I open my eyes, get up, turn on Kaiser — my MacBook Pro — (if it’s shut down, that is), and log on to the web. Yes, like most of you, I start my day (right) by getting a feel of the zeitgeist.
Then I brush my teeth and take a shower. Breakfast optional.
I hadn’t realized it before but this Steve Jobs contraption is the first thing I interact with every day, and today was no different. I woke up, put on my slippers, and sauntered to my computer table. But I wasn’t prepared at all to read the news headline on my feed (“posted 3 minutes ago”): Steve Jobs is dead.
I don’t know much about Steve Jobs outside his being former Apple CEO. And yet his passing seems to have affected me in a rather personal way. That a stranger’s death can have this much of an impact is but a testament to how he’s truly permeated our lives. Yes, he gave the world beautiful, user-friendly, and functional technology. But what sets him apart is that his wares are so intuitive and personal they feel like a natural extension of our body/being. It seems without them we are limitedly human. So I guess we, Apple users, are as much connected to him as we are to his creations. He’s no stranger to us, this Steve Jobs.
This entry is, of course, among the numerous tributes to this visionary. Thank you, Steve Jobs, for making all of this possible. That’s quite generic (and vague) but, really, thank you. Your products have made both my personal and professional life more seamless over the past few years.
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Posted by Aldo on 6 October 2011 @ 11:26pm
A couple of things:
- I’ve been on a Charmed marathon for the past month. It’s one of the few shows (with considerable staying power) that I’ve seen from the first to the last episode. Unfortunately, I barely remember what happened in the last three seasons, mainly because I got too lazy to record the show toward the end. So I wasn’t able to re-watch the episodes like I did in the first few seasons.
- Yes, I could just easily watch the last three seasons, but I thought it would be nice to start from the top!
- Phoebe was my favorite before the show aired. But after watching my first Charmed episode way back in 1999 I switched to Team Piper. And then to Team Paige when Prue was killed off and Piper became the eldest sister and a mother.
- Back to Phoebe. I don’t know how the show would have been received with Lori Rom playing Phoebe. The unaired pilot starring Lori as Phoebe is on YouTube and fans of the show have strong opinions about her portrayal of the character. I think Alyssa Milano was perfectly cast for the role.
- I’d always considered the first two seasons as my favorites and season three as one of my least favorites. But watching it over, season two was not as strong as I thought and season three was actually pretty good.
- There are several loopholes in the story. And it would be a waste of time to enumerate them because the premise of the show is anything but scientific.
- My favorite character is the Seer (as pictured). I forgot how much I enjoyed her lines when I watched season four again!
- An observation: we fans have always believed the show progressed based on the decisions and actions of the Charmed Ones. Well, watching it back again, I have discovered that it was, in fact, the men in their lives that directed the plot. Blame it all on COLE, Leo, Wyatt, Chris, etc.
- And most importantly: I didn’t know that the Apple logo was upside-down when you flipped open the top of an earlier notebook model (see picture).
Posted by Aldo on 19 July 2011 @ 1:55am
