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It’s official.  The baby robins have hatched.  I was uncharacteristicaly outside today, where I was able to capture the following video.  I didn’t know robins ate so much.  In the time I was out there I swear different robins were flying in a couple dozen times to feed the young ones.  That kind of appetite deserves to be enshrined here at SFG.com…

Forget the You Tube stuff, let’s get back to good old-fashioned QuickTime.  This happened Monday, I saw it Tuesday, and got my chance to encode it on Thursday.
    Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, courtesy of an overeager NBC floor director (and CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman)...

We haven’t had any more ducks take up residence by the porch, but the motion detector by the deck has become a perennial domicile for some robins.  Here are this year’s tenants.

Mama Bird…

...and her babies

There was word last week, during Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, that there would finally be a marketing push to advertise OS X and Macs (rather than iPods).  I saw the commercial tonight and was very disappointed.  It was very basic, featured just a couple soft-spoken guys, and hardly touched upon anything that makes Macs so great.  What I didn’t know was there is a series of commercials—and (typically) I’d seen the poorest of the bunch—as well as a whole revamp of Apple’s website, turning the old Switch campaign into the new Get a Mac campaign.
    Therein, you’ll read important and informative bon mots such as the following:

By the end of 2005, there were 114,000 known viruses for PCs.  In March 2006 alone, there were 850 new threats detected against Windows.  Zero for Mac.  While no computer connected to the Internet will ever be 100% immune from attack, Mac OS X has helped the Mac keep its clean bill of health with a superior UNIX foundation and security features that go above and beyond the norm for PCs.  When you get a Mac, only your enthusiasm is contagious.

    I feel much better now, and, remarkably, I didn’t even mind seeing Justin Long again.  But I still think the best commercial for Macs would be for Apple to actually show OS X in action (especially for those who might not have an Apple Store nearby).
    Check out all six of the commercials here.  They’re showing up on You Tube, but for once I’ll pass on embedding them, since the versions at Apple’s site are much better quality.  (You can even see them in HD.)


    ....Aw, screw it.  Why stop embedding now!

I know!  Let’s get some fleeting vindictive pleasure against Joe Wilson by revealing his wife is a CIA operative.
    Who cares that her work—and the untimely stoppage of that work—has great ramifications now.
    According to this MSNBC video, “Intelligence sources say Valerie Wilson was part of an operation three years ago tracking the proliferation of nuclear weapons material into Iran.  And the sources allege that when Mrs Wilson’s cover was blown, the Administration’s ability to track Iran’s nuclear ambitions was damaged as well.” 

    Bravo, gentlemen.  Nicely played.  And it’s worked out well then that you’ve never felt the need to keep an eye on Iran’s nuclear build-up.
    Seriously, can these guys do anything right?  I swear, I’m shocked Cheney was able to shoot someone in the face since they only seem capable of shooting themselves in the foot.
    All of which begs the question…can we get rid of them all at once or do we have to impeach them one at a time?
    (Video from The Brad Blog, by way of Ameratsu.com.)