Apple TV Software Update 2.3.1 is out in the wild, annoying users everywhere!

I have two Apple TVs and the more I think about them, the more annoyed I get.

First, I had to prove that I am not a criminal movie pirate by DOWNGRADING my HDMI connection to component, just to watch a move I bought on iTunes. Thanks Apple. That made me feel great.

Second, in the year 2000, I hoped we would have flying cars. We don't. But, we can actually use our TV as a 2nd monitor to amaze our friends and family as we browse the web. I consider this a fairly distant close 2nd to flying cars. Thanks again Apple for doing everything you can to prevent me from doing this.

I currently have an Apple Mini - next to my Apple TV - with a DVI connection to a projector. I screen-share to it so i can play a better screensaver on my TV than the one -the one- that comes on Apple TV. I can also now see my flickr account, which I can not from Apple TV because AppleTV only allows access to public Flickr accounts :-? My Flickr account is 'private' due to a nude photo which apparently someone complained about.

Oooh! Must I move to Spain for boobies to be okay again?

Don't get me wrong; I love Apple. (I converted to Macs one day by throwing my pc in my swimming pool so that it could not be repaired... again. I spent a couple hundred thousand dollars converting my company to Macs then, too. Great investment, it turns out.) But that doesn't preclude me from pointing out areas where Jobbo might improve his products.

peace

Traveling Tips

ALWAYS check hot water before sitting on bidet, or you might burn your boys, making long flights a pain in the ass.

Why I Use Macs (or, Windows PCs Are Not Waterproof)

A few years ago, around 2004-ish, I used Windows. In general, it hurt. The quick story is that I finally, finally, got fed up with viruses malware, spyware, crapware, re-boots, re-builds, re-installs, maintenance and re-maintenance (a windows only word), and the fucking windows registry which belongs under an elephant turd; and so I threw my pc into the pool - to thwart the possibility of repairs - called the service company who came out and promptly exclaimed, "Hey, this thing is really broken!" They offered a refund, which I almost accepted, but, my atheist ethics got in the way and I confessed my watery-grave ceremony/therapy, paid the price, took the hit, and converted my household and company to Mac. (My old pc laptop is now gilded and framed in glass, hanging on the wall at the office, with a hammer on a chain, and the inscription, "In case of emergency, break glass." It's not there for nostalgia; it is actually because my IT department could not reproduce its programming environment on another machine, what with all the "dll hell" inside. And so it hangs there, as a symbol, somewhat like that statue of Saddam Hussein that was torn down).

I quickly became the Jacksonville Florida Mac store's best customer (no kidding), including the government! I wonder if this says as much about my commitment to efficiency, peace of mind, culture, and creativity as it questions the government's. Once I earned a living writing Windows software. Now I enjoy life and the fantastic people in it; and I have a company that makes a life writing rails apps on Macs.

So now when I'm stuck in an airport, I sit side-by-side with my @kw33n, twittering from our iPhones, mostly to each other! One might think this a geekish or antisocial thing to do, but in fact it is a new form of communication in our evolution, and it is quite romantic.