Updated 11/28/2009 here After getting a new computer I usually prefer to install everything from scratch. It takes a lot longer than just migrating, but I like how it feels to install things one at a time, without any of the legacy crap that typically piles up. Here’s the list of things I installed on day one of using the new Air… Launchbar Tinderbox Things Omnifocus Dropbox TextExpander Adium Git MindManager CocoaMySQL Sequel Pro MenuCalendarClock MacVim TextMate BBEdit MacTex TweetDeck

I’ve wanted an Air since the day they were announced. So yesterday I bought one. But why? Well, other than the fact that I really wanted one, I do actually have a plan. Sell the MacBook Pro. Let’s face it, 2 expensive laptops is one too many. Move the 20" iMac from kitchen to home office. The iMac with attached 24" Cinema Display and Drobo will more than handle photo processing, video editing, etc.

And speaking of VIM, I just discovered Vimperator. Might be enough to tip the scales from Safari to Firefox.

I use VIM for editing most everything – have for years. For the helluvit I thought it would be fun to learn a little more about Emacs, so I gave up VIM and went all-in with Emacs for 2 weeks. By all-in I mean everything. Everyone says you can pretty much live in Emacs so that’s what I tried to do. I switched from using Things to org-mode for my To Do lists and dumped Tinderbox for, well, more org-mode for time tracking and quick notes.

The Case for Cocktails Fifty years ago, men ordered Manhattans, women drank Mai Tais, and no one brought guns to school. The logic is irrefutable;

Zed 2008-06-13 See, I told you Zed wasn’t such a bad guy. Okay, no I didn’t, but he’s always an interesting read.

So Rachel Ray wears a scarf in a Dunkin Donuts ad. Conservative columnist Michelle Malkin decides that since a number of bad guys have worn similar scarves that the ad is somehow sympathetic with terrorists. The ad is pulled. Seems that wearing a certain type of scarf (a “kaffiyeh”) “…has come to symbolize murderous Palestinian jihad.” That strikes me as nonsense. According to wikipedia… Since the beginning of the War on Terror, these keffiyeh, usually cotton and in military olive drab or khaki with black stitching, have been adopted by US and troops as well.

Indiana Jones premiered today at Cannes. Reviews are trickling in, and they’re pretty much as expected. Mixed. I don’t care, I can’t wait to see it. The photo below was taken back stage at the original Disney World Raiders show.

Quick review of Seth Godin’s The Dip. The book is short and sweet, but could’ve been a blog post instead. I found myself thinking “Okay, I get it!” about a quarter of the way through. Here’s my summary… Stuff gets harder, stick with it… …unless you shouldn’t. Then Quit. And all the “best in the world” stuff didn’t really help. It’s still worth the read.

I’m Going To Scale My Foot Up Your Ass – Ted Dziuba “Scalability is not your problem, getting people to give a shit is.” Yup.

Can’t recall where I grabbed this quote, but it depresses the hell out of me. Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. — H. Jackson Brown

Saving Seconds I’m the guy who will spend the entire goddamned weekend reorganizing my tagging system because I didn’t like the tone or the tense of my previous tagging system. Ya. Me too.