SWIV

I spent the afternoon watching Star Wars IV with the kids. It's been a LONG time since I last watched it.

This time around I picked up on many references to things like the 1930's american jazz scene and WWII dog fighting. Wikipedia has a neat section on its Cinematic and literary allusions.

The IQ Test

From an IQ test I took:

Rearrange the following letters to make a single 
word and then choose the category in which it belongs:

RASPI

- City
- Fruit
- Animal
- Vegetable
- I don't know

FARE FIG

- City
- Animal
- Vegetable
- Person
- I don't know

I ran out of time trying to answer these last two questions on the test. Words and letters are usually something I struggle with so I didn't think much about it past that.

However, the next morning I had an unexpected thought. Guess what popped into my head the second I woke up? PARIS and GIRAFFE

Crazy how the mind works!

By the way I got a modest score of 126 on the test.

New Key Strokes

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog!"

Quick! Did you see how fast I typed that out? Did you see how fast I corrected my rushed typing? Did you see that fancy keyboard on my desk?



The new Apple Keyboard arrived at the office today. I've been coding with it for a few hours now and love it.

I remember a while back my co-worker saying something about how he wished there was a keyboard out that felt just like the MacBook keyboard. I thought it would be cool and was happy to see Apple release it.

I used to use the old style Apple Keyboard but for some odd reason the stroke had a lot of friction. The new one is lightening fast with it's low profile and easy stroke.

With all these Apple products I'm starting to feel Macho....or is that MacHo?

Internet in the bathroom?

I bought an iPhone last friday. The recent price drop helped to make purchase less painful. Figuring I wouldn't need the extra four gigs I chose the 4GB model at $299. At that price the iPhone is in the same price range as the other phones.




Basically I believe Apple nailed the design. The user experience is much better than any other cell phone out there. The sound quality is excellent, form factor is practical, and the user interface is polished and easy.

All the information you'll need when carrying a phone is with you ( maps, contacts, weather, stocks) presented with a beautiful interface.

I don't have any complaints yet. All I can think of that I haven't seen is the ability to create my own applications.