The Apple Store claims that all Mac OS X "Panther" orders will arrive in the evening of the 24th. There's no explanation on their site (that I can find) about which (if any) shipping methods are preferred, and how other items placed in the same order would affect delivery or cost. (I'm purchasing Panther through the online Apple store because of the student price - $69 in comparison to the $129 retail price. I may as well get some use out of this education thing).
I'm going to hold off on placing my order until tomorrow. This is done partially in hope that someone may clue me in about Panther shipping policies (wink), but partially in anticipation of what tomorrow may bring - namely, there's the possibility of new iPod accessories. I need to get a second dock anyways, so I may as well wait to see if there are any other fancy announcements. If only there was a good tiny AM/FM receiver for the iPod - the Altec Lansing inMotion portable iPod speakers system would be an appealing possibility of an alarm clock replacement. sigh... I guess I'll have to keep my eye out for a white version of the Tivoli Audio Model Three clock radio that looks like their Model 1 radio. Where I'm going with this - my current clock radio, which is also my primary radio anymore, could stand to be replaced.
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking about possible new magazine subscriptions. At the time, I had just committed to Harper's. Tomorrow, I'll drop in a membership request with The Atlantic Monthly. This membership option appears to be newly offered and appears in the November 2003 issue. Basically, for $10 more than the subscription, one gets up to three extra subscriptions for immediate family, and a couple of other options. The page for the membership/subscription offer was beautifully done. So of course, I had to acquiesce. I just picked up my third issue, but I'm pretty happy with the first two.
The Walrus looks interesting. It basically looks to be a Harper's/Atlantic/New Yorker, but for (and from) Canada. The cover for the first issue looks nice (yes - I'm the type of asshole that judges magazines and books by their covers. Aesthetics are the ethics of the few
). Hopefully some issues will show up down here. I'd like to give it a good look over.
Speaking of magazines, I'm actually thinking of taking a long boring bus ride this weekend, primarily for the purpose of actually getting some reading done. I still have a good amount of The Best American Magazine Writing of 2002 to get through. And should I get through that, I've got a couple of New Yorker collections to get through.
Hmmm.. in the vulgar parlance of our times, "like magazine writing much?"