[crouton] Nathaniel Trost: Ben Franklin Is Not Amused

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Posted by Nathaniel Trost:
Ben Franklin Is Not Amused
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   Every day on my commute I pass by a construction supply wholesaler
   which persists in putting inexplicable tidbits of 'wisdom' on a
   marquee attached to the building. "The Holidays Are What We Make Of
   Them" was pretty special, but it has now been replaced.
   The inane truism of the week 'Good Intentions Die=E2=A6Unless They Are
   Executed'.
   It goes without saying that I would very much like a MacBook Pro. Oh
   yes, I would. Interesting to me is that the new iMacs allow for a
   secondary monitor running at up to 1920x1200 via a mini-DVI port. That
   makes them pretty dang suitable for a development workstation. Even
   though it was a budget line-item I'm a bit sorry I 'rented' the
   Developer Transition Kit. No real 3D card, no sexy integrated iSight
   or bluetooth or airport. Sniff.
   I still haven't accomplished my personal threatened transition to OS
   X. However, thanks to an iPod Shuffle and an unused iBook G4, I seem
   to have addicted my mother.
   And why isn't Apple selling the keynote video on iTMS? It's not like
   I've been able to get the stream to work all day long=E2=A6