The Spaceship Earth refurb is great through this part, and I'm happy to see Woz in it. What is sad is that after this part, "the descent" as we call it, is a big waste of space and a huge disappointment. I'm a huge Disney geek in addition to being an Apple lover, so I've seen complete ride-thru videos and heard many guests comments already. Dame Judi Dench replaced Jeremy Irons as the narrator, and that hasn't gone over well either, apparently. I just take some comfort in knowing that Woz is featured and not Bill Gates.

howdy.

November 3, 2003. I set up my new iBook G4 and AirPort for the first time. Back then I only had dial-up.

Biometrics and fingerprints are not the same. Biometrics take measurements of your bone structure. They use this at Disney World now to make sure only one person is using your ticket.

My mom's fingerprints are almost unreadable thanks to many years of scrubbing up as a nurse. When she applied to the Air Force, she had to go through a whole proceedure of getting things signed and whatnot because her fingerprints weren't all that useful.

Oooh, now do I want an iMac or a MacBook. Hmm, decisions.

Which sleeve is pictured with this article?

I have a few different thoughts on the subject. If the employee didn't want the child on the stool because he could've fallen off and gotten hurt (and then the mother would sue Apple), okay. If he didn't want him on the stool because he thought a six year old didn't need to use a MacBook, that's lame. The whole pushing the kid to use the kiddie iMacs really bothers me. Just because you're a kid doesn't mean you want to play with kid things while mommy and daddy do the real computer shopping. I know I was an odd child. I know that most six year olds weren't playing Doom (ok, at that time, most six year olds didn't have a computer at all), fussing around in DOS, or wondering about system upgrades. But I was. Six year olds can be capable of using a computer system intelligently. He's obviously well past the key banging stage, and reminds me a bit of myself at that age. In my house, it was I who pushed for a CD ROM drive, for Windows 95, for a faster processor, for more RAM. I knew more about the computer than anyone else in my house, and I was a kid. Does a six year old *need* a MacBook? Probably not; a Mini or iMac would probably do just fine. But if a six year old wants a MacBook and can convince his mommy that this is the computer they should get ("they", as in, for both of them), then why not? I would have loved to have had a laptop when I was younger, but I didn't get one until I was sixteen, because of money. I believe the Apple store has every right to say, "hey - you can't use that stool", but has no right to be condescending to a child because of their age (telling him to go play with the kiddie iMacs). At his age, I don't think I would've reached the table to properly use the MacBook either. But my dad probably would have knelt down and let me sit on his knee, rather than commandeering a stool from elsewhere in the store.

At the YMCA where I work, cell phones aren't even allowed in the wellness center (exercise room).

Maybe instead they should be worrying about the kids who bring weapons and drugs to school.

I've come to expect these kinds of comments. I think I'm an okay looking girl. I'm 20 but I don't look nearly my age at all. So if you were to see a picture of me and think I'm hot, some people might consider you a pedophile.

Specs on the Mini look very good. I may have to run down to Costco soonish.