Thanks to a tip from Jen, I learned that when using Pidgin as you AIM client, you can figure out how long an account has been registered. Does this matter? No, not really, but I'm pretty amazed that I didn't have an account until 5/22/1999. What took me all those years? I was certainly online way before that.. I wonder how long I had my ICQ account before that.. damn, I can't even remember my number, but I remember it being a short one.

Where has the time gone?

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Just a few days after I receive my new Nokia 8801, Apple Inc. (they changed their name) has to release the iPhone. This always happens, every time I buy a new gadget something enormously better gets released. My iPhone envy even coerced me into customizing my phone. At least I can pretend to have one until I can get my grubby paws onto the real thing. I will not be switching back to Cingular just to be able to purchase one, however.

I haven't been a Mac user for *that* long, in fact, I just built myself and my parents a couple computers, but I drank the kool-aid and well, there isn't really a reason to cling onto a PC any longer. Too bad I didn't decide on this just six months ago. I could have gotten my parents an AppleTV instead of building them a custom Linux box, and saved quite a bit. So much for the "Apple is overpriced" meme. If you think you can resist Steve Job's reality distortion field, watch this video and tell me you're not impressed.

I registered for a private Microsoft Vista launch preview at the Moscone Center. We'll see if they can lure me back with free swag or wow me with some kind of must have feature. Apparently Vista is so heinous that a campaign to prevent it's adoption has been launched. With Linux finally gaining some traction I think it's time for Microsoft to be worried.

Even the mainstream media is catching on.. LOL.