Mike Nicholson

I'm about to enter the world of the Apple. Well not really I suppose… I do already own an Ipod, but I am about to acquire my first general purpose computer from Apple. This will be the first Mac I've owned since the original 128k Macintosh that was released in 1984. I'm buying a new Mac Mini Intel core duo.

I'm not trying to be artsy or sophisticated or anything, it's just that Apple was the first to make a computer that satisfied all of my oddball needs. They created an astatically pleasing and feature rich computer that will work well as a living room computer. It has a built in remote control, nice pseudo-DVR bundled software, and all the plugs to hook up to my audio video receiver. The feature that tipped the scale, though, was the ability to run the both OSX, which will expand my knowledge of a growing market segment, and Windows. Yes, someone managed to dual boot their Intel Mac Mini with Windows XP.

The computer shipped today. Will the almost artistic OS make me dump Windows forever? I suppose we'll see.

Also, if you're looking to buy one, buy it from Amazon.com. They have occasional rebates, free shipping, and no sales tax. The combination of these three makes it much cheaper there.

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I remember back in college when we'd often find fun events in The Wave Magazine. This free, ad-filled magazine could be found by the door of various dive bars and burrito shops. Its content could also be accessed online at http://www.thewavemag.com/. (and still can actually).

Not long ago I picked up another one to see if I could find an upcoming beer festival or regional oddball crop festival. You know... something to make a boring weekend a bit less meaningless and to help me put off laundry. The issue I picked up had no interesting events. It had no good bar or restaurant ideas. It seemed heavier in ads, less funny, and had fewer interesting events. I wrote it off as a one time fluke, but it kept happening to me. Has it been replaced by tribe.net and upcoming.org? Has declining readership led to cost cutting on their event research budget?

Anyway, lacking a good wave to read while I wait for my burrito, I'm now keeping up on my laundry and finding less oddball fun. I'll just have to treasure those fine old days of dive bar hopping and Spike and Mike's Twisted Festival of Animation that were inspired by the old, the great Wave Magazine.

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