30th Jan 2004
Random Hits and Misses
This was supposed to be an end of 2003 techie geeky hits and misses list. I procrastinated, and, well, now it’s mostly recent stuff…
hit: iSight + iChat == free videoconferencing
hit: iPods
miss: mini iPod. C’mon now, $250?!
hit: Linus Torvalds
miss: SCO
hit: somafm.com
hit: just making it in the door of an express train
miss: the #7 line on any of the past 9 weekends
hit: Manhattan
miss: Long Island City
hit: walking in snow
miss: walking on ice
hit: Jimmy Carter
miss: The State of Georgia, for wanting to ban “Evolution”
hit: Sofia Coppola
hit: Sophia Smith (my daughter)
hit: Sophia Loren
hit: wife with her own trophies
miss: trophy wives
hit: cell phone ejector seats (Lowes Theatre announcement)
miss: people with a case of the bla bla blas
hit: The Mars Rover “Spirit”
miss: “Spirit” for the too many open files bug
hit: “Spirit” for recovering from that
hit: portable, fun tech
miss: 20 different types of power adapters
hit: country village or city core, places with character
miss: quick buck developer big box tedium mall tract house land rape
hit: “The Da Vinci Code”
miss: “Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)”
