http://www.alistair.com My infrequent updates on the web Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:12:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am becoming less and less excited with each new show/keynote that comes along. I have all the Mac stuff I need and the iPhone only really interests me in regards to Canadian availability. I carry a Blackberry for work and I am simply uninterested in carrying two ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/06/09/iphone-in-canada-other-apple-goodness/ I went to the Apple Store opening in Pacific Centre this past weekend. The store is typical of a mall-entrance version, similar to the Las Vegas Fashion Show that I visited last month. By the time I arrived, there was only a small line of perhaps 50 people. ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/05/26/apple-store-lineup-video/ Today is a pretty big day for NASA and the Phoenix Mars Lander. In about 1 hour, the Lander will attempt to touch down safely on the planet's surface. This is not an easy feat, with previous landers having a success rate of about 50%, with at least ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/05/25/the-lander-attempts-to-land/ This weekend is starting off great. The sun is shining on our fair city and I'm sitting outside as I wait for my appointment at the Genius bar (my MacBook Pro has a minor button issue) in the brand new Apple Store, the first in Western Canada. Later, I'll be filming Finnegan, ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/05/24/apple-store-stanley-cup-playoffs-and-filming-finn/ I need to update this site a lot more than I do. Seriously. Here are some stats: 12: The number of drafts that are in my WordPress queue. I am having a tough time editing them for publication 7: The number of days per week I have more than 4 hours of ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/05/07/updates/ It took less than two weeks but Boot Camp cracked me.  Specifically, it cracked my foot.  Even more specifically, it cracked the 5th metatarsal in my left foot. A quick visit to the clinic and the doctor suggested the likely problem is a stress fracture , so he sent me off ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/03/16/boot-camp-cracked-me/ As I wrote about back in January, the stand-out item in the first Macworld of 2008 was, for me, the Time Capsule: a storage appliance combined with a wireless 802.11n router, including with network ports for tethered connections and a USB port for printers, external storage or other devices. Sounds ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/03/06/newest-time-capsule/ The hardest thing about my first day at Boot Camp was getting up. I haven't voluntarily seen 5:30am in a long time and it came too soon after a restless night of half-sleep. It was so early that my dog, who for the last 3 years has acted ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/03/05/boot-camp-day-1-easy-day-2-not-so-much/ In just over a month, I'll be going to Las Vegas to compete in a hockey tournament, as I have done for the past two years. It's a lot of fun and with two silver medals in a row, there is a fair expectation that we can upgrade to ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/02/24/i-might-just-be-insane/ Anticipation was moderate over this year's Macworld, nothing like last year when the iPhone was all but a guarantee, but still high enough to garner attention from traditionally non-Apple news agencies. The featured products included refreshed AppleTV and iPod Touch (added some functionality), iTunes with movie rentals and the star of ... http://www.alistair.com/2008/01/15/macworld-2008-impressions/