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Apple is on a Roll

Mad props to Apple lately. While my ibook battery still sucks, they've been putting out hella good software. And now we're even getting a real X11 server. I'm glad I bought a mac again. Even if it's worth nothing less than 6 months after I bought it. Again.

My biggest complaints about the MacOS now are:
1) No LaTex. Booooooo! I type everything in tex nowadays.
2) X11 server, how the heck do you use it? It doesn't install any docs, so I'm stuck using unaccelerated xfree86 from fink.
3) No multiple desktops. My 12 inch laptop screen is simply too small for the 70 or 80 program windows I like to keep open.
4) Lack of debian-like centralized package manager. I do use fink, but I mean a centralized package manager for MacOS software. Apple's software update only keeps track of the core OS. It doesn't tell me about new free Apple software or anything.

Yeah I'm a whiner, so sue me.

Today while doing errands I caught snowflakes on my hands. The snowflakes are, dare I say, beautiful. Not like in America. They're actually snowflakes, intricate crystal lattice structures. Very mathematical. Most of the flakes I see in the US are icy chunks, more to do with ugly randomness than Koch. It's been snowing constantly since I got back, always this very slow drifting down. I suppose the flakes stay so pristine because they aren't moving fast. It reminds me of the people around here...they take their time getting where they're going; there's no rush to be first. I'll take a movie of the snow tomorrow.