{"id":352,"date":"2007-06-11T18:50:38","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T01:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rynosoft.dreamhosters.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2008-04-07T20:37:42","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T03:37:42","slug":"my-son-the-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rynosoft.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/my-son-the-nerd","title":{"rendered":"My son, the nerd"},"content":{"rendered":"
Me:<\/strong>
\nHey Thomas!
\nyou there?<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nhey What?<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nhow are you?<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ngood<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nKeynote was really cool this morning.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ncool<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nThey made Safari work on Windows<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nawww<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nand the new version is available – apple.com\/safari<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nFinally!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyou can download it<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nFINALLY!
\nI’m going to wait for the full version<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyou won’t be able to use it<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\noh<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nunless we can install Leopard<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nok<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nwe should install Tiger on your computer
\nI think you need it for safari<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nThe beta version?<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nLeopard doesn’t come out until October
\nyeah
\nit will say on the website<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nI want Leopard
\n!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nit’s still beta,
\nand will eat up your memory,
\nbut I got a new disc of it,
\nit’s got a hologram on it<\/div>\n
Attempting to connect to 69.64.229.153:4443.
\nAsking thomasjring to connect to us at 17.210.49.129:5190 for Direct IM.<\/div>\n
Me:<\/strong>
\nare you sending something?<\/div>\n
Attempting to connect via proxy server.
\nReceived invalid data on connection with remote user.
\nDirect IM disconnected
\nReceived invalid data on connection with remote user.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\na leopard<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI don’t think it will work<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nok<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI’m trying to remember what else they showed.
\nthere’s a new Finder – it looks like iTunes.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\naw<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nand the new dock is awesome – 3D<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ndanget.
\noooo.
\nwow.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nhmmm, what else.
\nthey demo’d the iPhone.
\nand told us a way to write software for it.
\nbut it’s totally lame.
\n(writing software for it)<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nlol<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyou have to do it on a web page.
\nI have one more session today in 20 minutes.
\nI always wish that I could bring you with me to WWDC.
\nI think you’d really like it.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nyeah.
\nI’m watching a video about the new desktop.
\nooo<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\n<\/a> target=macnn>http:\/\/www.macnn.com\/articles\/07\/06\/11\/wwdc.jobs.talks.leopard\/<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ntrasparent finder<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\ntransparent menus, yes.
\nI don’t like that much actualy.
\nI don’t like the new Finder, either.
\nWeb Clip works a lot better now.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nI like the new dock<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI do, too!<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nand stacks<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\noh and stacks!<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nlol<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nstacks are really cool<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nyeah<\/p>\n

stacks!<\/p>\n

stacks!<\/p>\n

stacks!stacks!stacks!stacks!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nhaha<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nstacks!stacks!stacks!stacks!stacks!stacks!stacks!crazy!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nstacks<\/p>\n

stacky stacks<\/p>\n

did I tell you I started using something instead of iChat?<\/p><\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nstacks!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nAdium.
\nyou can check it out if you want.
\nGoogle it, free download<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nWhat is it<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI think it will work on Panther.
\nit’s like iChat<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nyes!<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nonly has more features<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nand does it work like AIM?<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nsort of.
\ndo you like AIM?<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nwell alot of people use it.
\nall my friends and basically everybody does.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyes, iChat works with AIM<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nhmm..<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\ndid you know that?
\nalso, Adium works with AIM<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\na green duck…<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyeah, you can change that.
\nyou can change a lot of things.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ngood<\/p>\n

hiws….
\nhows<\/p>\n

how’s<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nnone of those is a word<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\na purple ferret.
\nla<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI use the yellow duck<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nso many substitutes<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\n“how is”<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nSafari to Firefox (I hate and love firefox).
\nok.
\nhelp me setup.
\nAdd an instant messaging account.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nyeah<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\ntell me what to do<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nthomasjring.
\nand your password.
\nwhich I’m not sure of.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nI don’t have a password…<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nbut it might be “(redacted)”.
\nyou do.
\nit’s required.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nok.
\nAOL or Aim?<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nAOL.
\nthey are the same.
\nI just logged in as you.<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nbrb<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\npassword is “(redacted)”.
\nI gotta go<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\noooo.
\nthis is cool<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI have to pee before next session.
\nenjoy<\/div>\n

Thomas:<\/strong>
\nok.
\nbye.<\/p>\n

Me:<\/strong>
\nI’ll ttyl<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Me: Hey Thomas! you there? Thomas: hey What? Me: how are you? Thomas: good Me: Keynote was really cool this morning. Thomas: cool Me: They made Safari work on Windows Thomas: awww Me: and the new version is available – apple.com\/safari Thomas: Finally! Me: you can download it Thomas: FINALLY! I’m going to wait for … <\/p>\n

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