since she was about ten years old playing around on her apple IIc, ann has been a mac enthusiast. hard core. back then, graphic design entailed making images out of x's and o's on a dot matrix printer. dabney's slightly lesser addiction came later, via tetris on her apple se during college. today, ann and dabney are the proud owners of one imac, two powerbooks, two ipods, and two ipod shuffles. see, nerds.
both ann and dabney attended the macworld expo years ago and had memories of a carnival-like atmosphere where thousands of fellow geeks rejoiced in their love of the macintosh and admiration of steve jobs. today's experience was much tamer; the expo was about one quarter of the size of the 1998 event. although, all their nerd brethren were certainly still out in full force.
today, it's all about accessories for mac devices. cases, clips, sleeves, bags, lanyards - you name it. even mac accessories come with accessories. witness the cable yoyo. as a result, ann and dabney came home with a lot of shwag. their favorite items were - hands down - attachments for their shuffles. one is the imojo shuffle sweat and one is called a flip clip from dlo. -- both of which are perfect for use during exercise. ann and dabney will post their reviews after they go to the gym. stay tuned, or should we say "ituned." see, nerds.
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ReplyDeletei knew there was some extra source for the powerful attraction i was feeling for you guys . . . it's your aura of macgeekery! i actually started with an apple II+ in 1980. it ran DOS. it communicated to the world via a 300 baud modem. Then I got a Mac 512K in 1984 and a couple of years later upgraded (with thrilling heart) to an SE, to which I attached a 40 Mb external hard drive. i remember going to the first macworld in boston (and religiously thereafter for many years), subscribing to both macworld and macuser (and reading each issue cover to cover), joining the boston and berkeley mugs, belonging to various sketchy bbs's, and downloading all these total macgeek extensions, desk accessories, and control panels, so i could instantly do shit ordinary macusers couldn't even imagine. remember when apple switched to system 7.0 and you couldn't decide whether to use it or not, cuz most of your old applications would have to be replaced?
ReplyDeleteone corner of my basement now could easily be mistaken for a used mac store.
basically, though i hate to admit it, this is probably a fairly accurate description of me.
yours in apple polishing,
macmika
p.s. if i don't see you beforehand, ann, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!