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Dumb People at Apple

2006-08-21 18:54:47

So Today I had to run some errands and I was at the Stamford Mall. I stopped in at the apple store to see if they had a xserve on display. Since they just dropped a new quad core. I figure worst case, they wont have it and I will be on my way. I asked one of the nice black apple shirt employees if they had one. She responded, a what. I started to open the website apple.com/xserve on one of the macbooks at the store and asked her if she was new. She responded, I am the manager. I almost fainted. To think a MANAGER at an APPLE store does not even know the PRODUCT LINE. I know an xserve is more for business, but its not like Apple is like Daewoo who builds cars, TVs, DVD players, etc. Apple is a hardware company, with less then 20 products. As much of you know I own a powerbook and was a Apple hater until I got my 17in powerbook. Anway, I just need to post that. I am not sure if I will post up all that happen in Europe, if you want to know, email me and I will send something. Enjoy this uneducated world of ours.

Europe 2006

2006-08-13 02:31:03

Wow, has it been 4 weeks! Well I just got back from the Airport. What a mess with luggage and the damn terriost. Carry on was so funny. Anyway, I will be posting all about it this weekend. New Cell Phone and number tomorrow, email for it. So much to do, so many emails to reply to.

No more STI but off to Europe

2006-08-14 17:23:07

Well, I sold my 2005 Subaru WRX STI. It was a sad day, but now I am free to move to where every I please. I have been packing and running errans for the past week. I will be leaving for europe tomorrow for about a month. Please check out my plans for europe (old link). So if I do not get back to you ASAP, please note that I am on vacation and will try my best. Til next time.

Starting to Pack for Europe

2006-07-04 23:13:08

Well, I have been relaxing long enough and need to get organized. I have started to pack and prepair for my one month trip to Europe. I ordered a couple of things that I needed and temped to order more (another 4gb SD card for my camera), but I have held back. Anyway, I stopped by canal street in NYC to pickup a watch, got 2 for $15, gotta love a bargin. If everyting goes to plan tomorrow my car (2005 Subaru STI) will be sold :( and I will not have a car anymore. So once I get back from Europe its off to a city enviornment, no more VT for me. So much stuff to do and pack before the trip.

Busy Busy Busy

2006-06-19 13:19:03

Well this past week and this weekend has been intense. I have been working on edible tags as most of you know. I had a busy time with some friends and another wedding...yes its wedding season! I will be leaving VT this week and have packing and cleaning still to do. If anyone still wants to grab some switchback @ RJ's give me a call! Til next post... Enjoy Craigslist and the recent updates, I know I will!

Packed Weekend

2006-06-08 01:03:49

Well, I am packing up my car tomorrow and moving all my stuff back home to CT. My apartment lease ends June 30, so I need to move everything out. I will be going to CT/NJ/NYC this weekend and keeping busy. My brother is getting married, graduation party for a friend of mine, and hopefully finding someone to buy my car. Yes, its depressing, but I need to sell my STI. I am getting out of the car scene altogether and not having one.

For your enjoyment, I came across this site today Camraoke, so funny to watch people lipsync

Avronics is Live!

2006-09-09 11:57:12

Well, after a day of coding and hacking of my SpicyCMS, Avronics went live late last night. I will be posting all my projects from software to hardware on this site. There are still a couple of things that I want to add to avronics and to SpicyCMS, such as comments. I also need to make the other menu pages.(projects,handbook,about us,contact us) I hope to have time sunday to upgrade SpicyCMS and avronics. As for EdibleTags, I still have a lot of work. Comments and Feedback are always welcome, john at johnmurch dot com

Code Fest

2006-05-26 15:41:26

Well, I have been coding away. I have not posted SpicyCMS and am not sure if I will. After seeing some AjaxCMS and other projects that use ruby on rails, my code is not as clean. I have been building 2 other sites: EdibleTags and avronics. I hope to have avronics up by tonight. Avronics will be a place to post some of my projects and some code that will hopefully be used by the community. As for edibletags, you will have to wait. Expect a beta sign up around mid July. The release is expected in August, but with all this free time I hope to have it up sooner.

I FINALLY GRADUATED

2006-05-26 13:30:54

Well, after 4 years in college, I graduated. Although I had to pickup my diploma at the registars office. It turns out that 1000 students is too many for UVM to handel and choices to give everyone except Arts and Science students their diploma. Anyway, Now on to the Job Hunt.

Free Phone Calls via Skype

2006-08-15 16:58:15

Skype is now giving away Skypeout allowing free phone calls from Skype to any mobile phone in the US and traditional landlines in the US and Canada. I have already made a couple of calls and its awesome! Skype is only offering this service free until the end of 2006. :( Enjoy it while you can!