Kevin’s Blog

Just got a new lens - Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM - which I’ve been wanting since I got my Digital Rebel XT in December.

Pictures to come as I figure it out. This is supposed to be an awesome camera for portaits as well as for macro shooting. Whee!

I’m at Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) all week this week. Most of the conference is under NDA, so I can’t comment on any of the later sessions that happen.

The keynote, as usual, was excellent. The Mac Pro was definitely not a surprise to anyone, nor was the Xeon Xserve. Both of these bring Apple’s transition to Intel to completion.

Steve and other Apple execs went through 10 exciting features of Leopard, but kept some others close to the vest. They also handed out Leopard Preview DVDs to all attendees, both for the client and server OS.

For much more eloquent coverage of WWDC, check out Tom Yager’s Enterprise Mac blog.

In a recent post to the Dilbert Blog, Scott Adams brings up a little bit of hope for those of us depressed by the current administration.

My favorite conspiracy theory is the one that says the world is being run by a handful of ultra-rich capitalists, and that our elected governments are mere puppets. I sure hope it’s true. Otherwise my survival depends on hordes of clueless goobers electing competent leaders. That’s about as likely as a dog pissing the Mona Lisa into a snow bank.

The only way I can get to sleep at night is by imagining a secret cabal of highly competent puppetmasters who are handling the important decisions while our elected politicians debate flag burning and the definition of marriage.

It’s the only explanation for how the governments of the world could be staffed with morons and yet everything still runs okay, sort of. Granted, things aren’t perfect, but when you hear our leaders talk, you have to wonder why our energy policy doesn’t involve burning asbestos on playgrounds. There must be some competent people pulling the strings behind the curtain, adjusting the money supply, twiddling with interest rates, choosing the winners for American Idol, and that sort of thing.

Long live the secret cabal! It’s gotta be better than what we are told is really going on in gubmint!