Posted by Anthony on the 17th of January, 2008 at
2:37 pm under Friends and Random Life. This post has no comments.
So, a couple of you have commented recently about my posts which, of course, is encouraged. It also gives me an opportunity to clarify and respond.
I did end up learning that, as Steve mentioned, the new public bathroom will be closed after 10pm for fear of vandalism. That this is the first unit of its kind does not help the paranoia about this kind of attack. So I suppose I understand. But this knowledge certainly wouldn’t have done me much good considering I wasn’t planning on etching my name on the inside of its gleaming washable walls but simply using it for its intended purpose. McDonalds had to do once again.
Which reminds me of something I learned about many of the McDonalds with 2 floors in the city. They often close the upper level late at night which is where the bathrooms often are. They do this with a cleaning cone. If you aren’t afraid of these scary cones, just walk the stairs and chances are you will be unseen. Or, more likely, not stopped even if you are. So be bold in times of great need, it is worth the risk. The alternative is much worse.
As for my bold predictions, I would like to add I really do think Apple will corner the MacBook market, gaining up to a 99% market share. 100% with aggressive advertising. Thanks Bri!!
Posted by Anthony on the 14th of January, 2008 at
10:24 pm under Uncategorized. This post has one comment.
Well, the new public pay bathrooms have started appearing around the city. Only one so far actually and I had the fortuitous opportunity to come across in a desperate time of need. The perfect coincidence. The toilet had been unveiled that very day in the news and here I was, at 1am in Herald Sq, forced off my speedy, warm D train whisking me home by a deep seated need to relieve myself. As I dashed out of the subway I remembered the newscast and soon came upon the gleaming metal shack looking for all the world like a closed news stand. As I neared, quarter in hand, I looked for the coin-slot and there, gleaming like HAL was a red OUT OF ORDER light.
Yeah. Thats about right
Posted by Anthony on the 8th of January, 2008 at
4:07 pm under Random Life. This post has one comment.
Because everyone else always does it so why not me. Here are a couple 08 predictions:
Blue Ray comes out on top. With Warner Bros announcing that it would release only high-definition Blu-ray movies starting July and also ending their HD-DVD support, Blue-Ray will continue to gain market share and eventually come out on top. Which sort of makes up for Sony’s past proprietary failures including but not limited to Betamax, Minidisc and the Memorystick.
Barack Obama wins the Dem ticket. With his recent win in Iowa and his preliminary poll numbers going into NH (we’ll find out for sure tonight), he will carry this early momentum through till Super Tuesday beating out Hillary and the rest of the field.
Cross branding becomes more and more ubiquitous. Watching tv last night I saw 3 separate products/companies all mashed up in a 1 minute commercial. Hewlett Packard, Serena Williams clothing line and the new movie Jumpers were all represented in this bizarre spectacle of symbiotic advertisement. Making for one annoying minute of my life I will never get back. I assume that this will be the beginning of something much bigger and more annoying.
OK, so I haven’t really gone out on a limb for any of these, but I may find myself wrong on at least one out of 3.