found_drama

Following up on my pre-[tag]MacWorld[/tag] post…:

• [tag]iLife ‘06[/tag] is a given - - duh, zero points
• minor revisions all around - - of course (some arguably major), zero points
• with some new deployment of FrontRow and maybe Photo Booth - - FrontRow made it into the “[tag]MacBook Pro[/tag]” but is as yet not all-Mac-wide…
• the [tag]iWeb[/tag] thing is probably a red herring - - Nope. It was real. Zero points.
• the Podcast Studio thing is a minor possibility - - Rolled into GarageBand. Partial credit.
• (but that’s just me, I don’t “get” the podcast meme) - - I still don’t get “podcasting” (but I don’t get talk radio, either) but it’s an honorable mention because now we get PHOTOCASTING! (Points?)
• [tag]iWork ‘06[/tag] we’ll see, too - - Duh? Points.
• Keynote will get a minor update - - Easy. Points.
• Pages a major update (but not the one it needs) - - Sort of? Partial credit.
• and we’ll get “Numbers” - - Wrong. Points off!
• Hardware [...] first round of Intel hardware will be the iBooks… - - Well it wasn’t a “Powerbook” but I don’t know if the “iBook” prediction counts. Zero points.
• …and maybe (just maybe) they’ll be stuffed with flash memory instead of a hard drive - - Not even close. Zero points.
• …Will Tiger be [...] friendly for a January ‘06 launch of Intel-based hardware? - - Apparently Tiger will be just fine on Intel hardware. (Anyone else think this is a “Let’s get the proof in the pudding” kind of deal?)
• As for the iTheater thing… That would be cool and I hope to see something like that - - but it seems too “early adopter” - - Well, at least I got this one. But it’s worthless because this was the silliest of all the pre MWSF memes.

Geez, I’m terrible at this game.

Anyway… Of all the post-[tag]MWSF[/tag]-announcements round-ups I’ve seen so far, this one from Unsanity is worth the weight of the rest in salt. If only for “ICBM”.

currently playing: Delerium “Innocente”

Oh! How I love the writing process. I’ve committed myself to finishing my first draft before making major edits and already (”nearing the end”) I’ve identified all these changes I feel must be made. And I want so badly to go back and make them that I’m “this” close to abandoning my finish just to start over - - at 292 pages no less!

Ah! The frustration.

That said, I know where to take it. But I sit and stare at the blank page (or screen, depending on the mood) these past couple days going: “I know you’re in there somewhere…” Part of it is simple. I’ve been exhausted lately. Exhausted with a side of sick. But those last couple chapters are in there, I know it.

So once again: Any patrons out there want to sponsor a budding young sci-fi auteur?

currently playing: Delerium “Serenity”