Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Apple officially started shipping their new PowerMac G5 desktop computers today (Monday, 08/18/2003 - I didn't quite make this post before midnight).
You should be able to find the single processor models in your local Apple Store today (Monday, 08/18/2003). It may take another day for resellers and mail order. Of course you can also head over to the Apple Store online and make your purchase there. It's a great place to work through all of the available options even if you eventually go somewhere else to make the purchase.
The 2.0GHz dual processor model is expected by the end of August (think August 31, 2003).
If you're a fan of productivity and computing power and great computing solutions you should definitely take a look. With the introduction of Mac OS X, Apple has married the strength of their industrial design and user interface experience with the stability, reliability and performance of BSD UNIX (not to mention all of those fantastic enterprise class UNIX solutions).
This is a great platform. Apple now has arguably the best OS in the world and inarguably the best hardware platform, both desktops and portables. This is technology to build or grow a business around.
I'd love to talk to you about it.
2:25:02 AM 
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Hey, do you want to know what the weather is like at 2:04 AM on Tuesday morning in Boston?
Clear
67° F at Logan Airport as of 1:55 AM
'RealFeel temp': 67° F
Relative humidity: 96%
Wind direction: SSW
Wind speed: 4 mp/h
Barometric pressure: 30.13 in
Visibility: 9 miles
2:07:51 AM
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My fish died yesterday,
Sunday August 17, 2003. She lived for well over 5 years. Goodbye fish. I'll miss you.
My fish was a kissing Gourami...
Scientific Name: Helostoma temminckii
Family: Helostomatidae
Origin: Java, Thailand
Adult Size: 6-12 inches (15-30 cm)
Social: Generally peaceful
Lifespan: 5 years
Tank Level: Top, Mid dweller
Diet: Omnivore, eats most foods
Breeding: Egglayer
Care: Intermediate
pH: 6.8 - 8.5
Hardness: 5 - 30 dGH
Temperature: 72-82 F (22-28 C)
We hardly knew ye. I did the best I could*
*see the post immediately below this one for more information about the best I could do.
1:51:57 AM
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I think I'm broken.
I'm not kidding, there is just something about the collection of traits that make me uniquely me that's just broken. As a result I'm unsuccessful, depressed, stressed out, and I haven't accomplished anything in my life. I know that sounds awful and a little overly dramatic but it seems reasonable to me.
There are billions of people in the world and let's say just for the sake of this argument that everyone different and special (you may want to debate that). Certainly no one would argue that there are geniuses and virtuosos and great talents in every field and discipline. So what separates the best of the best from the rest of the best? For that matter what separates the good from the bad?
There are a lot of factors... genetics, diet, training, practice, education and the unique collection of experiences that combine with all of these other factors to define who we are and what we're capable of. It seems reasonable to me to assume that if all of these traits can combine to make some people "ultra-capable" then there can be combinations that make others practically useless. And all I'm saying is that if it's possible then why not me.
Don't get me wrong I have a lot of very positive traits, some sort of neutral traits and a few bad ones (nothing that I would consider insurmountable). It's not any one thing. It's the collection of everything about me that doesn't work. If I were a building I would be a structurally sound, but ugly with an inefficient floor plan and bad natural lighting.
I'm smart but just smart enough to be aware of everything that I don't know and haven't done. I'm just intuitive and aware enough to know when I'm being excluded, passed by and ignored. I'm motivated and hard working but it doesn't add up to anything.
Here's an example of how this might work itself through. I'm obsessive about organization, I'm constantly thinking of new things to do and ways to try to improve myself and my situation and I'm dedicated enough to spend a rediculous amount of time on all of it. Individually or in different doses these traits may be part of a recipe for success but they all work against me. Here's how...
I think of a new idea and so I organize myself and chase it down but in the process I collect other interests, projects, ideas and concerns and I just can't let any of them go so I fracture my time and attention and try to pursue all of it, but I can't possibly follow all of it at the same time (though I stress myself out trying). Instead I prioritize and pick up on a couple to chase after, losing track of everything else until I realize that I've tried to juggle too much and have gotten disorganized and lost track of everything. Ultimately I make the decision that I'm wasting my time doing any of it if I can't keep track of what I'm doing and so can't put it to good use so I regroup and start all over again. By now the number of things that I'm trying to keep up with has gotten out of control. Rather than abandon any of it, I reprioritize and make an extra effort to be more organized in what I'm doing but that means that I go more slowly and get further behind much earlier on, all the while collecting more and more things to keep track of, none of which ever go anywhere.
In the end I learn a lot about the people and things around me and about myself, all of which is nothing but depressing and throughout it all I've accomplished absolutely nothing.
The next day I talk myself into giving it another try and at the end of the day I always end up back where I started.
1:48:45 AM
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