Month: September 2006

Let the Macintosh bloggery flow! It’s been too long…

The twelfth of… wait a minute. Twelfth? Is that right? It looks wrong. In fact, I don’t think that I’ve ever actually spelt out the word “twelfth” before. Wait a minute… spelt? Is that a word? Spelled? Umm… let’s start this post over:

The 12th of September is likely to be a very special day for Apple’s legion of devoted, white-plastic-lovin’, obeying-Steve-Jobs’-every-hint-of-a-command, fans. According to trustworthy sources (i.e. The internet), next Tuesday will bring an announcement of epic proportions… or epic disappointments. Either way, it’s bound to be epic.

And with the announcement of a scheduled announcement comes, of course, the onslaught of rumor, speculation, and general Mac-fueled excitement. On the rumor table we can find the all of the usual suspects: iPhone, iTunes Movie Store, Widescreen Video iPod… it’s all the same stuff. No surprises, right? I’m not so sure.

Let’s take this one step at a time. A couple of days ago, Apple quietly released a 24″ iMac… Apple’s prosumer Mac. It’s a pretty impressive machine, yet it slipped by with nary a whisper. So, if something like that gets no coverage, then this Tuesday’s announcement is gonna be hot! Conversely, I’ve just read that the Steve is not going to be giving the announcement. The Steve likes to promote the big stuff personally. A small announcement then? Not quite. MacNN is reporting that Apple filled a patent for a multifunction handheld. iPhone? I’m growing tired of saying it, and it’s becoming more and more likely that I’m going to be proven wrong, but Apple is not making a cell phone. A PDA-like device? Oh god… that would be a dream come true. So, clearly that’s not going to happen. Then what the hell is it gonna be!? Movie Store. My money is on an iTunes Movie Store.

And only time will tell.

After two of these Starbucks caffeine bombs, separated by one hour and one sugar-coated blueberry muffin, I have to admit, I’m feeling pretty darn good.

Caffeine status: comfortably above normal.
Sugar level: not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

I’m beginning to worry, however. The cafeteria, the source of caffeinated bliss, closes at 3:00 p.m. on Sundays, and here I sit in the library, studying dutifully (what? Blogging counts as studying. Duh!) as the hands of destiny (or Timex… whatever) gently tick away. With each passing stroke, their calming tick becomes less of a steady count of time and more of a deafening reminder… a countdown to certain peril.

Now, a slippery 2:51 p.m. and the caffeine supply is slowly dwindling down to the bottom-of-the-cup dregs. My productivity dwindles with it. What to do, what to do…

Thankfully, the good people at Starbucks had the foresight to create… and the committee in charge of purchasing at Quinnipiac University had the foresight to purchase… Iced Coffee in a Can. Yes, it’s true. Starbucks coffee. Iced. In a can. Yours for the inflated campus store price of only $2.29 a hit. Truly a godsend in times of need… troubled times like these, where one is forced to wonder whether there really is a God and if so, why is he so cruel (why would God close the cafeteria when I am in desperate need of coffee? Why, God? Why?). But now, with the availability of Iced Coffee in a Can, my faith has been renewed. God lives and is producing miracles daily! Now if you’ll kindly excuse me, I’m off to the campus store to drop a couple of bucks in exchange for an 11 ounce can of heaven.

UPDATE/CORRECTION: As was previously assumed, God is in fact, dead. The campus store is currently closed, thus disabling one’s capacity for Iced Coffee in a Can procurement. Spread the word my dear readers: God is dead and is no longer performing miracles daily. My sincerest apologies for the confusion.