Today, after most of a 10 hour journey from New York to Boston, I was faced with a monumental strain on my attention. It was an epic battle of instinct over intellect. I was faced, sitting across with me by a beautiful young lady reading Jane Austen’s Emma with whom I’d taken a class. I was trying to work up the nerve to speak to her across the width of the train about books and mention without speaking that she was perhaps on of the most wholly appealing females I have encountered in recent months. Then, a kid gets on the train, a young skinny Japanese man with glasses who held in his hands a shiny device with an apple logo. A device he operated by tapping his index finger on its surface. You know there’s only one thing that could possibly be. Here, ensues the epic battle for my attention. It was astounding how evenly split my mind settled on my interests since both the iPhone and the young woman were both beyond my capacity for confident interaction. In the end I settled on the young lady because the Japanese man was clearly a philistine. He operated the device with, get this, a single index finger. If you’ve seen demos you know that this is like operating a fine stereo by twisting the volume nob with a 12 pound monkey wrench. You can do it and it works but it lacks finesse and grace with which the designers intended your interaction to be mediated.
I’ve returned to Boston after an enjoyable trip to NY for my Dad’s 50th Birthday. Work 9-5. Another thing to work out shortly: Neuros OSD v Apple TV. The latter’s High-Def capacity is a large selling point. Stranger Than Fiction: one of the most enjoyable films on several levels I’ve seen in some time.
He who fucks nuns will later join the church. Death or Glory, becomes just another story…
