So apparently I had my comment spam filter a bit too strict and it was “junking” everything. I was unaware of this fact for a few days/weeks, so sorry about that. =)

[geek]
Apple “news” sites are going crazy predicting all kinds of crazy things (or not) for January given the smallest tiny bit of info from their “sources.” Anyways, here’s what I see as the possibilities:

iBook (maybe Mac Mini too) released in January with Yonah chips. Either Apple is going to be okay with the iBooks performing better than the PowerBooks (which will be a strange situation and especially not ideal from a marketing stance) or they are going to cripple the iBook’s Yonah chip (disable one core and/or clock it down a few hundred Hz). If the iBooks are crippled, the rest of the PC industry is leaving them in the dust again performance wise because they won’t cripple their batch of Yonahs in their laptops.

iBook and PowerBook lines released in January with Yonah chips. Somewhat trivial distribution of the different versions of the chips to the iBook/PowerBooks (slower two or three to the iBook, faster two or three to the PowerBook). This seems somewhat rushed, but I don’t think it’d be impossible. It wouldn’t be too hard to take essentially Intel’s reference design and slap Apple casing around it. Doesn’t coincide with many of the rumors going around as well…

No Intel parts this January. Apple is left in the dust as far as Yonah laptops go. I think there was a press release or something from either Apple or Intel indicating that Apple wanted to be one of the first to use Yonah, but I’m not entirely confident on the validity of it. If Apple wants to use Yonah, I don’t doubt that Intel promised them a good quantity of the initial batch in order to “win them over.” Though, I might take that back because I’m not entirely sure how much Intel really cares about Apple business (they’re insanely small compared to the rest of the PC industry that buys from Intel). Perhaps they care more about not letting Apple go with AMD than with the actual money Apple would bring them… *shrug*

Just PowerBook? This would be nice I suppose, but again… there’s not much indicating this is going to happen… most of the buzz has been around the iBook switching to Intel first.

If Apple were to wait for Merom, they’d be able to go entirely 64-bit x86, which would be nice and I think coincide with their mid-year switch to Intel. I’m sure Apple would put a nice spin to that as well as the rest of the PC industry would still be hunkered down with 32-bit x64. Since Apple is making the transition from PPC to x86, a directly transition to 64-bit x86 would be one of those “might as well” type of things. If Yonah laptops were released, it is somewhat silly to have to support 32-bit x86 just because of the first gen of either the iBook or PowerBook (and if Yonah laptops are released, perhaps this is a good reason to NOT buy first gen). If Apple waits for Merom, that means that first half of next year, expect not much from the Apple portables as they will become very very stale…

I forsee the desktop Macs (except for maybe the Mini, especially with Intel’s Viiv stuff) making the Intel transition the last. And, I expect the new Mac Mini (NEW new, not a little revision) to be aimed at the entertainment hub crowd. Maybe the Mini will make the transition first?…

That’s it for now. =) [/geek]

So Chronicles of Narnia was pretty good, pretty happy with that. =)

Andrew is back! And apparently is no longer single. O_o Haha… congrats, buddy. I, in the mean time, will continue waiting around I suppose… lol.

Went to do community service at the Salvation Army “today” (Friday), and we helped sort a whole ton of toys. There was one HUGE remote control Hummer that I’m sure is going to make some little kid very happy. I hope he doesn’t have a baby sibling or it might get run over.

Watching the Superman Returns treaser trailer has become a daily ritual. Still makes me smile each time I watch it…

I hear it’s finals time around UT. Hehe, gluck to all you kiddos taking tests. =)

A day or so ago before I went upstairs, I paused for a few minutes and just stared at the dark room lined with our computers. Ahhh… fun times we’ve had here, will be sad to move out next semester (but necessary, I think =).

More later… maybe, haha.

So last week I discovered myself on the Freescale website as an employee testimony in their students section. Somehow I managed to write the most out of all the people on there… and I thought I was on the short side. *shrug* =) That bit about culture is, honestly, a lot of BS, cause I really don’t know how to describe the “culture of a company” whatever that is. Oh yeah, the “say hi to people in the halls” part is an allusion to something from my first week at Freescale (as an ERP)… but I tire and don’t feel like explaining the whole thing. =)

In other news, Chronicles of Narnia comes out later this week. I found out Oriana has sneak preview tickets for Thursday. I think I will run her over with my car and take them. Watch your back! >=]

And this is for Andrew:

I WUV DA WITTLE WABBITS WHEN DEY EAT WITTLE WUFFINS!!!

