Visited TIC
10:56 PM - July 3rd, 2006
Nice, I get the day off but government institutions don’t! I took advantage of this rare opportunity by bumming at TIC all day. For the uninitiated, the TIC/AIC/TVA-line of classes at ATDP are the brainchild of Lloyd. I was involved with AIC from 1999 until its last year in 2003. Been dropping by every so often since.
I got to see Lloyd’s black MacBook in person—a smudgy, black MacBook. Everyone who thinks black matte plastic is better than aluminum is crazy. The black MacBook is a total oil magnet. Ugh, I find oil smudges unpleasant to think about.
And of course, I got to see everyone at TIC and then some. Lloyd, Kass, Trev, Abraham (Aaron’s brother; he’s teaching the robotics course), and all the TAs of TIC (6 out of 9 are my former students; yes, I’m old). You know, I do miss being involved, but it’s not something you can do forever.
I’ll be back again some time before ATDP ends. We should do something special, like soccer instead of ultimate frisbee. =)
July 4th, 2006 at 8:19 am
Yeah, the oily smudges are an aesthetic downer. I guess they never lab-tested it for such things. Also, it’s a commonly-known fact that neither Steve Jobs’ or Jonathan Ive’s fingers and palms never exude oils. Never.
They’re aliens, I tell you, Venusian aliens!
July 4th, 2006 at 9:11 am
What this weblog lacks are photographs. ;p So, here’s one:
(Click on image for original post elsewhere.)
July 4th, 2006 at 9:12 am
Uhh… -_- This weblog’s author has banned image linking in comments. ::chuckle::
here it is, then. ;p
July 4th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
And the white MacBook is a scratch magnet. You can’t win either way :P
July 5th, 2006 at 11:44 am
I think we’re all missing the real point of this thread which is: Jonathan got an extra day off and we didn’t! *specifically me!*
[face_jealous] Lol!