Today is the last day that I have to work in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, as my replacement starts Monday. They wound up hiring Mark Dobie, the person who held the job before me, so the transition should be fairly painless. Time to clean the last bits out of my old office, format my PC, and clean out all that crap in my inbox I've been putting off doing, by sending it all to Mark. :)
I don't know who wants to buy an iMac with a 20" LCD on it, but I sure don't. Why would you want to spend that much money on a display you can't use with your next computer? I'd much rather spend $1000 on a separate LCD display that I could use long after the computer attached to it is obsolete. The 20" iMac strikes me as a product in search of someone who wants to buy it. Any pro users who really need that much screen real estate would be better served by a PowerMac, and most home users don't want to spend $2200 on a computer (with a one-year warranty, no less).
Wow, this week's episode of "Enterprise" was great. It reminded me a lot of the story of H.M., one of the most bizarre stories told to Psychology majors, about a man suffering from anterograde amnesia, or the inability to form new memories. There's a BBC article here.
For those of you wondering, Simon & Garfunkel put on a great show. They even brought out the Everly Brothers halfway through the concert, and they sang 4 songs. I'm glad I spent the money to go see them, it was well worth it. They sounded great, our seats were decent, and they played every Simon & Garfunkel song I know, and wanted to hear. If you can beg, borrow, or steal tickets to their show when it comes to your town, I suggest you do so.
Holly and I are taking the afternoon off to drive up to St. Paul to catch the Simon & Garfunkel concert tonight. I'm hoping it will be a good show, even though I only paid for the cheap seats. At least we're in row 1 of the cheap seats, so we shouldn't have to stand up to see over any drunken yahoos in front of us. I grew up listening to Simon & Garfunkel, as my parents listened to them a great deal. In fact, my Mom & Dad are going to the show in Vegas in a week or so.
