Day: November 16, 2006

Ok admit it, the kayaking season is over

The temperature was forecast to go up to 63 degrees this afternoon. I thought I’d make one last attempt to get out for a final kayak trip and put it away. But when the peak temperature arrived, so did heavy rain and thunderstorms. A realistic assement of my clothing and ability followed, and I decided that the risk of getting hypothermia on a river that nobody else is using was just too high, and I called it off.

The temperature is going to be in the low 50s tomorrow, and down into the 40s all weekend, so I think this is it.

I think I’m going to put a “farmer john” style wet suit and a spray skirt on my Christmas list. Oh, and a paddle float so I can self rescue.

Discovering it all over again

Ok, I’m going to sound like a total Apple fan-boy with this, but I have to say it. Yesterday, my iPod fell out of it’s case. I picked it up and suddenly without the extra bulk of the case, I was once again struck by how utterly perfect it is. It’s small, it’s light, it’s beautiful, and the user interface is great. It feels good in your hand.

Ok, the screen is a bit scratched up, and so is the shiny back surface. But it’s still a wonder of modern industrial design.

And I look at the Zune, and I see an ugly brown brick, and I think “what the hell were they thinking?”

And before you write me off as a total Apple geek, I had the same feeling with my Treo when I used it for a day without the heavy magnesium innopocket.com case. Not as perfect as an iPod, but definitely smaller and sleeker than I normally think of it because I normally have it in that case.