The new Apple Store at The Domain (Austin, TX) opened this morning, conveniently located right accross the street from work. I had to go check it out.
The Domain is the name of the fancy new shopping mall. It’s located on MoPac and Braker. It’s got some very upscale stores (Lacoste, Louis Vuitton, Coach, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany & Co., Puma, etc).
People walking by seemed very puzzled at the long line. Here’s a conversation the dude in front of me had with a lady passing by:
lady: What is this line for? dude: The Apple Store Grand Opening. lady: What, do you all like Apple? dude: Yes. lady: But I don’t get it, why are you in line? dude: The Apple Store Grand Opening. lady: What, are they giving away stuff? dude: Well, there’s a free t-shirt. lady: Oh… now I get it.
On Stephen Hawkings: Poor dude just wants to sit in his living room and drink a nice cup of tea and say dirty words with his voice computer when cute girls go by.
On Dell: They started a price war and won the race to the bottom. Looked great until everyone else arrived there too. Now what? Hire engineers and try to invent stuff?
On Bono: I told Bono, Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you really want to get the Nobel Prize you can’t be so transparently ambitious about it. Okay? You have to be more subtle. He told me to fook off.
Ok, this blog has now been added to my sidebar links. Funny stuff.
Yesterday marked my triumphant return to the soccer fields to play after long time rival Juventus (not the actual Italian team). The first ball I touched after almost three months of injury was a perfect pass to the striker for an open shot on goal. Too bad the striker played for the other team.
Still, and no thanks to me, we managed to come back from a 2-0 to win 3-2, playing the last 25 minutes with only ten men on the field. This is the stuff that makes good movie scripts. Enjoy the new team picture.
Behold the beauty of our solar system. This photoof Saturn was taken on January 19th, 2007 by the Cassini spacecraft. Click for full article and a higher resolution version.
See a left-handed Kevin Costner with a full head of hair in a vintage Apple Lisa ad (the predecessor of the world-changing Macintosh). Now that’s a weird way of holding a mouse, if I ever saw one. Remember, this is before most people ever saw a mouse or even used a computer.
If you thought that Edgar (previously covered in The MKX®) was done conquering our hearts, you were wrong.
A new TV commercial (or is it an Internet-only comercial?) has surfaced.
I have a sudden urge of saying bad words and eating Emperador cookies.
My office was vandalized last Thursday. I was shocked to walk in and find a poster of Walter Gaitán, the man who symbolizes evil itself and all things that are wrong with this world (also happens to play for arch-rival Tigres), partially obscuring my poster of Master Yoda. I’m still feeling a little bit disgusted about the whole situation and have filed a complaint with security. There are no suspects yet, but I’m sure it’s got to be a very, very bitter person
For the first time I signed up for one of the informal classes at UT: Portraiture I with Chad Cole.
My first class was last Wednesday and already they leave me homework: select from a bunch of pictures and draw one of them using charcoal. After about 1.5 hours and two large cups of coffee at the Flightpath this is what I came up with:
Head of David – Detail from Plate (click to enlarge)
While far from perfect, I’m pretty satisfied with the result, given that I had never drawn using charcoal. One of the eyes is a little bit off, and he has this look like he’s ready to beat the shit out of Darkseid (old habits die hard… I’ve drawn Superman way too many times).It was fun too and I didn’t make too much of a mess on myself. I also learned what a kneaded eraser is and that willow charcoal tastes better than crayons yet it makes you thirstier.If I do anything worth showing in this class I will post here. If you are desperate for blogger art and can’t wait then I recommend you visit BRNR.
