New First Puppy, Bo, Joins The Obamas

Finally! Bo has arrived!



Both Picture credits: Pete Souza / The White House

New Sasha Baron Cohen Movie: Bruno

This movie is gonna be so huge! I predict bigger than Borat! It looks funnier too!

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I don't agree with her suing the transit authority for not jumping in and help fight this guy, but she still DID not deserve to be raped. I can't believe no one told her not to take the subway after dark. That's rule # 1!!

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Flops and Tops of 2007

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4. Amazon Kindle: I love books. I love ebooks. I hate the Amazon Kindle. Why? Because for $400 I can buy a whole lot of books. In good conscience I can’t recommend an e-reader for that high a price. Palm OS e-readers are around $100 (it lacks e-ink). Sony’s e-reader which also has e-ink (a display which makes the screen look like newspaper or textbook print with no backlight) is around $299. Given that the Kindle comes with free wireless called Whispernet that they build from Sprint’s EVDO broadband line, they are looking to recoup their hefty investment by their pricing. It’s a neat little gadget, especially it you're a Mac user like me, since Sony’s Reader isn’t compatible with Mac OS. Amazon would be better off dropping the price, by at least $50. Or, Sony (are you listening), needs to make the e-reader compatible on Mac OS and create a wireless network for it to run on . Head to head. I like Sony’s design on the a similar wireless network. The Kindle is chunky and the buttons are not placed for easy reading. For example, when reading, it's easy to accidently touch the scroll button and end up on the wrong page. Oddly, enough, the Kindle really is just a piece of wood.







3. Xbox 360 and PS3 (before the price drop) vs the: Die hard gamers have professed around the world that their main reasons for loving the Xbox was to play Halo. While PS3 players love the fact that their old games from PS1 and PS2 can play on the system, the price tag is higher than the Wii and Xbox. At $600 (mainly because of the blu-ray player), Sony committed suicide. They tried to win the HD vs Blu Ray war by integrating it into their consoles, but all they did was send gamers to XBox or Wii. But in overall sales who won? (See the tops list.)





2. iPhone: The hype that surrounded it, you can attribute it to the success of Apple’s iPod. While the iPhone is pretty much everything you need in a phone, portable browser, and mp3; that doesn’t leave Steve Jobs’ new golden child without flaws. Apple failed to offer more than one network to use the phone on, alienating most buyers from switching to At&t. Plus with the welded battery, you must ship your iPhone back to Apple to have it replaced. Also, Jobs and Co. wants to restrict what you can do once you buy the iPhone, which means, no cash payments, credit cards or checks only. Sounds like you're renting the iPhone after paying around $599 for it. Are you kidding me?





1. Window’s Vista: Oh, Bill, what were you thinking? Window’s Vista’s release should have been rescheduled until the Window’s Team put ALOT more work into it. If this is what they spent an alleged five years working on, then I cringe. VIsta reminds me of a crappy book report: it's Monday morning and you hand in a two pages of dribble instead of the five pages of masterpiece you knew you were capable of producing. Was the Microsoft Development Team on Spring Break? . (I honestly think they spend 6 months working on this version and 4 1/2 years playing Halo on their desktops.) For those XP users who simply wanted to upgrade, the nightmare did not end. From lacks in security patches to Internet Explorer which seems to be only good at crashing, to logging in as the Administrator to run Photoshop (it is a security risk when you do this, but this is the only way I've learned you can run Photoshop on Vista), Microsoft let the whole world down (it had to happen sometime, people). My guess, is Microsoft is working overtime on this one. The next version of this OS may not even be Vista to move away from the stigma (see 2008 Predictions). Bill Gates, does not like to be on the loosing end of the stick.

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4. Wii and PS3 (after the price drop): No analyst could predict the Wii taking home gold. When Nintendo first reported they would be changing control pads to a single stick, I figured they were trying to re-invent the wheel, and not in a good way. But to my surprise, they made it a more interactive game. The control pad, of course, will not work with all game types, but for Nintendo’s line, it’s a winner.
The PS3, after the price drop made, me more of a believer. Plus a blu-ray player for around $400? If only I could find one to buy. Now, at least, you can compete with the Wii.



3. Ipod Touch: When the iPhone first came out, I was at the Apple store about a week later, just flirting with one. The main reasons I didn’t snatch one up? The $600 price tag and the fact that I was not transferring service to At&t (in Florida we have Metro PCS which gives you unlimited minutes for a flat fee of $50). I said to my friend Robert who was with me at the store, “I really just want the iPod features.” You can imagine my thrill when the Touch came out. The hard drive is small at 16KB a larger hard drive size and price decrease. Plus, you really never want anything generation one. As the iPod minis sell faster than the Grand Slam Special at Denny’s, I’ll wait for an iPod touch.




