Think different

Koen Van Tongeren, a student at the University of Amsterdam who is writing a thesis on Mac fan culture, said he was disappointed by the lack of Apple haircuts and tattoos. Having traveled from the Netherlands, he expected his first Macworld to resemble a Trekkie convention, where everyone’s in costume.

« It’s just a regular convention, » he said. « But I’m not so disappointed. I got a good deal on a battery. »

From Wired News.

Here’s to the crazy ones. They push the human race forward.

First line of defense


« When a parent dies, a planet disappears and the night sky will never look the same again. It doesn’t matter how grown up we are when we lose one. And when both are gone it’s as though we are permanently without a kind of roof – invisible shield, first line of defense between ourselves and mortality, gone. »

From The Way the Crow Flies, by Ann-Marie MacDonald.

(Photo of Marius, 1925-2002, and Madeleine, 1929-1996. Picture taken on June 4th, 1949. Click photo to enlarge.)