Thursday, August 21, 2003

Sports Night Gone Astray?

Where are Dan and Casey? This is a longshot, but did anyone out there happen to order Sports Night: The Complete Series Boxed Set from my Amazon wishlist? Because I never got it. It was apparently purchased ages ago and if someone did, in fact, intend it as a gift, they must think me a most ungrateful lout. But I just noticed it today among the Purchased Items on my list and I know I didn't buy it for myself.

Of course as always, it is the thought that counts. So, quite belatedly, thank you for thinking of me, whoever you are.

Update: Several folks have written to say they've experienced the same thing, to their puzzlement. Mike proposes one explanation, based on his experience. Someone may have been cruising my wishlist, spotted the DVD set and decided they wanted it for their own. If they clicked through and ordered it for themselves, Amazon's software would still credit it as an order fulfilled from my list. So perhaps Dan and Casey aren't lost; they're just hanging out with someone else. Pity, that.

Wonderland

Get us out from under: My stars! Fire up your invisible plane, grab your golden lasso and Feminum bracelets!

Why? Because you'll want to set aside a few hours to browse Wonderland. It is the exhaustive Wonder Woman and Lynda Carter website. Pay special mind to the many, many audio files, including several dance mixes of the kicky theme music from the TV show. And there are about eight million photo galleries. Forget that Bezos bozo and his book store. This site is the Amazon dot-com you simply must check out. [Hat tip to Jase Wells, the cutie patootie.]

Macintosh G5

The world's first 64-bit personal computer: Coming soon, to my desk. That, my friends, is what you get for coming in way under budget in the preceeding fiscal year. Next week, maybe...post-Labor Day at the latest.

On the homefront, I'm waiting to see the new 12" G4 PowerBooks, rumored to be announced within day with a thinner form factor, PC card slot, faster DVD-R, glow-in-the-dark keyboard and so much more. Also, there's the small matter of paying down a little plastic debt.