Thomas, Author at TwisterMc

Camp Snoopy Changing Hands

12 Jan, 2005

According to Screamscape, Camp Snoopy in the Mall of America has decided to part ways with Cedar Fair, the current owner. This is a big deal because Cedar Fair is a huge theme park company that includes Valleyfair, Knotts Berry Farm and Cedar Point. Not sure what’s going to happen from this point on, but […]

Blinkx Desktop Search for Mac

12 Jan, 2005

Blinkx released a Pre-Beta v.05 yesterday of it’s desktop searching software. This is the first desktop search software, that I know of, for the Mac. No Google, MSN or Yahoo yet and Spotlight, part of Mac OS 10.4, won’t be out for months. I haven’t seen many good reviews on this yet and I don’t […]

Mac Mini, iPod shuffle & Final Cut HD

11 Jan, 2005

The keynote is over and the two biggest announcements are the iPod shuffle for $99 and the Mac mini for $499! Both are amazingly tiny and priced just right! PC users have no good excuse not to check out a Mac now. Also announced was all new iApps for 2005. iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, iWork with […]

Mac Mini is REAL!!

11 Jan, 2005

Apple announced the Mac mini for $499 and $599!! available Jan 22 most important new mac ‘ever’ 1.25 Ghz G4 another at 1.4 Ghz comes with Panther & iLife 05 analog, digital video out quiet, fw, usb2, video out, ethernet More Mac mini information. Also the Flash iPod – iPod shuffle autoplay shuffle or playlist […]

Happy MacWorld Day

11 Jan, 2005

Today is MacWorld! Stay tuned for great new Apple hardware and software that’ll get released today. A flash iPod for $150? An iBox? Headless iMac for $500? New PowerBooks? Who knows, but we’ll all know by the end of today!!!

Will it snow?

11 Jan, 2005

They are predicting snow! Maybe an inch today or two tomorrow. If that happens it’ll be our first, one inch, snowfall of the season. That’s so pathetic for this winter but I have a feeling the April showers will be snow showers.

Kensington PilotMouse Issues

10 Jan, 2005

My PilotMouse issues linger on. I bought this ultra cool mouse at Best Buy, where I got a really good deal, about a month ago and my happiness level is still so so. It looks sweet, has many buttons, is wireless, optical and so comfy. However it’s on screen performance lacks. It seems to be […]

Yea! A Background.

10 Jan, 2005

Finally, after thinking to hard, I added a background to my blog that allows for the main content area to be as long as the menu area on short posts like this. (post page not main page) It has been bugging me for quite a while but I finally figured out that I’d done it […]

Smurfs and Archie on TV!!

10 Jan, 2005

I was flipping though the channels this morning and what did I see? The original Smurfs on UPN! They are all there from Papa Smurf to Smurfette. Of course I had to stop and watch. Now I’ll have the song in my head all day long. After that came the new Archie. The whole gang […]

Vikings Win!!

9 Jan, 2005

Even some Vikings fans weren’t to faithful that the Minnesota Vikings would win against Green Bay today but they did. Took the lead early and never looked back! Whooo Hoooo 😀