Pray for the Quadra700

So a near-useless 25mhz Quadra I had under my desk (laughably next to my G4) has met its fate in the form of launching off the building I soon will not work in. Quite the entertainment, let me tell you. The only thing better would have been if I had thrown a PC from 7 floors up.

It's not about cars, though.

Go see Traffic tonight (the site’s pretty good, too, if you’re in the mood for experimental, funky flash). Just do it. Only don’t see it at a theater in Littleton, CO. I wanted to tell the people next to us that they were in the wrong theater, and that ‘Dude, Where’s My Car?’ was down the hall. But I guess I should learn to expect people like that in the suburbs, now shouldn’t I?

The best (worst) line: ‘For a kid my age, it’s much easier to get drugs than it is to get alcohol.’

At least it's not the 'Any' key


In an apparent prank carried out by departing Clinton administration staffers, Bush aides discovered that dozens of computer keyboards were missing the “W” key.

Heh.
<Homer&#62 “Press ‘Any’ key to continue? But I can’t find it! I can’t find the ‘Any’ key!’ </Homer&#62 

As opposed to the Apple in Indiana?

I just picked up my Apple Pro optical mouse (for whatever reason) and saw that in the front curve on the bottom, right above the logo and just inside the rubber ring are the words: ‘Designed by Apple in California.’ This confuses the hell out of me. Was it put there in order to lead people away from the idea that someone ELSE designed it? And why is it specific to California? I’m just so confused… I wonder if someone knows any hardware designers over there and can ask them?

Here it is for free, but… I'll pay for it anyway


“We are pleased to offer the Napster community the opportunity to easily purchase music they discover on Napster,” said Napster’s chief operating officer Milton Olin.

It was unclear why anyone using Napster to download music for free would gravitate toward an online retailer who actually wants money for its products.

You’re kidding, right? It’s ‘unclear?’ It’s actually quite ridiculous to expect people to start paying for music, especially from within Napster.

No more secrets

In an attempt to be at least somewhat democratic here at Alternate, I’ve decided to let you, the reader, decide which ‘look n feel’ (or ‘duckbucket’, as we like to call it) we’re actually going to go with for the redesign. Make your voice heard in the voting booth to the left.