Well I just visited the annual San Francisco MacWorld Expo. It was ok, I am not a people person so I did not enjoy the crowds. But it was pretty cool, I got to see what a lot of companies are doing and where innovation is (it definatly is not in iPod accessories, about 50% of the booths were touting iPod protectors). A few good booths were the Elgato booth (EyeTV makers (Mac PVR)), the EFF, and the Delicious Monster who were fully decked out in camo garb. While I was there I also entered to win about 6 iPods (I still don’t own one) and a Powerbook.

I think the most disappointing part was Apple’ news. Sure they announced the Macbook and the Intel iMac along with 06 versions of their software but I was really unimpressed. The MacBook really just looks like a Powerbook but is faster. The new software just looks like a version bump, not too much added at all.

I will admit though, I believe I have caught the GNU bug now… so any non-Free software just rubs me the wrong way [In fact I found 2-3 good ideas that would be good to add to the community]. I would post pictures but my camera’s batteries died on the trip there so until the OCR in OSX can scan mental pictures you are out of luck.

Eric Davis