Edit:

So if scheming to murder my own blood does not clearly depict how excited I am about the Chronicles of Narnia movie, I will also let it be known that when I went home this weekend, I picked up The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and read it in one sitting. Not that that is much of an accomplishment itself (it’s a fairly short and easy read), but I, like Brook would put it, don’t read. So, if you can think about how someone who doesn’t read reads a book in one sitting, then maybe you can grasp how excited I am about this movie.

For Aslan!!

I would like everyone to do a Google Image Search for “sam butt.” Lol…

As requested, this is day two of memory lane…

aoushi: think destiny
aoushi: lol
Owiber: aha!
Owiber: someday
aoushi: she’ll be coming around the mountain when she comes…
Owiber: my wife will be the defender of the universe
aoushi: Whoa, I won’t go that far
Owiber: like Voltron
aoushi: ugh, you destroyed my romantic thoughts
aoushi: I’m going to bed

I found this guy… he’s goofy:

Hohoho, this was a good one (click image for more):

Ahhh… good times (perhaps the best in high school, again, click for more =):

Another little chat snippet:

aIl4Him16: what if france were in the cntinental united states?
Magestry03: lol
Magestry03: like
Magestry03: the whole city, as it is now?

And finally, our attempt to run the country (click for larger image):

Oh yeah, the cover for that CD is also pretty cool IMHO. =)

So I was going through past OliverWEB entries to try to figure out what I used to talk about on here. Haha… I found a few things of interest:

Then this is something Nancy posted like four years ago:

I am bruised and battered, thus I can not participate in the following scene, but instead, am able to capture it in words (well..Chad’s words anyway). So here you go.
“Guess how much money I’ve spent since weezer? A WHOLE LOT. I would say i’ve spent over 500 bucks. Well i payed 150 for the concert. I bought maybe 80 bucks worth of merchandise while i was there. And i bought a whole lotta cds and who knows how many singles. and i just bought tickets to their concert. and 5 iron frenzy. where di di…oh yeah aaron howard. ANd he was playing the tape. music sucks but dang is it funny. No no no don’t say that. what if my parents go to this website. And then I’m in trouble. No nancy No nancy. Why? Oh crap. I’m sorry. *growl* *giggle* my knee’s in pain. *makes sword fighting noises*. Protect me nancy, protect me Nancy. ow ow. *laugh* *breath heavily* back away. sorry. sorry it’s involuntary. No stop it. You don’t want to hurt nancy again do you? Yes you did. If i involuntary respond to an action that you voluntary do…Proof that the youth is molting. phhhhhffffftttttt whoooooooohhhooooooooo heheheheh datala!. Everynight in my dreams I fear..i fear you! I fear you! Please don’t matt. NO no no no. *giggle* STOP STOP STOP!!!!! Stop it. Stop it. *laughing hysterically* hahahha. NOOOo stop!!! Nancy sorry about your blanket. Once again. NOt my fault. Maybe you can argue that. Maybe. THere’s something about tickling.”

No clue what was going on there… and OH NO, SHE’S CRAAAAAZY:

I was going to rant about how much I hate Apple Steve-Jobs-loving-crazy-fanboys, but… I’ll pass for now. =)

I’m yanking this from McNeil’s website because I like it and I should like to save it for future reference. =)

New Look!

MCNEIL HIGH SCHOOL – After staring at the same old boring layout for the past four years, Computer Club President, Oliver W. finally made it a Computer Club project to redesign the whole shebang. “Well, seeing that Computer Club really hasn’t done anything in the past few years, I thought that this would be a nice thing to do… I guess,” Oliver stated with a smile.

Even though the initial design/concept was created a few months ago, Computer Club members (mostly the officers) were busy procrastinating like good Seniors should (that was not a comment endorsed by McNeil high school – purely the humble opinion of Computer Club… at least its officers), Oliver W. and Van N. spent a weekend in front of the computer after eating some pizza and playing some games to make… this. “You like?… You like?” Van asks while having a short memory lapse.

Although the site does have a new look and design, much of the content is still very old or nonexistent. “There’s like… nothing there,” Van commented. As a result, Computer Club would like all club sponsors, department heads, whatever to contact their sponsor, Anne Marie Groden with information about your club/department/etc.

The page content can also be given to a trustworthy Computer Club member who will give the file to an officer, if that be the preferred method of transfer. “That would be most excellent,” Van shouts.

“My quotes stink!” Van exclaims.

I wish I wrote like that more often, hehe…

Well, I just upgraded to Movable Type 3.2, but I’m kinda feeling like switching to WordPress now. Back when I just switched to MT, it seemed like MT was a bit more advanced than WP. Now it seems like WP has gone CRAZY and has matured quite a bit. Hmmm…

Here’s Oriana, she’s all grown up on us and turned into a faerie. =*( Hehe… more pics on my Flickr! (Click the image)