Peter Redmer's blog

I was never a movie person.  Well, I don't mean it that way, in the sense that I never watched movies or didn't enjoy them - in fact - I enjoy movies immensely.

What I do mean is that in my "adult" life (when THAT started still remains subjective) I have spent relatively little time actually carving out a few hours on a regular basis to watch movies... until now.  The extent of my movie-watching experience usually extended to dates in theaters, which as you can imagine, didn't lead to me watching the movies I REALLY wanted to watch anyway.

Like desperate, drooling canines circling endlessly for their dinners, with madness in their eyes and passion in their hearts, Mac devotees around the globe anticipated Sir Jobs' most recent announcement regarding Apple.

Most would say that they certainly did not disappoint, unveiling a much-needed upgrade to the (now) boring, flat white, plastic MacBooks of yore (read: last year).  Honestly, though, both lines really needed a refresh, and this has been welcomed by fanboys and girls searching for a new laptop solution.

I've always had a soft spot for running Linux.  How could anyone not be attracted to the idea of running a complete OS, with office suite, Internet browser, VOiP clients, and virtually everything a computer user needs... for FREE?

Well, part of the problem is that I haven't yet spent enough time delving deeply into Linux and other open source operating systems to really get a feel for how to be productive within them, and how to duplicate the functionality I get from my Mac.  That being said, I'm always feeling compelled to try out new flavors of Linux as they come along, if for no other reason, just to learn about them.