The Blog-Files

What's Up With Kung-Log?

As I enter this blog entry with Kung-Log I have to be careful. You see I can't make any mistakes. If I post an entry with a mistake, I can't change it for some reason. Kung-Log has forgotten how to open old entries. The little progress wheel just spins and says something like "receiving entry 103" but I never happens. I've downloaded the newer version, called "ecto", and it works just fine. But they want money for that one and up until a little while ago Kung-Log worked fine.

I don't really blog enough to justify spending money on a blogger like ecto, so I guess I'll have to go back to a browser based blogging experience. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

The Future of Computer Design

Whilst at a party for my son's third birthday I stumbled across a discovery that can only be described as a glimpse of the future. You may have heard of Apple Computer's, PowerMac G5. It is a professional desktop computer that is stylish and powerful, one that has many nice design features that are both practical and pretty.

We all know, or should know by now, how tight-lipped the Macintosh makers are about future product developments. There are several rumour sites out there whose sole objective is to "spill the beans" before Steve can make an announcement. The rumour mill is about to get whirled into a frenzy within the next few weeks as the WWDC or World Wide Developer Conference approaches with no less than Steve Jobs himself making a keynote address. Mr. Jobs usually has some product announcement to make when he does one of these "Stevenotes" and guessing what it will be seems to be the life-blood of the various rumour sites.

Well, how does this relate to my child's birthday party, you ask? Just look what I found in the back room of my in-laws house, next to the fridge.

Now note the similarities. I've done a lot of thinking about this, at least 3 minutes, and have come to only one conclusion. This can only be a new PowerMac shell. And yes, it's made out of lightweight wicker. Wicker! Who would have thought? The tendency towards different kinds of industrial metals to encase computers gets cast aside as Apple "goes retro" with an organic solution.

How do I know this is the "real deal"? Well, firstly, if Apple is trying to outsmart the rumour sites, what better place to hide a prototype encasement for the next generation PowerMac than next to a refrigerator in a retired couple's back room in suburban Victoria, British Columbia? Would you think of looking there? Probably not. Secondly, the design is simply elegant and traditional. The same basic shape but with a different, lightweight material. There is ample space for airflow to cool then next generation G6 processor which is going to have to throw off some serious heat.

So to all you rumour sites out there I can only thumb my nose at you and rub in the fact that I found it first. Sorry to rain on your parade but sometimes luck is a little more useful than "undisclosed inside sources". Just remember that when Apple announces their new professional desktop system called, PowerMac G6 "Wicker" at WWDC in June, you can know that you saw it here first.