No, I Am Your Father
With all necessary apologies to Lord Vader, yes, I’ve succumbed to the Dark Side.
I had a birthday two weeks ago, and since I’m both picky and difficult to fit, I generally get money. I had, however, made it widely known that, as I’m constantly listening to audiobooks on my Palm, I’d really like to get myself an iPod. Several of my friends, under the direction of ThreadBear Store Manager and all-around bad-ass knitter extraordinaire, Sabrina, gave me an 80GB iPod Classic for my birthday. Roxrz boxrz! Since I’m also fortunate enough to have a totally kick-ass mom who came for a nearly week-long visit for my birthday, it was several days before I got her (the iPod… I call her Audrey) loaded for bear (this one, in particular) and ready to roll.
She worked just fine for the first couple of days. Really.
Then…
*fizzle*
*fart*
*sigh*
Harrumph. Well, as I said, I do frequently get money, and since I’m also a freakin’ nut for the MSU Surplus Store (where they sell off old equipment that belongs to the university that no one is using anymore), I loaded the pups in the car yesterday morning and hit Surplus first thing. Not terribly fond of being left alone, Busby whined through the sunroof (it was early and cool, but I’m rabid about having good air circulation when they’re left in the car) and– quite literally– honked the horn at passers-by, but minutes later, I was loading a Power Book G4 into the trunk.
Yes, I’m a Mac owner. I can finally get one of those cute, little stickers for the back of my car with a bite out of an apple. Excuse me. Out of The Apple. And as a complete Apple newbie, I was delighted to see on the iPod box that Apple’s corporate offices are located at number 1, Infinite Loop. BWAH! That’s so up my alley. Well, I suppose it’s Herr Jobs’ alley, but I understand he shares… some.
Anyway, so now I’ve got an out-mode Mac on my desk, and I suspect I’ll be spending a week or so finding pieces, parts, and software to get him up to speed. Audrey didn’t care too much for him, but I suspect she’ll be headed back to Best Buy later today to be replaced with Audrey2. So, naturally, my Mac has a name, too.
Matthew R. Waldrop
proudly announces the birth
of his latest fascination:
Seymour.
Ain’t he a beaut? (Not a butte… that would just be silly.)
I suspect I’ll get a snide comment or two from my Microsoft buddy, Terri Shea, and I’ll be the very first to admit that I’m already missing some of my shortcut keys (and yes, I know Mac has its own blah-blah-blah), but the image quality is astounding. I already know that I’ll be reviewing every color choice on the Mac from now on.
Wish me luck, though, folks. I’ve got a hard row to hoe getting this bad boy up to my own particular standards. And pray for Rob. He may never see me again. 
Happy Belated Birthday Matt. What a great gift, sorry to hear it frizzled out on you. I just bought one for the hubby for his birthday a week and a half ago, so far, all is good.
I hope you get the computer in good working order soon.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:42 pmI’ll show you mine if you show me yours (sorry, couldn’t resist)???? 80gb iPod that is…
Although sounds like you are FAR ahead in the loading land. Employment is the enemy I tells ya!
April 25th, 2008 at 12:13 amWell, Happy, Happy, Happy Belated Birthday!
Nice new gadget, dude!
Hugs!
Kat
April 26th, 2008 at 2:13 pmHappy Belated Birthday Matt. My brother also had a new iPod which fizzled and had to be replaced.
Curious - just wondering why you chose a desktop over a laptop?????????? I really - REALLY - would like to know. I have always been a PC person because that was quite simply my intro to computers. I have considered switchig but that would also mean buying all new software as most PC software will not translate into Apple talk. Good luck with all the work you have ahead of you as well as with Audrey II.
Has Rob gone into an anti-blogging state? No pics of your wonderful new yarns and no doggy pics for a good solid month from him. I do want to thank you for your blogs
with a comment about the 4-legged boys.
Lindy in AZ
April 26th, 2008 at 6:07 pmHappy birthday, dear! Use the computer that makes YOU productive. BUt you need Two-ie wallpaper.
My birthday is next Sunday, May 11. I am totally skinny now, down from size 10 to a 6. I can run 3 miles. And I chopped off my hair and got new glasses. I am a total milf, if I do say so myself.
Can’t wait to come visit you guys in September! I’ll have a ton of new designs, if all goes smoothly.
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:41 amWelcome to the dark side! There’s a mac group on ravelry, which you’ve probably already discovered.
If it weren’t inanimate and metal, I’d hug my mac. Well, I’ll hug it anyway. I Love Macs!
(although the pc guy in the commercials is way cuter than the mac guy)
June 14th, 2008 at 8:50 pm