Someone has some doubts about the man behind CherryOS. Pear PC users are pretty suspicious, too.
mountain, four trees
Yeah, yeah, more than four trees, and I’m standing on the mountain, OK?
Having Mt. St. Helens up in the upper right corner of this page is proving interesting in ways I did not expect. For example, two days ago, I was up before dawn and happened to see dawn break over the mountain. A tiny bright spot in the silhouette of the mountain told me what I heard on the news an hour later. Lava had broken through the dome and was glowing in the night.
The image is also interesting in less volcano-related ways. I work in a garage which is entirely underground, and my house never receives any direct sunlight through its’ windows. My home office area’s windows look out on an alley and high fence. As the shadows swing across the mountain’s flanks I find myself gauging the time of day based on the picture. The image of the mountain is my most regular exposure to the light of day.
Finally, the images, in sequence, (as spottily as I look in upon them) create a long-form pseudo-narrative, akin to both comics and film, to Monet’s Rouen Cathedral or his Haystacks. It’s a rare chance to do some long looking, something I deeply enjoy. It’s unexpected to me that long looking is proving subject, in this case, to time-slicing, miniaturization, and distribution.
CherryOS
CherryOS is a fully-functional Mac OS X hardware emulator for the PC. You’ll still need a copy of Mac OS X, but apparently it otherwise works just fine – at least until Apple brings in the lawyers. I don’t have any hardware to tinker with this on, but sure would love to check it out.
However, the website makes reference to “pre-orders,” so it remains vaporware for now. My understanding is that the site has been hammered since they did some press, and that has prevented me from more thoroughly exploring the site.
Hmm. On further investigation, pinging “cherryos.com” returns “unknown host,” at least from here. Maybe the lawyers are already up and at ’em. A WHOIS records an active record for the site, and the listed nameservers are both up, so I assume they are just down at the moment.
Over at the Cult of Mac, Mr. Kahney has apparently laid hands on a copy, however.
Storefront
In the Greenwood area. One of my favorite Seattle-area facades.
De Bait
MonkeyFilter and MetaFilter are having another debate party slash comments race. So far MeFi is out the gate early with a link to debate bingo, a drinking game proposal, and some background chatter about the Sox-Yankees game. Stay tuned, and click-click-click!
Piping hot
Moving drives and cards around as a part of the machine migration. That’s Socrates on the left, and Bellerophon on the right. Bel is the machine serving you you bits at this moment.
Calvados
Manny and I have been corresponding about pork and pears, or pork and apples, and apple and pear brandy.
These are portraits of a fine pair of calvados, now sadly departed from us. I find them heartwarming.
Snap
Arguments for and against Armageddon, one of an infinite series.
Heated political discussion on the shores of Green Lake. Evidence in favor of a healthy democracy. Argument against!
Topic of the argument: war in the Middle East involving Americans, Israelis, and Arabs. Argument for!
Verdict: A draw.
An in-store display of orange, green, and purple pumpkin-shaped trick-or-treat lootbags. Argument for!
“Anarchy in the Pre-K” baby tee shirt in window of hipster children’s store. Argument for!
A battery-powered inflatable fat-suit sumo costume, $22.00, batteries not included. Argument for!
Final verdict: We are so doomed.
Adam
Hey neato! Adam has a weblog. He needs to call me, also. 😉
A hit!
Priceless | Metafilter. I saw something that made me laugh, and shared the love.