iLife ‘09 Available Jan. 27

Apple reports that the ilife 09 suite will be available tomorrow at all apple stores and your local apple retailer. check out the article.

Where Does Accessability Balance Availability

google to release “GDrive”, a service that will allow a user to access his/her personal computer from any internet connection.

read the article

the observer

The Governor’s Mental Health

the springfield state journal register reports:

Is Gov. Rod Blagojevich crazy?

The answer: Not exactly, according to experts in mental and personality disorders. But that doesn’t mean Blagojevich qualifies as normal.

“I’m not sure the question is about (mental) stability,” says Dr. Joe Bohlen, a Springfield psychiatrist. “It may be more about personality.”

…from what he’s heard, seen and read, Bohlen and others say they believe Blagojevich may have a narcissistic personality disorder.

read the whole article.

What Is Your Virginity Worth?

“Natalie Dylan’s” virginity is reportedly worth $3.8 million. a cnn report.

The Beast

cnn reports a lot on the new presidential limousine which the secret service call “the beast”. it’s an amazing vehicle, not only in aesthetics, but in design and security as well. after doing some research online, i’ve come across some info on the president’s new vehicle. check out the photos online, including one with details that come from a british website. i can’t, obviously, claim the accuracy of the info, but it’s pretty cool anyways.

Twitter Client Search

i’ve been searching long and hard for a good twitter client. twitterific is ok, twhirl did a sufficient job. some others i’ve tried, but don’t remember, obviously didn’t really cut it. i’ve gone through a couple more recently…toro is an adobe air app that seems to do a nice job, though it doesn’t allow for direct messaging through the program. in a continued effort i just found and downloaded alert thingy. i like that it offers updates from digg, facebook, twitter and other social networking sites as well as news feeds such as numerous bbc feeds, cnn, espn, and over 20 additional news networks; a key feature is the ability to add any rss feed you want. still the same issue though: no ability to direct message anyone.

what are you using and what draws you to it?

The Future Of Apple

finally, and end to the rumors…

Steve Jobs Explains His Health Problem

Things Isn’t Worth $50

in fact, no program that tracks your gtd is worth $50. i can just as easily write things in my notebook for about $6. i like having something that syncs with the iphone though, and across multiple computers using mobile me. i ditched things this morning on all 3 of my macs and my iphone because i’m simply not willing to pay the $50 they decided to charge with their latest version.

that leaves me seeking a gtd app for mac os x 10.5 that is free…and that preferably syncs across computers and with the iphone. anyone got any thoughts?

Christmas in Mattoon

got into town last night with michelle to stay with my parents. randy came in this morning. we’re gonna have a great time this christmas! a couple prizes are in store for mom and dad, but don’t want to write about it here yet incase they read this. i’ll have plenty to say later as things develop. probably will write a bit more tonight and maybe some tomorrow morning depending on when people wake up.

bought a kodak zi6 yesterday. it’s a fantastic little hd video camera. i’ll be shooting a few videos with it today and tomorrow and plan to post some. i’ll take it with me to church tonight and see what i come out of there with…

it’s an exciting time here in mattoon…looking forward to an evening of celebrating dad’s birthday, church, and the evening’s surprise.

New York Times Publishing

the new york times is available at thousands of locations every morning, seven days a week. that thought left me with a few questions.

how many places publish this paper?   

how many graphic designers work on putting that thing together?

what is the deadline for reporters to get their stories in so that they can be included in the next day’s publication?

if you counted all the drivers, press operators, delivery persons, editors, reporters, designers, etc., how many people actually work for the NY times?

pretty incredible when you think about it.