Day: March 14, 2006

Could this be Noah’s Ark? (full story)

President Bush visited with Jason McElwain, an autistic high school senior who made headlines recently when he sunk six three-pointer shots and a single shot for a total of 20 points in the last three minutes of a high school basketball game (video). The AP covered the visit today, which took place on an airport tarmac at Greater Rochester International Airport. Among the photos published by the news service, there were these which at first glance, look rather bizarre.

I had to look twice before I saw what was going on with this. Apparently, someone was offering cardboard cutouts of Jason’s ‘game face’ on a stick and that’s what the president is holding as he hugs the flesh and bones Jason. Yet with this 2 dimensional photo spread, it just looks weird.

The AP took a memorable moment for Jason and created a skewed perspective. Why would they run such strange looking photos?

I’m one of those hybrid computer users. I use a Windows laptop at work, I have a Mac mini on the desk as well. At home, I have a new iMac Intel machine in my living room, a Windows machine in my bedroom, my daughter has a Mac mini, my son has a Windows machine in his room, and my wife uses a Windows laptop. More and more though, I’m using the Mac, not because I’ve been drinking any kool aide, but because it’s new, it’s different, and I’ve used Windows machines since ‘94. There’s a lot of things to like about the new iMac, but I do ‘work’ on my Windows machines.

But enough about that…

I got a kick out of this today. If you’ve ever watched a keynote speech by Apple founder Steve Jobs, you’ll appreciate the fun in Keynote4 – the Steve Jobs Soundboard. It’s a flash driven site that lets you click on memorable phrases uttered by Jobs through the years and create your own keynote speech.

Ironically, Apple’s web browser (Safari) won’t run Flash correctly if you’re using a new iMac Intel machine. Apple blames Macromedia (Adobe) for not building a ‘Universal’ version of the Flash software. You can easily bypass this by running Firefox. 

For all you fans of Brad and Angelina, Memeorandum now has WeSmirch.com, a new gossip aggregator.

Mike Wallace will take a permanent vacation from ‘60 Minutes’ this spring.

If you’re flying on Delta in the next few weeks, you might want to rethink your plans.