One of the pleasures of maturing is an increased awareness of self.

Relaxation, meditation, life experience and even strenuous physical exercise all garner more understanding. Through them you’ll learn your strengths, weaknesses and core desires. After that, a calming sense of self which aids you in all your tasks.

Gains are usually incremental but occasionally something spectacular will happen.

Poof lay still, the springy couch pushing back up against his rather long body. His mind was drifting quite pleasurably, thoughts flowing fast, free and without judgement. An addictive state which he was well aware of enjoying.

The pace did seem to be accelerating though. “Ah, well“, he thought. The all consuming mental fire that could come next was also enjoyable even though it would leave him consumed and tired.

Something was wrong though and in a blinding flash… a revelation. Too clear to unsee, too simple to deny, all at once beautiful and abhorred.

“No!” he gasped as his torso shot up from the couch. He couldn’t breathe. Time seemed to drag on then after a short eternity…  a breath… then another.

Normality slowly, painfully returned as he spat “no” several more times. Each utterance with less venom than the last. It seemed to satiate him. A last act of rebellion against destiny revealed.

He knew that to have a chance, a real chance at life he would have to set in motion the unthinkable.

“Poof must die” he said with the gravitas of a thousand Sean Connerys.

Jason: I don’t ah, mean anything by this, but is there any particular reason why it’s black?
Roscoe: Sure, I wanted it to be perfect.

There is a scent on the wind, a crisp sweetness that can only be new Apples. Refreshed MacBook Pros most likely but with Apple you never quite know. I used to find their secrecy frustrating but lately I find it refreshing. In these days of massive and constant information leakage its nice to have a respite and ponder the possibilities of what will be unveiled.

What would be the perfect MacBook? It’s personal and slightly different for everyone. That is one of the beauties of the age we live in. More choice, customization and options than any of our ancestors. It’s a powerfully overwhelming aphrodisiac of possibilities and one I think is easy to take for granted.

That being said, I think my perfect MacBook would have the following deviations from the current model.

• Black (because I want it to be perfect like Roscoe’s robot in Ice Pirates)
• 2 Hard Drives (1 SSD, 1 regular)
• No Internal Optical Drive
• HDMI Port

Will the refresh have any of the above… hmm, I hear there might be a hybrid drive that keeps the OS in solid-state storage, that certainly sounds juicy. Other items, doubtful. Still, it’s nice to imagine perfection even if isn’t easy to obtain.

If you imagine yourself wining the lottery you can further imagine affording a juicy dip into the wells of Colorware but alas, that is two fantasies glancing at each other across the bar of the mind.

It is far better to flirt with most dreams so you may marshal your abilities to bring life to the few that can become more than mere fantasy.

I’ve been making some big changes in my personal life so I felt my website needed to reflect that. Something new, clean and more optimized. It’s no Muramasa but it’s definitely a stepping stone towards something even more fantastical. Plans within plans my friend.

I think it came out pretty nice. Works perfect in nice browsers like Chrome, FireFox, Safari, Opera and even works well in IE 6, 7 and 8. The nicer browsers will have subtle shadows, rounded corners, bit cleaner lines between items but really that could be considered progressive enhancement. The site is perfectly readable in old busted browsers too. Good job if I do say so myself.

I learned a lot on this project, more so than I had imagined but then again… good projects always prepare you for the next challenge. I’m proud to have stuck with it over the course of many days it took.

xoxo

-Daniel