So Apple’s big reveal is a larger version of the ipod touch that costs between $500 – $830, depending on if you go wi-fi or 3G? Lame. My Hackintosh netbook runs full snow leopard and only cost $300.

Totally stole this from Gizmodo:

• tjakabon: “It surfs the web AND stops the bleeding.”
• Gelatobaby: And you can use the giant QWERTY keyboard to get your period on the #iPad!
• CarolBlymire: Is #apple making an iPad for light-flow days? Just wondering…
• Trish1981: iPad? Really? All I can say is, I’m sticking with Always, bitches.
• tremendousnews: So I can say “That chick is on her iPad” and not be called a pig? Thank you Apple.
• melissapierce: iPad has changed “the conversation” from how we use tech in context to how we use tech as Kotex. (who named this thing?)
• TwittsMcGee: I haven’t heard this many period jokes since I was forced to watch The View last month. #iPad
• kathycacace: Okay, just one more. The iPad: protecting your data from embarrassing incidents.
• Johnpapa: “64 gig iPad will forever be known as the heavy flow model.”

And of course here were my own comments on the subject:

• “The screen on the iPad really isn’t that big. I hope they come out with a double sized maxi-iPad.”
• “If I’m understanding Steve Jobs right, the iPad absorbs information on those heavy data flow days.”
• “I wonder if Tampax will release an app to make the iPad extra absorbent.”
• “If you and your friends all buy one, will they sync up?”
• “Can I get a scented iPad for when my data feels not-so-fresh?”

I made a firefox persona. I wanted something coffee related but in all the other ones the text was impossible to read so I made my own.

The pre-holiday season was crazy, but I’m finally back on twitter. Also heading out of town for the weekend, but I’ll still be tweeting.

I’m not mean enough to do a list for every medium, but these various things were the worst of the worst in 2009.

• Avatar - If I didn’t know better I’d say the dialog was stolen straight from bad 80’s cartoons.
• Project Runway - The move to Lifetime and L.A. was not a good one. Calling this past season a “hot mess” would be putting it too nice.
• The Ugly Truth - I love romantic comedies but this crapfest gives all romantic comedies a bad name.
• NBC – Sure they have a few watchable shows, but on a whole the ship has sunk. When The CW and cable networks have higher ratings you know something is wrong.
• 3D Movies – I saw eight movies in 2009 in 3D and they weren’t worth it. The whole process is still too gimmicky. Talk to me again when 3D moves the medium forward.
• Halo ODST – I was super hyped for the game, but calling it a game is wrong. It turned out to be nothing more than a badly marketed expansion who’s gameplay was nothing new or fun.
• Grey’s Anatomy – My the mighty have fallen. If it wasn’t for fast forward I wouldn’t have been able to make it through the episodes that aired this fall.
• Opinions of Obama - Everyone has an opinion on Obama and I’m sick of hearing it. I’ve heard him been called Jesus incarnate and I’ve heard him refered to as the anti-christ and you know? I don’t care. The only time I have an opinion on Obama is when he interrupts prime-time TV.
• Jon and Kate – Why did they ever have a TV show? Why did they become so big? She’s a bitch, he’s stupid, and now the kids are f* up.

I’m not sure how long this will be available, but for now you can get iTunes’ Holiday Sampler for free. It’s got a lot of stuff from random people ranging from Stephen Colbert, to Toby Keith, to Barry Manilow, to Aretha Franklin.

Turns out my power source went up frying my hard drive and logic board. Luckily, because I’m anal with backing-up my files, I only lost a Final Cut Pro project. Everything else I had saved somewhere else. I’ll be sporadically posting for the rest of the week since most of my time will be spent re-installing about a billion programs.

So my 10 month old Mac died. Apple says it’s either the logic board or power supply. Since the closest Apple Store is 3 hours away they are sending a tech to my house.  Because of the Holiday however no one is coming till next week so don’t expect any new posts till then.

Bottom line: I LOVE my Droid. It’s not perfect but it is by far the best phone Verizon has ever offered. In fact I’ve already decided to keep my review copy for personal use. (Read on …)

This is my Hackintosh. What is a “hackintosh?” It’s a computer that has been hacked and turned into a Macintosh so that it can run OSX. So yeah… Snow Leopard on a Dell! (Read on …)

This has to be my favorite google logo of all time.

I didn’t last a full day with Safari 4. Yes it is faster than any other browser, thanks to Snow Leopard, but its customization sucks. With Firefox, if the options isn’t already in the preferences then there is a plug-in that will allow you to do whatever it is you want to do.

I’m running Snow Leopard. It took 43 minutes for the install and everything went smoothly. I won’t be doing a full review but here are some basic thoughts:

• Flip 4 Mac is the only program I have on my computer (and I have LOTS) that doesn’t work.
• Boot-up and launching programs is notably faster.
• Safari (now running in 64bit) kills every other browser. I’m a long time Firefox fan but because of the speed increase I’m switching over to Safari.
• There are more display drivers so I can easily hook up my mac to an HDTV & second monitor.
• There really aren’t any real changes. It’s basically Leopard but a tad faster.

Won’t have a computer today and tomorrow because I’m busy installing Snow Leopard, which should take no time at all, and copying everything from my old PC to turn it into a media server, which will take hours upon hours.

To accommodate an increase in hits the site is migrating to a new server. Expect to see 404 errors or no new posts, depending on how quickly the DNS updates or doesn’t update.