On Apple...

........Now that its possible to boot a new Mac Book Pro into Windows, there is great speculation as to gamings future on Apples flagship products. People have their own notions as to what a ‘Mac gamer is’, not that PC gamers have anything to be especially proud of. What’s to stop a developer from just saying hey, buy windows if you want to run our games, we’re not going to bother. Of course no game studio would come out and SAY that., but there cant be much incentive to port a game. In the past I always thought Apple just needed to focus on certain niche forms of gaming like Nintendo and Sony did. Those companies go after an experience not just a game title, when was the last time you saw a Sony hit title release on multiple consoles within a year?

........I can only hope there is a method to this madness that is Apple, I would hate to see them disappear. By they way they are not going into the software business anytime soon.

New things to waste your time with

.......Flowflow is a beautifully rendered time waster that is as much art as it is a game. It starts a bit loud so, unlike certain individuals, you know what to do.

……..While I normally put the term ‘podcast’ in the same category as ‘blog’ and ‘hacker’ (that being abhorrently trendy and ultimately meaningless language), I’ve discovered the Ricky Gervais Show via Itunes podcast. Pretty funny stuff. Though most people know Ricky from his creation of the Office, Ricky has created a dynamic between himself, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington of near zealot-like following.

………Karl’s awkward view on life is one of the things generate attraction to the program. (Picture the Naive acquired knowledge 9th grade high school student: competent but by no means worldly). I’ve spent several hours listening to him in an effort to diagnose him a person or character. In the end, this is pointless as I would be disappointed if he were a character and appalled if he wasn’t.

………Is everyone’s internet slow? Our cable modem is been slow if not inactive the past week, so much so that I’m posting from the Diesel Café; which is having the same result. The Internet 2.0 hasn’t kicked in yet, (despite the inevitble crapfest) so I wonder if it’s just my bad luck….? There are reports of internet providers trying to stifle certain programs luckily there are ways to circumvent it.