So I turned forty the other day and this was my birthday present to myself.  It is a Macbook Pro.  I wanted a mac because I want to be like that guy dating Drew Barrymore from the Apple Commercials.  If you are not familiar with the commercials, they show this real square, pudgy, uptight middle aged man representing PC computers and this hipper Anthony Keidis look-a-like representing the Mac.  The ad campaign boils down to a duel between productivity and creativity.  Creativity is always the un-declared winner in the end. 

Hey I love Spreadsheets just as much as the next guy.  But the idea of building a website for my dog enticed me to drop the 2k.

Still, here I am back on AOL with my Gateway PC.  I have flirted with the idea of taking my new laptop to a coffee house, wearing a black turtleneck t-shirt and doing something "creative".  An idea I know will never see fruition.  It's just not me I guess. 

So maybe it was just a symptom of middle age crisis; me wanting to be Justin Long.  But now with a laptop I can surf the web while watching TV.  That's pretty cool!  How many times do you find yourself watching something and can't figure out where you've seen an actor before? 

One last thought.  The MP3 player turned ten this month http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/11/the-first-mp3-player-celebrates-its-10th-birthday/

I don't think I saw anyone use one till I went to Europe in 2001.  In 1998 I remember still using a Sony Walkman that played cassette tapes; and that was the norm.  Some people had mini-disc players but that technology never took off.  In 1998 I remember thinking that anyone with a cell phone was a phony :) Things have certainly changed. 

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