have gone in if it and retrieved the disc if the water wasn’t murky and I could have felt the bottom. I was poking a pretty long stick in the water to gauge the depth, but I couldn’t feel the bottom, so I was not going in. I will know better next time and avoid the water feature.
Now I just need somebody to go play with…
I came across this neat little application today, I think it was posted on a blog I follow. It is called IOGraphica and all it does is track your mouse movements. But it does it and creates an image of your path. You can just start it and let it site all day if you want. I’ve had one going for just over 3 hours and it looks like this:
Click on the image to see a larger version of the image.
You can learn more by heading on over to the website for this application here. Or, if you are already sold, head on over and find the right one to download. Have fun.
I follow a couple cooking/recipe blogs that usually have good looking food. I like good looking food, it usually tastes good. I star all these posts, or try to remember them somehow, but I never actually make the things posted about. I need to start doing that. If I am going to try to start working from home, I should start cooking more. It would give me something to do while taking a break from the computer.
Here is another recipe I will most likely not make, but looks damn good:
Rhubarb And Red Berry Crumbles
I do dig me some Modeselektor.
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