Highlights from Blogfest 12
So I was just about to say that Vista isn’t all that bad, but something interesting happened. My PC froze up for about five minutes, the hard drive went crazy, and the half-finished blog entry I had started disappeared. So I figure that whatever is bad for me may as well be bad for a conglomerate’s PR: Windows Vista is no more reliable than Windows ME. I will retract that statement after Microsoft sends me a refund. Not a refund for the software license, a refund for the hours I spent using it, at a rate of $10/hr. Anybody want to get in on this and go class-action style?
Actually, both my laptop and my PC crashed. The desktop crashed twice… in the past half hour. The problem is that I have to choose between Linux - software that was put together by a bunch of unpaid professionals, Windows - software that was apparently put together by paid amateurs, and Mac OS 10 - software that does exactly what Steve Jobs says it will. There really isn’t a win anywhere in there.
NaBloPoMo - So, being more behind than usual on my cyberculture news, I forgot that NaNoWriMo and NaBloPoMo started. Also, I think we need a new word for acronyms that occur in camel case like the aforementioned events, NaDruWriMi, EvDO, etc. I think we should call these camel-case acronyms Acrocamels!
Lastly, Blogfest 12 was a hit. I met a lot of fabulous people, and will have to dedicate some time tomorrow to stalking them. 
November 9th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
[...] got to hang with a bunch of cool Pittsburgh-area bloggers, who cover all kinds of subjects, from tech solutions and new media, to high-tech gadgets, to drawing, all the way to rap and pro [...]
November 9th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
It was nice meeting you last night. Sorry to hear about your crashes.
November 10th, 2007 at 12:58 am
$10 an hour?! I think you should shoot higher and let them talk you down. We’re going to need some serious capital to open our high-tech butcher shop, Meatspace.
It was a pleasure having been stalked by you, Steve — hope you can make it out to one of the block parties these next couple Saturdays!
November 10th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
Jim, You clearly have underestmated the amount of time I’ve spent fighting with Vista. I could buy a full city block in downtown Pittsburgh with that kind of money!
I’m sorry that I didn’t stalk you more properly. I didn’t know about today’s block party until 10 minutes ago. I’ll be at the next one!