• You have to check out this 1,474 megapixel image of the inauguration - http://tinyurl.com/c8jabs#
• Yay Snow! OK, few inches + ton of ice + a delayed base opening = working from home. Though I always wind up doing more work at home anyway! #
• Almost made it through January without getting the flu. Oh well, at least it’s the weekend. #

• Finally following some people. Just let Twitter scan my contacts. Despite so many people on here, I don’t know many. Who should I follow? #
• Recovering from a long holiday weekend of basement cleaning. My trash men are gonna hate me.#
• Shh… Dont tell me about the inauguration. I TIVO’d it. I’ve been stuck in training since 8am. #
• The new http://www.whitehouse.gov was online five minutes after Obama took office? Very impressive. #
• Happy 25th anniversary, Macintosh! – http://tinyurl.com/2yzaml #

Lately most of the news about Apple has been about Steve Job’s health and the future of the company. However, todays a good day to look back at Apple’s past. Why? Because it was 25 years ago today that Steve Jobs unveiled the first Macintosh computer.

Since that time, a lot has changed. THe Macintosh has consistently stayed one step ahead of the curve when it comes to new technologies. The mouse, 3.5″ floppies, firewire, USB are just a few items that apple was early to adopt. Of course, who could forget the first iMac. Not only did it revitalize Apple’s sales, it impacted a wide range of consumer products. We saw brightly colored translucent plastic on everything from staplers to office furniture to floppy drives.

So, take a moment and relive the Macintosh introduction on YouTube…

Over the past few days you probably have seen posts that consist of any “tweets” I’ve posted to twittered on a given day. Obviously, this means I’ve caught up with the bandwagon and joined Twitter. You can find me at twitter.com/megatti. I got the idea to have my tweets automatically cross posted to my blog from Leo Laporte. Like him, I don’t like the idea having anything I create hosted solely on a service that I don’t control. So, the result is that you can catch up with my tweets on twitter, but you can also check them out on my blog. That way they’re all saved for posterity. (Don’t take that to mean that you can expect anything profound from me! )

• I’m not sure how much I’m going to be posting to this but slowly getting it set up with my phone, blog, etc. #
• This is a test post to see if my blog interface is working. Nothing to see here. Go over to http://www.michaelgatti.com/blog to see if it worked. #
• Yet another test. This one to see if my posts from my cell work. You’ll see a real post from me eventually! #
• Never liked Bob Evans. Went back again because they gave us free coupons after bad service. Food still stinks. Guess I learned my lesson. #
• Why is the lure of CVS ExtraBucks so irresistible? #

It’s been a tough month for Apple enthusiasts. A few weeks ago Apple announced Steve Jobs would not give the Macworld Expo keynote and that Apple would pull out of next year’s Expo. Besides basically assuring the impending demise of Macworld San Francisco it raised fears about Steve’s health. Then he announced that his health issues are related to a hormone imbalance and that he’s gonna be ok. The stock price rebounded and the masses were again happy. Then yesterday the roller coaster took another BIG turn for the worse when Apple released this press release.

Most people think that Apple fans like me are nuts for taking so much stock in the health and well-being of a CEO, but unlike most companies, Apple’s CEO IS the company. The company moved solely on his direction and ideas. He’s a complete totalitarian (I mean that in the nicest possible way!) who built the company, and later rebuilt it.

Hopefully we’ll see him back at the helm in a few months before too much damage is done to the company.

Longwood Gardens is a fun place to visit all year long but at Christmas time it’s a totally different place. The amount of lights and flowers is astounding. They’ve really exapanded the displays since the last time I was there two years ago.

Because we were there after dark this year, there aren’t as many great photos, but there was plenty of cold weather and Christmas lights which is all it takes to make me happy apparently! Check out the photos here.

Happy New Year! Here’s to a happy, healthy and prosperous year! I’ll be spending today recovering from all the cooking and eating I did yesterday and watching the mummers parade. Hopefully, the parade will go on again next year despite the city’s budget problems.