Hi all! Well, I feel like I’m doing mainly pictures lately, but not too much is new besides them. Here is where Emily works, the NY State Education Building (the good view):
And this is a picture of Rockefeller College (where we are going to school):
I had a meeting this week and it looks like I’m going to be allowed to create the first Media & Public Policy Master’s. I’m pretty excited!
My parents gave Emily and I these two little “egglings” (Italian Parsley and Thyme) for a graduation gift. They’ve really taken off after only a few weeks! I’ll keep you posted on their growth.
When I was in economics and finance class today, I got to thinking. Sites like MacRumors.com and ThinkSecret.com are bad for Apple. For those who don’t know, these sites post articles, largely based on rumors, that predict when new products are coming out. For example, they may have industry “insiders” that spill the beans on when a new update to the Macbook Pro line is coming out.
However, these sites have a negative impact on Apple. For one, an unrealistic expectation of what product upgrades are coming out is created. Instead of being happy with the brand new, aluminum, multi-colored iPod Nano, they are upset that the “video iPod” or the “iPhone” hasn’t been released. Apple never claimed that they would release either, but customers, based on what they read on these websites, are upset.
The second negative impact is that MacRumors is often very close to the money when it comes to predicting line upgrades (when the current Macs will be updated). The problem with this is that readers will avoid making a normal purchase of a current Mac because they “know” a new version is coming out. Obviously, this has to have a negative impact on Mac sales.
Anyway, with all this being said, I will still be a MacRumors patron, but I do think that some interesting points could be raised about these sites from an economical standpoint.
This semester, I’m working as a Graduate Assistant and Research Assistant for 2 professors at Albany. It hasn’t been terribly taxing thus far, but it should prove to be useful and enjoyable. Emily is an intern at the State Education Building, which is quite the impressive structure. Here is her entrance (which isn’t really the impressive part. The front of the building has something like 50 gigantic columns).
Finally, the pictures you have been waiting for. Remember the last picture of the living room? Here is where we are now!
And here is our beautiful kitchen:
Thank you everyone for all the nice things. Thank you Adam for the table, Emily’s grandparents for the chair, bed, lamp, decorative items (and the list goes on and on), my parents for the sofa and all their help (plus many other things), Emily’s parents for bringing all of it to the apartment plus all the stuff they gave us, and Aunt “Twun” for her Afghan. Thanks everyone!
Emily and I are very busy trying to move into our apartment. As you can see, we have quite a bit of stuff to deal with:
However, we did have a great time in Illinois and Montreal. Emily’s grandparents were soo nice and I was thrilled to finally meet them. We had lots of good food, played games, and had a wonderful time. Montreal was very pretty–we walked all over the city exploring everywhere. We even climbed up this old, 192-stair clock tower and were treated to quite a view:
