Thursday, May 4, 2000

A sun damaged flamingo

LIFE <META>: Nobody sent me "Melissa" and I haven't received a single copy of "I LOVE YOU." Sure, as a Mac and Eudora user, I'm immune to the deleterious effects of those e-mails, but with these nasties running roughshod over millions of address books, you'd think I'd have gotten at least one. (Of course, I'm sure the real explanation is that my correspondents have the good taste to avoid Outlook in the first place. At least that's what I keep telling myself. <sniff>)

Apparently, May arrived when I wasn't looking. Remember, gang, just 241 shopping days until the start of the new millennium. I'm awfully busy, but only 48 hours until the big ol' project that's been looming about my head for the past two weeks is done, for better or worse. One of the nice things about event planning is that, after a point, the end product approaches with an inexorable momentum and proves my work mantra: "Done is better than perfect." (This was aptly expressed by Steve Jobs when, while developing the Macintosh, he admonished his perfectionist techie-pirates, "Real artists ship.") Anyhoo, after Saturday comes a day of rest and then the real digging begins around here. Look for lots of sparkly new stuff around The BradLands over the next month or so.

I MISS MAX FILES AND MINNIE ASSEMBLER! As an Apple head from way back, I fondly remember the Beagle Brothers and their fabulous Apple ][ software and utilities. Somewhere in a box, I still have all of my original 5-1/4" diskettes and those funky clip-art infused manuals. I suppose the company had to fold, though. I can't imagine gems like this having the same effect when distributed as a PDF on CD-ROM. [trip down memory lane courtesy of DanDot]

CUSTOMER REVIEWS: "Be sure to keep them fresh looking since a sun damaged flamingo is not as inviting."