In about five days we'll have a new President of the United States. I just heard that my uncle, who has not voted in years, will vote for Obama. Last I heard my gun owning, small militia friendly brother will vote for McCain. Four years from now, with the political frenzy beating its drums again, what will we remember from 2008?
We should do a research poll of all the campaign pledges made by both parties and see how they stack up against each other and against the candidate's performance. I figure about 10 percent promised will happen. Candidates always make sweeping pledges which they can't or don't make and follow up on for the many complex reasons. Right?
All of this is nonsense, really. Who did all those people vote for the last eight years? Bush, Jr. WTF? Is this country crazy? Yes. And if Florida tainted the election process with the Supreme Court's backing, does it matter anyway? If a person falls from a 59 story or 29 story building, they're dead regardless of the height.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Peaceful, easy feeling
Living in Suwon, South Korea you get the feeling of relative safety. It's a great feeling that allows you a lifestyle to ride your bike late at night, go walking with a friend or to ponder universal problems as you walk alone in the calm of Korean night or the hot and crowded afternoon streets near HomePlus.
In Suwon you see children walking home late from their study sessions or classes; ten year old kids with no sense of fear. It's wonderful. You can feel it in your gut, this sense of ease and calm. There are bad people out there but statistically, their numbers are small, like lottery size winnings small. Yes, there are drunk drivers and dark hidden alleys where taxi drivers rocket through but I'm talking about just a peaceful, easy feeling.
In Los Angeles, I live less than a five minute walk to the basket ball courts in a public park. When I walk there I can feel a tension and stress with a scent of danger. Am I imagining this? I tried to explain this feeling but the words were not adequate. What is the litmus test to discover if your city is peaceful and easy then? For me it is riding a bicycle late at night and soaking in the sights and sounds of the neighborhood. I used to do that in Playa del Rey but not in Culver City. It's not a peaceful, easy feeling. The only way to know this feeling is to live in another country and make the comparison, blog readers. I hope that some of you will do this one day.
In Suwon you see children walking home late from their study sessions or classes; ten year old kids with no sense of fear. It's wonderful. You can feel it in your gut, this sense of ease and calm. There are bad people out there but statistically, their numbers are small, like lottery size winnings small. Yes, there are drunk drivers and dark hidden alleys where taxi drivers rocket through but I'm talking about just a peaceful, easy feeling.
In Los Angeles, I live less than a five minute walk to the basket ball courts in a public park. When I walk there I can feel a tension and stress with a scent of danger. Am I imagining this? I tried to explain this feeling but the words were not adequate. What is the litmus test to discover if your city is peaceful and easy then? For me it is riding a bicycle late at night and soaking in the sights and sounds of the neighborhood. I used to do that in Playa del Rey but not in Culver City. It's not a peaceful, easy feeling. The only way to know this feeling is to live in another country and make the comparison, blog readers. I hope that some of you will do this one day.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Why I continue to hate the macintush
Blog readers, you know me well. I'm not dumb but it seems that my continued frustration of using a toy computer makes me smirk and sour and maybe causes me to not see the obvious more! The other day I am in Word and hit F12 on my keyboard. Bam! It gives me a save as window! WTF? I did that before and it didn't work. Maybe my meds have made me woosy; this short cut did not work before, or did it? Shit.
Now, in Mac Mail, I cannot sort by "unread" email messages. WTF!! I hate this computer. Hate it. This is why if you invest in Apple you will lose money! Once you buy the machine, you like it. It's cute and stylish and people swoon over it like a new born. However, when you use it a lot, you will hate it. It's all a facade. Don't fall for it! It's a (Steve) Jobsian magic trick. And he is a hateful person, if you read up on Apple. Even that genius Steve Wozinski continued to work for him after being lied to and cheated out of money by Jobs.
Now, in Mac Mail, I cannot sort by "unread" email messages. WTF!! I hate this computer. Hate it. This is why if you invest in Apple you will lose money! Once you buy the machine, you like it. It's cute and stylish and people swoon over it like a new born. However, when you use it a lot, you will hate it. It's all a facade. Don't fall for it! It's a (Steve) Jobsian magic trick. And he is a hateful person, if you read up on Apple. Even that genius Steve Wozinski continued to work for him after being lied to and cheated out of money by Jobs.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Why I hate using Macintosh computers for work
Hello again kind blog reader/s…it’s been a while. Yes, yes. I’ve been slacking on my writing duties because, as some of you know, I have been looking for a job. Some of you are having withdrawal symptoms, others don’t give a crap and any new or returning reader to this self-indulgent blog, out there in the Internet World, or as I now call it (IW)—look: I need to make some kind of heady acronym for this blog or I will be a has-been, has already become impatient and wants me to get to the point!
In my department at a very large university located in Los Angeles, they use Macintoshes. Most departments here us PCs, loaded with Windows XP. I know some of you love Macs. They’re elegant, easy to use, even fun sometimes. But they are toys. If you’re going to be offended by my criticism, constructive or not, please don’t read on…
Macintoshes belong in cafes where you can sip your Peet’s coffee, surf and send emails or organize your last party or vacation pictures. And if you’re sipping some good coffee from Peet’s using their free wi-fi, then please purchase another cup of coffee. Don’t be a mooch. Anyways, Macs suck and they should be condemned from any office unless you do graphics or movie animation. Sorry, Yanne and Kelly, likers of the Macintosh.
