It's finally time to join that cult.

Well, looks like I'm going to be joining a cult. You know, the cult of Mac users? The new "Mac Mini" is just too good to pass up! As a software developer I don't see that I'll be able to give up Windows any time soon, but the Mac Mini is a fairly inexpensive way to dip my toes in the Apple-water. (Is that anything like Apple cider?)

I think this is a genius move by Steve Jobs. I know there are lots of geeks like me who have been curious about Apple, and for $500 and the ability to hook this baby up on the KVM switch we already have, it's perfect! I mean, c'mon, OS X, it's Unix! I doubt this will be my primary machine, but it'll give me a chance to learn more abot OS X, and who knows, maybe one day I will completely abandon the dark side of the force. My "mini" is pre-ordered and I will share my impressions sometime after I get it later this month (hopefully).

Our dogs are still getting along well. Harley is doing great -- but we've found that he has one bad habit, which is that he has a tendency to "guard" his food, his bone and toys. The thing with the bone and toys is really funny, because 99% of the time he won't even mess with them, but if you get near them he tries to cover them up and lets out a low growl. We are trying to slowly educate him that this is not acceptable, and he is learning, and getting better about it, so we think we'll be able to break this bad habit before long. He hasn't tried to bite or anything, so it's not a big problem, but it's definitely something we don't want to leave unchecked.

The weather here has been absolutely fabulous. Probably about 20 degrees above normal. I think I can learn to live with this whole global warming thing. Sadly, in another couple of days temps are supposed to go back to normal. On the bright side, the Daytona 500 is not far away. :)