2. Elgato Eye Tv: When I pass on to the after life, there is one earthly possessions that I will definetly miss. Other from Duffy Dean (my baby persian kitty), my MacBook Pro will probably win this game. But paired with the Macbook Pro, an Eye Tv tuner makes me happier than certain men (to save myself from being sued for libel, I won’t name names). Recording tv on a laptop, not to mention watching tv as I type my many entertaining blog entries, makes me happier than a fat rat in a cheese factory. Set up itself was pretty seamless, I ran the install cd and slipped in the USB tuner, after connecting it to the cable jack.

The downside: These tuners are EXPENSIVE. They cost 10 times what a tuner for a PC would cost ( $20 for PC, $200 for Mac OS). They only reason I can see why the huge price difference is because Apple charges Eye Tv more for licenses for the tuner to run on Mac.



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1. Apple’s Macbook Pro: It’s like the Buggati of laptops (or think Fendi bags, girls). If you're a writer, then this is no better application than Pages. Sorry, not even an open source format compares. With iLife, you can tweak blogs (or video blog!!!), create movies and photo project, record music from a keyboard, and edit videos. All of which can be done on a PC, but MAC OS does it better.

My only complaint to Steve Jobs and his androids over at Apple: you need to lower the price. Now, I’m not saying that the MBP will ever be an $500 Dell. Perish the thought! Or, if you wanna keep charging $2800, MBPs should be a gaming powerhouse! But @ close to 3 grand it is steep. But what can I say; I still love it. A Windows PC with comparable features will run you about $600-$1500 less depending on where you go. But remember, PCers you all have to deal with Vista and XP. Us Mac heads get Mac OS X and Leopard. At the end of the day with a Mac, you’re paying for the software. If the MBP is way out of your league, go for the 13 inch Macbooks which start around $1099. Plus, I can’t live without a back lit keyboard. I know, I’m such a girl.
Alternatives: If I had to go to the PC route, I’d get a Sony Vaio VGN-AR670 CTO or an HP Pavilion dv9700t. My PC OS of choice: Umbutu Linux or if that scares you, Windows XP with SP2 patch. Bill Gates has alot of work to finish on Vista.

Election Prediction

Working at the polling station was by far the best job that I ever had. I definetly enjoyed actually doing something that contributed to the progress of democracy. I was a polling inspector and basically my job was to set up voters on Florida’s electronic voting machine as they came in to vote. Every time I set someone up, I said, “Happy Voting.” I thought it was most appropriate. In training they taught us that the average age of a poll worker is seventy-two For the most part, that was true in my polling station. The manager or clerk (as they are called) was sevety-eight Now, I’ll be the first to say that she was full spunk, but my goodness. There was no one there that was remotely my age. Only one guy my age came in to vote. Everyone at the precint was incredibly sweet and kind. I kinda wish I lived in South Miami again and got to work with them more. I highly recommend this job for anyone. By just being there, you feel as though you’ve become a part of the community-even if you don’t live there. I don’t live in the area that I was assigned to, but either way the journey was welcoming.
During the morning we had lines down the block, but at night we were able to close at seven without a problem. I thank my stars to early voting. This is the first time in history that it’s ever been done. When I went back to campus, I couldn’t sleep. I stayed up all night and watched the live news broadcast via my computer. Seeing Bush take the majority of the swing states broke my heart, but even I can’t reject that majority rules. All I have to say is, if gas prices go to three dollars a gallon, (there at $2.10 now) I will be forced to walk-everywhere. And in Florida that is not easy-this isn’t new york, everything is far apart. Plus, jobs are scarce. I guess the country likes the way things are. Oh, well. At least after these four years he can’t be re-elected. Predictions for 2008: John Edwards and Hilary Clinton. First Female President? She’s got my vote!

2004 Elections

Tomorrow I have to be at the polling station at six in the morning! I think it’s going to be really cool to apart of the democratic process. I mean where else can I see up close and personal all of the drama of this election. I have a hunch that we will not know who the president is by days end. I mean, to be honest, the race is too close. Even speaking as a Floridan, this state is as deadlocked moreso now, than it was four years ago. I know, I know-as if that was possible.
I really hope John Kerry wins. I already voted for him during the early voting. I wish everyone could vote online-wouldn’t that be easy? Everyone would be able to vote then. They should create a system to make that possible. Even if they preach voter fraud, no matter what type of voting system, that’s going to happen anyways.
Gosh, I’m tired. Yesterday, I think I slept about four hours. I left my dvd case in the library and was frantic when I woke up and couldn’t find it. I went back to the library this morning and low and behold, there it was, in the bathroom. I thought that I had lost all of my precious movies and cds. I was on the verge of tears. I saw the law students in the breezeway all night until early this morning (they were there from midnight to six in the am. The breezeway is the area outside the library that we have. It is lit and semi-enclosed.)
I have to end this entry and go put gas in my car because I am so tired-I don’t want to fall asleep, but it’s happening! More after the elections. Hope everyone voted!