Too Many Cliques
Macintosh users belong the nerd elite of computer literati. PC users are the salt of the earth. Macintosh fanatics are smart and denigrate big corporate types who use PCs. PC users are smart and efficient. PC users have urged Mac users to help people use Macs better for the masses. Macs cost more. PCs cost less.
Sending an email at a certain time
I want to send an email at Sunday, at 4pm when my boss is probably sitting down at her desk, going over her itinerary for Monday. In this email reminder is to ask to bring in her receipts from her business trip. I can’t do this in Mac mail. Junk.
I want to set up an email reminder to myself to follow up on an email from someone else. Can’t do this in Mac mail. Junk.
I just recently learned how to get rid of the printer icon from my Mac dock. Are Mac users disorganized and absent minded? Why have the icon on the dock after you print something? Macintosh has defaced my desktop real estate space! And, it keeps coming back! Junk.
Oh, here’s one of my favorites: sorting my email in Mac mail. My supervisor and I were discussing an upcoming event and I wanted to double check one person’s response. When I clicked on the “from” column, Mac mail sorted by sender’s name but I could not “jump” to the next letter or email using the key pad. Instead, I had to manually scroll down to find the email while an embarrassing number of emails from my girl friend took up screen real estate.
Whatever happened to having a Notepad, a simple application on Mac? It has TextEdit which requires users of GUI to use more mouse clicks to do what Notepad simply has done for 20 years. Mac. Junk.
And for each operation of some software, there seems to be more mouse clicks involved. Whatever happened to hitting the return button to say “yes” or the letter “n” on your keyboard to say “no?” With a mac you need to use the mouse to click on “No” and sometimes the return key works for a “yes.”
When using software I find myself looking for the shortcuts that don’t exist. I want to do a “save as” (F12 on a PC) and the mac requires me to go to the menu and select “save as.” I haven’t found any shortcuts for that and I looked on line too. Blah!
I totally bored you blog readers. I had to rant. I’ve been using Mac OS X for three weeks now and though I am used to it, I don’t like it. Windows. Junk too but at least it works! Blah!
In my department at a very large university located in Los Angeles, they use Macintoshes. Most departments here us PCs, loaded with Windows XP. I know some of you love Macs. They’re elegant, easy to use, even fun sometimes. But they are toys. If you’re going to be offended by my criticism, constructive or not, please don’t read on…
Macintoshes belong in cafes where you can sip your Peet’s coffee, surf and send emails or organize your last party or vacation pictures. And if you’re sipping some good coffee from Peet’s using their free wi-fi, then please purchase another cup of coffee. Don’t be a mooch. Anyways, Macs suck and they should be condemned from any office unless you do graphics or movie animation. Sorry, Yanne and Kelly, likers of the Macintosh.
Too Many Cliques
Macintosh users belong the nerd elite of computer literati. PC users are the salt of the earth. Macintosh fanatics are smart and denigrate big corporate types who use PCs. PC users are smart and efficient. PC users have urged Mac users to help people use Macs better for the masses. Macs cost more. PCs cost less.
Sending an email at a certain time
I want to send an email at Sunday, at 4pm when my boss is probably sitting down at her desk, going over her itinerary for Monday. In this email reminder is to ask to bring in her receipts from her business trip. I can’t do this in Mac mail. Junk.
I want to set up an email reminder to myself to follow up on an email from someone else. Can’t do this in Mac mail. Junk.
I just recently learned how to get rid of the printer icon from my Mac dock. Are Mac users disorganized and absent minded? Why have the icon on the dock after you print something? Macintosh has defaced my desktop real estate space! And, it keeps coming back! Junk.
Oh, here’s one of my favorites: sorting my email in Mac mail. My supervisor and I were discussing an upcoming event and I wanted to double check one person’s response. When I clicked on the “from” column, Mac mail sorted by sender’s name but I could not “jump” to the next letter or email using the key pad. Instead, I had to manually scroll down to find the email while an embarrassing number of emails from my girl friend took up screen real estate.
Whatever happened to having a Notepad, a simple application on Mac? It has TextEdit which requires users of GUI to use more mouse clicks to do what Notepad simply has done for 20 years. Mac. Junk.
And for each operation of some software, there seems to be more mouse clicks involved. Whatever happened to hitting the return button to say “yes” or the letter “n” on your keyboard to say “no?” With a mac you need to use the mouse to click on “No” and sometimes the return key works for a “yes.”
When using software I find myself looking for the shortcuts that don’t exist. I want to do a “save as” (F12 on a PC) and the mac requires me to go to the menu and select “save as.” I haven’t found any shortcuts for that and I looked on line too. Blah!
I totally bored you blog readers. I had to rant. I’ve been using Mac OS X for three weeks now and though I am used to it, I don’t like it. Windows. Junk too but at least it works! Blah!
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