Adam Turtle, Freelance Web Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Since1986
Archive for June, 2007
June 30 th
iPhone mania
Apple’s revolutionary new iPhone was officially launched today, and SF went absolutely crazy for it. People camped out overnight just to be in line to get one. Check out the queue:
They look pretty cool but I really can’t understand all the hype. People were queued all round the block, there must have been about 300 people in line. Bear in mind too that I took this photo at 6.30 in the evening! Starbucks cashed in on the punters, taking coffee orders for those in line – cheeky…
June 26 th
Officially made the switch.
After two semesters of university lecturers badmouthing Windows, and generally being intruiged I have finally totally abandoned Windows in favour of Macintosh. This news will sadden some, and probably not mean very much to anyone else.
After over a week of complications with Apple, I finally got my little 13″ Macbook (with a tidy little discount thanks to the exchange rate. Also due further reimbursement from my uni!). It’s a beautiful machine – silent, fast and very user friendly. Highly stylish too…
June 22 nd
My new favourite shop
I got another day off today, so I decided to head to the Guitar Center on Van Ness & California. To be honest I didn’t know if it would be good or not, but it was worth a try. Oh dear goodness how dare I doubt that place!
For a start, they have a whole floor dedicated to drums, which is pretty impressive considering it’s a guitar shop! It didn’t take me long to spy a small Mesa Boogie in the corner, so blindly followed. And there she was – a half stack Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier all plugged in and begging to be played…
June 20 th
My Day Off
Yesterday I was fortunate to have my first day off with absolutely nothing planned. It was awesome, I slept in until 11 then got woken up by the hostel receptionist. I forgot to tell her I wasn’t checking out.
So in the morning I did some necessary maintenance – I set up a bank account and applied for Social Security. Took about 3 hours altogether, a lot of waiting around.
I reckoned I would take a look around the city, the bits I haven’t seen before so I did what all tourists do and went to Fisherman’s Wharf…
June 16 th
Fratellis, Muir Woods and other guff *PICS*
The Fratellis were magic, absolute quality! Didn’t care much for the support band (who’s name unsurprisingly I’ve forgotton). I tried to take some photos, but my camera is so crap it’s unbelievable (Connor you owe me a D40!). I did however get a video of Whistle for the Choir, which didn’t turn out that great. Crowd went nuts when they played the iPod ad music (apparently they did the music for an ad campaign here). Finished, rather predictably, with Chelsea Dagger and the place just exploded. The ground actually went up and down…
June 14 th
Rock n roll
On Tuesday I took the day off with Colin and his girl and headed to down to Santa Clara. We went to the Great America theme park, and it was flippin’ class! There’s about 7 big rollercoasters and a ton of other fun stuff (including one of those annoying dancing cartoon character actors at the door). Slapped on plenty of sunscreen having learned the hard way last week. It was a really roasting day, probably mid 90’s and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I was pretty exhausted at the end of the day, but it was totally worth it…
June 12 th
Stupid Facebook
Talk about validation gone mad! They actually screen your name now. I was insulted. Had to sign up with a fake name then contact the admin to get it sorted out. What a disgrace of a website.
