Could not afford the full package so my three sons and I are in line to do the whole general admission thing. Unfortunately we got to the line late and there are tons of people in front of us… There…
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Post-mortum: Mall of Georgia Apple Store opening
Wow, I’m glad I got there early. Bythe time the doors were opened there was over 500 people in line, and the line stretched serpantine all around that side of the mall. A former Apple store employee sitting next to…
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More apple store blogging
The 22 or so Apple employees just came out and ran the line, high-giving everyone. The cause for their enthusiasm? A corporate mandate they be excited, apparently. “It’s almost time!” one cried out. Yes, yes it is. Three minutes to…
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Apple store grand opening flickr photos
First photos uploaded here. Stunning, ain’t they? More coming throughout the day.
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Live blogging outside the new Apple Store
Totally lame I know but my son and I are number 37 and 38 in line outside the new apple store at the Mall of Georgia an hour before they open. Since I never did this before I’m live-blogging it.…
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Missed it by that much – yesterday was the 30th Anniversary of “The Shark Jump”
September 20th, 1977. A day that will live in infamy. The day that Arthur Fonzarelli, “The Fonz,” strapped on some waterskis and, still wearing his trademark leather jacket, jumped over a shark in a “very special episode” of Happy Days.…
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Happy Birthday Adam West!
I almost forgot , today is the birthday of that world famous crime fighter Adam West. May he have many more. To celebrate, here’s Adam West in Pulp Fiction (kinda, NSFW language): [youtube]meIwLytkOX4[/youtube] Wally Wingert’s fantastic song about Adam West…
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New Apple store opening at Mall of Georgia
Just found out that the new Apple store will be opening on September 22nd, which also is my birthday. “Oh Steve you shouldn’t have!”
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A proud papa – my 9-year-old posts his first YouTube clip
OK, I upgraded my son’s Mac Mini to iLife 08 and after I gave him some quick pointers (and I set up an account for him) he shot, edited together and uploaded his first YouTube video. Here it is: [youtube]kA07WYJzZns[/youtube]…
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Last Apple posting for a while…
And I leave the best for last: The G3 Apple Beer Server. Can I order two?
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What’s next for the iPhone
(NOTE: last Apple post for a while, as I move on to my other fetish: Disney!) I’ve put together some ideas/features that can/will be added to ye old iPhone, along with my guesstimate as to the probability of such functionality…
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And now, your Man for U.N.C.L.E. on DVD update… great news!
The Robert Vaughn/David McCallum classic The Man form U.N.C.L.E. is one of my all time favorites. I did several regular postings at my old .mac-based blog last year about the legal problems that stymied different attempts to get the series…
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And speaking of videos….
Here’s a couple of brand-spankin’ new ones I have made and uploaded to YouTube thanks to iMovie 08. Here’s a video from a few years back when the family visited the Tennessee Valley Railroad: [youtube]pLvBFC6G0nw[/youtube] And here’s video from the…
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iMovie ’08 only for newer Macs… or is it?
One of the things that has annoyed some Apple fans recently has been Apple’s high system requirements for the new iMovie 08 (which I reviewed over the weekend). Want to use the newest, easiest-to-use video editor ever made with your…
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30 years ago, this week, we lost one of the greats…
And, no, I’m not talking about the overhyped singer from Memphis that has become Christ-like after his passing (sorry, Mom). I mean of course, the one, the only, GROUCHO! Groucho Marx died on August 19th 1977. He was, in his…
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iMovie 08 – a step back?
Kay, there’s been a lot of bickering online the past few days about the newest version of the entry-level video editor iMovie (yes, I know another Apple-related post – it’s a sickness, I tell ya). David Pogue spoke for a…