Ok, so Apple finally released the MacBook today. I’m not sure what I think yet. The pictures on Apple’s site don’t leave me highly impressed. It looks smallish and overly thick, even though it is thinner than the iBook. It does have the magnetically sealing lid instead of a clasp mechanism. I’m also not sure about this, because it gives the casing a big groove right on the front of it that looks kind of ugly.

I was just reading about Maggie’s adventures with Maté. It reminds me of when I was in Singapore a few years ago and offered bird’s nest soup. As I recall, the conversation went something like: K: Here, eat this. B: What is it? K: I’ll tell you later, have some. B: OK… (a few bites later) B: Um, do you want the rest of this? Because I don’t like it very much.

It’s been pointed out to me that I haven’t written about my condo yet. Yes, you read that right. I bought a condo. The reason I hadn’t written anything yet is because I wanted to write a proper post, and I haven’t had very much time lately. I’ve given up on that idea and I’ll just mention a few things. It’s still in El Cajon so my commute is just about as bad, but regardless of that I like it quite a lot.

I bought a new Bluetooth mouse the other day because my old wireless usb/radio mouse was dying. While I do have to admit I really wish it was a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse I really like the feel of it. I like the size of it and the fit in my hand. I also really like the glide action on it. Perhaps it’s just because it’s new, but it seems to be much smoother to me.

We installed our new firewall today. This has been a long time coming, and I’m glad to (almost) put this to rest. The switchover from the demo unit went flawlessly. There was only a small drop in traffic and then everything went back to normal. I also installed the new unit with the upgraded firmware that doesn’t crash when viewing the log. I’m really relieved about this because we really needed something to go as smoothly as planned around here.