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My Trip To California!!!!! And Meeting Albert Wu!!!!!
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Over the past week I took a trip to California which hopefully explains my non presence at the forums. It was really fun. I got a tour of Apple Inc. (Thanks to some help from some great friends I have).
I went to Apple on Friday. I got a 1 hour tour. Then I spent over 300 dollars at the Apple Store. Yeah...300. I got a couple shirts and Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 (awesome game!!!!). That was an awesome experience.
Then on Saturday I met Albert Wu after about 1/2 hour of trying to find Jamba Juice. There is apparently
1.sunnyvale-saratoga
2.saratoga-sunnyvale
3.saratoga
Whats up with that. Someone needs to be more creative. So after calling Albert on his cell phone about 10 times...I finally figured it out. I am now a strong advocate of GPS. It helped me to find Jamba Juice w/ turn by turn directions. Hertz rent-a-car calls it "NeverLost". But whatever its called it works. Thank God for Technology. Back ot Albert........
He's only 14!!! He's really smart for 14!!!! He's smaller than I imagined...but then i'm 6'2". Thats pretty tall for a 16 year old. I'm going to post some pictures in a couple days.
Then for the rest of the week I visited northern california...mostly relatives. I even went to the Microsoft Store in San Francisco. i used Microsoft XP on an 800mhz Pentium III laptop with 256 megs of ram. it was really responsive. Totally faster than OS X, but thats another story. I then saw that it was connected to the big monitor that shows throughout the store. I played with that for a while...typed "Apple Rocks". Then I saw that it appeared rather light. I lifted it up...and inadvertantly unplugged the cords. The monitor went black and I just walked away. Trying not to draw attention to myself. Microsoft really has a great thing going there. I haven't visited an Apple Store but I hope Apple can match the stock of this store. Apple will probably do a better job..but...this store was truly impressive. It had computers running XP, Me and 98. It also had 5-7 computers dedicated to playing games. It was a the total Microsoft Experience.
If that sounded like a Microsoft ad I'm sorry. It just impressed the hell out of me.
Anyways... Apple was an awesome place.
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I was also in California last week. I too went to Apple in Cupertino, but I didn't get the chance to look around,except for the lobby!!!!!. It's a shame that they don't have a tour of some kind for the visitors. I spent around $150.00 in the store. At what location was the Microsoft store in San Fran??? I didn't even know they had one...... I could have gone and turn all the pc's off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You should have run the monkeydance clip as a loop, then walked out. Would have been cool on the giant screen.
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Albert, congratulations, you're now a sought-after celebrity. 
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Heh, I met Albert too! You don't see me posting about it!
Wait, that's what he wants to kill me! Funny how everything comes together, no? 
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A little creepy meeting someone off a forum on the net? Didn't anyone ever tell you not to meet people you find on the net?
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Originally posted by wclarkson:
<STRONG>Then on Saturday I met Albert Wu after about 1/2 hour of trying to find Jamba Juice.</STRONG>
Is Albert Wu (or everyone that wants to meet him) gay? Sure sounds like it. 
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Originally posted by Raman:
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Is Albert Wu (or everyone that wants to meet him) gay? Sure sounds like it. </STRONG>
Huh? 
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Originally posted by Raman:
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Is Albert Wu (or everyone that wants to meet him) gay? Sure sounds like it. </STRONG>
Did I miss something?
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<A HREF="http://www.macnet2.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi" TARGET=_blank> 
MacNet v2 Forums</A>
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Deja Vu.
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Ad Astra Per Aspera - Semper Exploro
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Originally posted by Raman:
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Is Albert Wu (or everyone that wants to meet him) gay? Sure sounds like it. </STRONG>
are you paranoid or something? id sure like to meet you offline, sugar. *smooch*
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Where did the Jamba Juice = Gay correlation come up???
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Ad Astra Per Aspera - Semper Exploro
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Originally posted by AlbertWu:
<STRONG>Where did the Jamba Juice = Gay correlation come up??? </STRONG>
I have no idea. I'm not Gay...thats for sure!!!!. Maybe someone who is a little insecure mentioned it. But Jamba Juice has nothing to do w/ being gay. Anyways....
It was fun. Pictures should be posted tomorrow.
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Okay, I have to come clean.
Albert, wclarkson, seanyepez, and macvillage.net are all gay. They came out of the closet last year, and they all live in the same house. 
Give it a rest guys. 
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"And after we are through, ten years in making it to be the most of glorious debuts."
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Yummy, me like men!
I like really strong balding midgets
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Originally posted by macvillage.net:
<STRONG>Yummy, me like men!
I like really strong balding midgets
Hot
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I told you, didn't I?
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Originally posted by macvillage.net:
<STRONG>A little creepy meeting someone off a forum on the net? Didn't anyone ever tell you not to meet people you find on the net? </STRONG>
Does meeting someone from the forums BEFORE you realized they were from the forums count? I met Avenir before we knew the other hung out on these forums, heh...
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Originally posted by cpatubo:
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Does meeting someone from the forums BEFORE you realized they were from the forums count? I met Avenir before we knew the other hung out on these forums, heh...</STRONG>
You three should all meet sometime at the shop and take a pic for everyone that would be cool. 
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
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Originally posted by juanvaldes:
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You three should all meet sometime at the shop and take a pic for everyone that would be cool. </STRONG>
Three? Who'm I missing? Uh, duh...
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Originally posted by cpatubo:
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Does meeting someone from the forums BEFORE you realized they were from the forums count? I met Avenir before we knew the other hung out on these forums, heh...</STRONG>
yeah, I think she was working for Handspring, trying to make me spend $$$ on a Visor, I believe
3? I'm lost. Alwu was on Maui same time as me, only I was on my way into Haleakala to do some backpacking, and he was flying out... maybe next time
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Originally posted by Avenir:
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yeah, I think she was working for Handspring, trying to make me spend $$$ on a Visor, I believe
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Right... I was trying to TALK you outta buying a Visor Edge and get the Platinum, heh...
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