Who’s got Vista? This guy!

So I bought my new laptop and it’s pretty awesome. Here I am posting to my journal in front of the TV! I’ve only had it for a couple of days, so I haven’t gotten it all set up yet. I’m really enjoying the wide screen so far. Even though I have more RAM and dual processors, it doesn’t seem any faster…I think it’s because Vista is hogging up a lot of resources.

Speaking of Vista, its pretty cool. The biggest thing I’ve noticed is that it’s not totally revolutionary. I remember going from 3.1 to 95 and 98 to XP and just being completely lost. I felt like I needed to re-learn everything. With Vista I was able to dive right in. The transparent windows with the glowy buttons are pretty cool. Probably my favorite new feature is hitting win-tab and cycling through the open programs (similar to alt-tab, but cooler)(incidentally alt-tab is cooler now too)

In other news, I assume you’ve heard about the Boston Bomb Scare. At first I was like, “How could anybody be so dumb as to strap fake bombs to bridges and think that would be a good idea for advertising!” Well that was because the news was sensationalizing like it always done. For example, the article said “Photographs of the devices show several tiny light bulbs protruding from a circuit board that houses wiring and at least four batteries.” Okay, that’s one way of saying it that makes it sound very scary…another way of saying it would be, “Photographs of the devices show a litebright shaped cartoon character giving you the middle finger.” That’s right, it looks nothing like a bomb, and Bostoners should be absolutely ashamed at themselves for over reacting. And who should that light up cartoon character be? Why, none other than Ignignokt from Aqua Teen Hunger Force!

So then, the guys responsible held a press conference:

At a news conference after the hearing, Stevens and Berdovsky stepped to the microphones and said they were taking questions only about 1970s hairstyles.

When a reporter accused them of not taking the situation seriously, Stevens responded, “We’re taking it very seriously.” Asked another question about the case, Stevens reiterated they were answering questions only about hair and accused the reporter of not taking him and Berdovsky seriously.

Reporters did not relent and as they continued, Berdovsky disregarded their queries, saying, “That’s not a hair question. I’m sorry.”

So not only are they advertising a totally awesome show (and upcoming movie) but they’re obviously awesome as well. Another interesting piece of fearmongering:
Assistant Attorney General John Grossman called the light boards “bomb-like” devices and said that if they had been explosive they could have damaged transportation infrastructure in the city.
Okay, and if they had been actual Mooninites invading from the moon they could have taken over the whole country! It should be noted that these devices were in place for 2 weeks before being reported as bombs and also that they were in 8 other cities where there was no panic.

I don’t know man, must be the cold up there…