Had a small belated party for Kathleen’s 40th birthday today. Webmaster Glenn Hauman and his wife Brandy (or is it Brandi, dammit, I always forget) came by, as did Del Rey editor Steve Saffel and his wife Dana. They gave this incredible gimmick for her I-Book that essentially turns her computer into a video phone. She used it tonight to talk via her computer to her parents down in Atlanta. I half expected to see a tram filled with tourists wearing Mickey Mouse ears and Goofy hats cruising slowly past us as a guide intoned, “And to your left we’re passing through the (echo effect) House of the Future. Yes, in the Future, people will park their hover cars, sit down in their living rooms and speak to their parents on video phones!”
So where are the dámņëd hover cars?
PAD
(Webmaster’s note: It’s Brandy. Brandi was her Tuckerization in New Frontier.)
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Okay, we can’t even get people to abide the rules on the road. What would happen if they were allowed to go up and down in addition to forward, back, right and left?
Kinda scares me.
Have a wonderful tomorrow!
-Amanda
The hover cars have been suppressed by a vast conspiracy involving both the automotive and oil industries because they don’t run on fossil fuels. 🙂
Hovercars or, more properly, aircars do exist. See below.
http://www.moller.com/skycar/
I saw Elvis Presley driving down the road in hovercar just this afternoon!
And its a good thing he was in hovercar, as he was able to just go over all of the pink elephants in the road.
That’s what’s really cool about Apple’s computer equipment. Not the processing power, not the GUI, but the fact that anywhere you take it people stare at you like you just stepped through a portal from the future. 🙂
Ah, they gave her an iSight? Nity piece of equipment that I am totally lusting after – and I never wanted a webcam before.
My wife and I used iChatAV when she was at a summer seminar for her Masters. We didn’t use the video, but the audio saved us a month of cell phone minutes!
I saw Elvis Presley driving down the road in hovercar just this afternoon!
Actually, seven percent of Americans surveyed believe that Elvis is still alive.
No report on how much overlap there is with the percentage of people who think Saddam orchestrated 9/11.
PAD
I saw Elvis Presley driving down the road in hovercar just this afternoon!
And his hair was perfe–oh, wait, that’s something else.
I have an iSight too! Even if the other person doesn’t have a camera, you can still talk to them using audio (thanks to the software iChat). The most beautiful thing about this is that I don’t have to pay long distance charges!! Take that, billion-dollar making phone company! Ha! 😛
The funny thing about owning one is that I find myself more conscious of making sure I look half decent even if I don’t leave the house that day.
Hey, I know the feeling. I work with a bunch of people that look at me like I’m right out of Star Trek because I own, frequently use, and am very protective of my Pocket PC. It’s become such an important part of my life that I truly feel naked without it.
Okay, I’m just ignorant of all this new stuff, but are ya’ll saying this thingy she got is a doodad to talk (and see) people over the internet? If you are at all interested in saving money (instead of buying doodads) check out paltalk or yahoo. Both have video (if you have a webcam) and voice chat capabilities. I prefer paltalk because the voice chat has better control. Small yearly fee for streaming video in chat rooms on paltalk but I think private chats video is free..not sure. I think yahoo is also free for both. I don’t use webcam much because I try to refrain from scaring people if at all possible :o)
Have a wonderful tomorrow!
-Amanda
“… my Pocket PC. It’s become such an important part of my life that I truly feel naked without it.”
Whereas I made sure my computer is a desk variety which stays obediently put at home when I go out. Also, one of the perks of my job is that I’m one of the few people in the department who is NOT expected to carry a cell phone or pager.
And, when I travel overseas, I don’t even carry a watch most times, much less phone. Being a slave to time or calls is something I feel one does at the office, not on leisure time.
In fact about the only thing I do carry is an industrial-size Swiss Army Knife with almost everything from the tiny screwdriver (for tightening those little screws on glasses) to bottle a opener, pliers, etc. A useful tool-kit-in-one.
Oh, but, wait, no, no, not any more. Can’t take those dangerous things on airplanes any more. But that’s OK. I can send it with the luggage. Oh, but, no. I go strictly carry-on since they lost some of my luggage years ago.
I guess that’s why I don’t travel as much as I used to. Just isn’t as much fun any more. And you pay more for the aggravations.
**I saw Elvis Presley driving down the road in hovercar just this afternoon!
And his hair was perfe–oh, wait, that’s something else.
Posted by Pete @ 09/14/2003 08:21 PM ET**
Hee! Elvises of London!
Or would the proper pluralization there be “Elvi?”
Peter? A little help, s’il vous plait?