Another update

Hey everyone -- A few people have asked me what the deal is ("The Jerc Store is really hurting"), so I wanted to let you know that yes, I'm still alive and I will soon return to posting at the rate I had been.

My laptop is [almost] officially shot. The power adapter port thing (I really know what I'm talking about) doesn't give the computer enough juice to even boot up, thus making it impossible for anyone to tackle the virus, which, if you recall, was the original reason posting ceased.

The good news is that the government is giving me a lot of "free money" in about two weeks: Because I didn't get a stimulus check last year (for whatever BS reason), I am apparently getting one this year on top of my tax return -- whoo hoo! -- and that means it's time to start shopping around for a new laptop!

Now, while I could afford a MacBook with this money, I'm not sure that it's the best route to go. That's where you (if anyone still reads this) come in: If anyone's got any suggestions for a good, middle-of-the-road laptop that would primarily be used for writing and surfing the Web, please throw them my way.

Once I make the purchase, I'm hoping to give this site a facelift and get back to bringing you the entertaining -- yet utterly pointless-- posts you once so enjoyed

Until then, please be patient! I promise to be back soon!

Major FAILs of the Week

Just an FYI - my laptop's computer virus is back, which means that whole "whoo-hoo! I'm going to post more now" promise is taking a little detour. This whole mess has pushed me even closer to emptying my bank account for an MacBook. My Mac desktop is wonderful, but it's so full of photos that it moves slower than my 1995 computer in the office. Anyway, enough babbling. Here's something to keep you entertained til I can post again...

Here are this week's Major FAILs of the week. Feel free to share your FAIL photos/videos here or by sending them to failpictures@gmail.com.


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On her way to the big gig in the sky?

This may be morbid, but it's mildly entertaining...

At whenwillamywinehousedie.com, visitors can enter a guess as to the date and time of when Amy Winehouse will take a bow. Get the closest, and you could win an iPod Touch.

Who knows if this is legit, but the media has been abuzz lately of Amy's destructive habits--some are even giving her three months to live. Terrible.

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Floating on Air

My laptop is cool and all, but getting my hands on the latest Mac laptop--the MacBook Air--would be phenomenal.

This thing is 0.76 inches thick when closed and 0.16 inches thick when open, and for comparison's sake, a regular DELL laptop is 1.26 inches thick.

(Photos courtesy of infoSyncWorld.com)

The computer also turns on as soon as it's opened, and it comes standard with an 80-gigabyte hard drive, with the option of a 64GB flash-based solid state drive as an upgrade. Because of the laptop's sleek structure, something had to be sacrificed, so the MacBook Air comes without a CD or DVD drive.

The Air will go on sale in two weeks and cost $1,800.

The laptop was revealed by Apple exec Steve Jobs at the Macworld trade show today. Jobs also unveiled an online video rental service that will allow users to download movies for $2.99 - $3,99 and watch them over a broadband Internet connection. They can also download and keep the movie for 30 days while having 24 hours to finish the movie once it's started.

If you didn't know it already, Apple is taking over the world.

Please touch!

Apple's new iPod Touch commercial that will premiere Sunday isn't actually theirs.

The new commercial was made by an 18-year-old student named Nick Haley. He took video from apple.com that showed the iPod Touch's features and the song “Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex” by a Brazilian band, CSS. He said he was inspired to make the commercial by a lyric in the song, “My music is where I’d like you to touch.” Pretty creative, huh?

Haley had put the video on youtube last month, where Apple reps saw it and contacted the student to come out and work on the new commercial.

First thought watching the youtube clip, "this is totally an Apple commercial." Haley worked with the commercial's creators to create a hi-def version of it, keeping the original vision intact. It's a great idea bringing regular customers into the advertising process; another brilliant move by the powerhouse that is AAPL.

The end result? Check it out Sunday during football games, Desperate Housewives or World Series game 4.