It'll Never Fly

In 2004, we had this. In 2006, we had this. In 2008, we have this. Okay already! I get it! It’s cold here!

• How Apple Keyboards Lost a Logo and Windows PCs Gained One
  Bit of a history on Apple and keyboards.
  (tags: keyboard apple)
• Image:Apple iieb.jpg – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Picture of an Apple IIe. Note the Apple keys.
  (tags: apple keyboard appleiie)
• Apple_III_Keyboard_s1.jpg (JPEG Image, 700×411 pixels)
  Picture of the Apple III. Note the Apple keys.
  (tags: apple keyboard appleiii)
• a2_plusclose.jpg (JPEG Image, 771×473 pixels)
  Picture of the Apple II+. Note the lack of any Apple keys.
  (tags: apple keyboard appleii)
• Folklore.org: Macintosh Stories: Swedish Campground
  Brief history of the Command (⌘) key on Apple keyboards.
  (tags: apple mac history keyboard gui)
• Profile: Mac Plus
  Profile of the Mac Plus.
  (tags: apple mac macplus)
• Save the Open Apple key (or should we?) – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
  I, for one, am glad it’s gone. I never had one on the Apple II+ or Mac Plus I grew up on, so I’ve always felt that Open Apple symbol was for wusses. Do you think maybe that’s why the Apple III didn’t sell so well?
  (tags: apple mac keyboard)

• Terry Bush – Maybe Tomorrow (The Littlest Hobo Theme)
  Order the CD from the man himself.
  (tags: music tv 80s)

There’s an animation I caught on TV once about Easter many years ago (circa 1992). It was called “A Claymation Easter” and was about a pig who kidnaps the Easter Bunny days before “the big event” in an attempt to take his place (you know, the version that got turned down for the Bible). Yes, yes, it’s an old story. One in which many Santa Claus fans are well versed. It’s a stop-motion animation, and was pretty good for it’s time. And it’s pretty dern funny. It also introduced me to the song “Low Rider” (I led a very sheltered life) and Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Release Me.” I’d even wager that there’s probably a line from this programme that I still quote nowadays without even remembering its source.

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Another stop-motion animation I remember seeing around the same time was Terry Pratchett’s “Truckers,” which was my first introduction to all things Pratchett-esque, and eventually led me to my love of his Discworld series.

I’ve found a new toy to occupy my time… facebook.com. I joined back in Nov, 2006, when they opened their doors to the public. I heard a lot of MySpace people were migrating to Facebook, and I wanted to see what the big deal was. Well, not a whole lot was going on at the time.

But only just a week or two ago, friend requests started trickling in from old school chums I hadn’t seen in 10 – 15 years! Now I’ve got several dozen people on there that I’ve either gone to school with or worked with, and it’s starting to feel like it’s building to a critical mass. Give it a try!

As I write this, faceborg.com is still untaken for those with a sense of humour.