Big Wave Event Coming

9/2/04 By

I just took a look at the National Hurricane Prediction website for hurricane Howard, and found that he’s heading in our general direction. This should produce a good big wave event within the next few days as he moves smack into the middle of the SoCal swell window. It might also prove to be a good photo opportunity. I’ll be sure to try to take plenty of pictures if and when it does hit and post them here.

Hopefully the main pulse of the swell won’t arrive until after Saturday, since our middle son will be competing in a CCSA surf contest. Currently he’s in first place for the junior’s division, and we’d hate to see anything happen to him trying to defend it. He’s worked hard to get to this point, and deserves to take home a trophy at the invitational event in October. I’m hoping for a moderate swell for this contest, since the last three have only been in the 1′ – 3′ range. Kyle does much better in 4′ – 6′ conditions. I’ll be sure to post some photos from this Saturday’s contest too.

Filed Under: Ramblings

The New iMacs Are Announced

9/1/04 By

I’ve been hit up by several coworkers over the past couple of days asking me what I think of the new iMac. Being a system admin, this is one of the hazards of the job. The first coworker literally barged into my office yesterday (shattering my concentration for what I was working on) in order to ask. I didn’t even know it was announced, so in order to appease him I browsed on over to the Apple site to check it out with him hovering over my shoulder.

My first impression? That’s an interesting design. My second impression? I bet that sucker would topple over if my youngest got ahold of it. I know that the new monitors announced at the last MacWorld are all the rage, but I’ve got to wonder about the engineering behind these form factors. To me, they seem very easily knocked onto a corner if bumped just the wrong way. I could, however, be wrong about this, and plan to visit my local Apple Store in order to test my theory. I just hope they don’t ban me from coming back when they see me trying to tip one over.

Other than that, I think the design is okay. Hardware specs seem adequate. I personally prefer having some substance to my workstations, and I’m not sure how they’d be received by the workforce, but, the shallow form would be a welcome addition to my already cluttered desk at home.

Filed Under: Apple