Happy Birthday, Macintosh!

The Macintosh ( /ˈmækɨntɒʃ/ mak-in-tosh),^[1] or Mac, is a series of personal computers (PC) designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than acommand-line interface.

I know Macs have been my computer of choice since the beginning.  Like many, I strayed into the Windows world during the early 90's when Macs were damn near unusable, especially in "real world" jobs.  Since OS X was released in 2002, I've been all Mac, all the time.

Except when I'm on my iPad...

Fire The Bastards. All Of Them.

The House Republicans walked off the floor today, then pulled the plug on CSPAN in order to avoid a vote on the middle class tax cut set to expire at the end of 2011.

While John Boehner will not confirm his office was responsible for cutting off the CSPAN feed, according to CSPAN's Twitter account, "C-SPAN has no control over the U.S. House TV cameras - the Speaker of the House does."

Just to recap, here's the timeline of what the House of Representatives did today:

10:00 AM - House of Representatives begins session

10:02 AM - Pledge of Allegiance is recited

10:03 AM - Speaker Pro Tempore Michael Fitzpatrick (R-PA) adjourns session for the day over the objections of Democrratic Whip Steny Hoyer. Republicans leave the chamber.

10:04 AM - CSPAN feed is cut off.

So, they were at work for a total of four minutes today solving the overwhelming problems of this country. If they worked at McDonalds and showed up for .8% of their workday, they'd be on the street.

Where they belong.

Peter Pan at MSG

Jenna Wolfe and the Today Show weekend crew spent opening day with us at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

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Everything's Amazing

And Nobody's Happy.

Whenever I get frustrated with travel or technology, I watch this little gem from Louis CK on Conan O'Brian.  It's not the first time I've posted this, but it's always relevant.

It's going to SPACE! Can you give it a second to get back from SPACE?

The Illusion of Choice

via Frugal Dad:

And today, most of our media is controlled by one of six companies. Check out Frugaldad’s infographic on the state of media consolidation in the U.S.: