Day: May 17, 2002

My friend Sharon works for Dell, while her husband Jon works for Apple, so I found this quite amusing. Brennan O’Keefe, whose Considered Harmful pointed me in this direction, writes:

Does anybody else suspect that it’s the entertainment industry keeping Apple Computers alive? After all, TV and movie producers seem to like the prettiest-looking computers on screen, at least for the good guys.

I hadn’t noticed the dichotomy at work in 24, but I definitely have noticed a preponderance of iMacs in film and on television these days. Not that that’s a bad thing…

“The position has been offered to, and accepted by, one of the other final candidates, but we are glad to have had a chance to consider your application. We wish you the best of luck in finding a career path that is right for you.”

O frabjous day, calloo, callay. Excuse me if I sulk.

Remembering the Death Star:

CORUSCANT — Presiding over a memorial service commemorating the victims of the attack on the Death Star, the Emperor declared that while recent victories over the Rebel Alliance were “encouraging, the War on Terror is not over yet.”

“We will continue to fight these terrorists, and the rogue governments who harbor them, until the universe is safe, once and for all, and the security of the Neo-New Cosmik Order ensured.”

It was one year ago today that the Death Star, perhaps the greatest symbol of the Empire’s might, was destroyed in an attack by fanatic Rebels, who used small, single-person crafts to infiltrate seemingly impenetrable defenses. Thousands of mourners were on hand to remember and pay tribute to the victims and their families.

Found via Boing Boing and posted without comment.