Okay, Disclaimer: I love my MacBook and Apple in general…. But today I was reading through their 402 page 3rd party UI guidelines document, I found this little clip highly amusing… mainly because this isn’t the only excerpt where they used ’stylish’ and ’stunning’ to describe themselves. Actually those two words appeared in every other paragraph… I’m just saying.

‘Users are attracted to the Macintosh in general and to Mac OS X specifically because they feel the combination offers a superior user experience over other platforms. Macintosh computers are stylish, flexible, easy to set up, easy to maintain, and powerful. Mac OS X combines a reliable core with an intuitive design, stunning graphics, excellent security, and the features users want. Third-party applications enhance this package by delivering specific vertical solutions with sophisticated features and behaviors that are consistent with Apple guidelines.’

Reading this, I feel like they are trying to tell third party developers ‘if your application isn’t as stylish as ours… or if your graphics are slightly under par… don’t even try developing an app that works on our system… stick to PC’s… seriously.’

But if anyone can get away with this appraoch… it’s apple. Because owning a Mac is that much better than owning a PC (so yes, if you own a PC that makes me that much cooler and ’stylish’ than you!)

Posted by kristy, filed under UI blurbs. Date: July 22, 2008, 10:09 pm | No Comments »

This morning at 7:20am Uncle Jim and I headed out for our 30km ‘ultimate butt work out’ where we started our ride at the bottom of highway 97c (where it meets up with Westbank) and started peddling up to the summit.

So after 30km, 2 hours 16 minutes and 3 pit stops we made it to the summit.

The ultimate butt workout

Elevation-wise we started at about 500 meters above sea level and finished at 1750.

Altitude profile for the ultimate butt workout

After the first 10km of the ride we were thinking to ourselves how easy the ride was and how much we had overestimated it. (We also had two pit stops in the first 10km - pit stops were determined by wherever there was a spot on the highway for cars to pull over… there were only 3). So for the second leg we had to go 10km straight till the third pit stop… at this point we were still thinking to ourselves how great the ride was and how lovely our legs felt. The scenery was beautiful, the sun was shining and there was no wind.

Yeah well, by the time the last 10km creeped up on us I’ll just say that we gave up on enjoying the scenery… at this point we were just attempting to focus on our legs and will them to continue in circles up the hill. Needless to say we made it, and are already planning our route for next year: the route for the Penticton Ironman, Sept 2009.

Posted by kristy, filed under Wheeling around. Date: July 19, 2008, 1:18 pm | No Comments »

As I was driving to Kelowna today I called my Uncle as I drove down the hill between Brenda Mine and Peachland. The conversation went a little something like this:

Kristy: Ummm I probably shouldn’t have driven this way, because every time I see this hill it gets bigger and bigger
Jim: Yeah well it is a lot easier going down then up…
Kristy: Not helping…
Jim: So the last 20km of the ride are going to be pretty tough because it is all uphill and there aren’t many places to pull over for a break
Kristy:…but the ride is only 30km so you’re pretty much saying that it is all going to suck…

Oh my. Well I have eaten my pasta dinner with some tasty bread and meatballs, hydrated myself and am hoping that that will be enough to make it up the mountain tomorrow haha.

Posted by kristy, filed under Wheeling around. Date: July 18, 2008, 9:21 pm | No Comments »

17  Jul
Kelowna bound!

Well the weekend has come, and i am off to Kelowna after work tomorrow to ride up a mountain with Uncle Jim! I got my bike back from the shop yesterday and being the lovely people that they are they fixed the tire for free and also tuned up my gears for me… sweet!

Stories and pictures to come!

Posted by kristy, filed under Wheeling around. Date: July 17, 2008, 11:05 pm | No Comments »

Tonight Holly, Greg, Henry and I ventured out to the 2008 Tour de Gastown. We treated ourselves to a lovely dinner at Nuba and then headed down to the racecourse just in time to catch the start of the woman’s race. The women had to complete 30 laps of the course (36km) and then men completed 50 laps (60km) with the highlight of a 180 degree turn.

Greg and I are pretty sure that we will be strong contenders for next year’s race… hahahahahaha You know considering that the riders were going about 50km/h on the flats and I get scared when i go that fast down a hill…

Posted by kristy, filed under kristy's craziness. Date: July 16, 2008, 10:59 pm | No Comments »

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