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More Uninteresting Stuff (5/5/99)
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Just about six months ago we pointed out a feature story on Apple's site about Revelation Records, a relatively obscure record label that holds tremendous personal importance to the AtAT staff, and which just happens to be run on Macs. Apple Computer and hardcore music? We sure didn't expect to see such a bizarre confluence of two disparate aspects of our personal lives again, but half a year later, what do we see on Apple's servers but an interview with Tony Hawk of Birdhouse Projects?
If you're wondering who Tony Hawk is and feeling tremendously ignorant and out of touch, don't worry-- we don't expect very many viewers to have heard of him. If you were privy to the world of skateboarding, though, you'd know that Tony Hawk is one of the best ever, sort of that scene's Michael Jordan-- though Hawk still competes. Birdhouse Projects is his own skateboard company that he started back in 1991, and which he apparently runs with the help of a handful of G3s, iMacs, PowerBooks, and 9600s. Behind every colorful board graphic and every video transition is the smiling face of the Mac OS. The Birdhouse web site includes short video sequences of pro skaters, so if you'd like to see what Hawk and his teammates can do, all you need is a web browser and QuickTime; the team files and the trick tips are especially cool.
Okay, okay-- so most of you couldn't care less about this skateboarding stuff. But considering that AtAT first went live back in September of 1997 when Yours Truly was laid up with a skating-related broken ankle, this show owes a strange debt to that whole scene. (Of course, you can also curse the activity for the broken hand that took AtAT off the air for a week last year, so we suppose it's a double-edged sword.) In any case, we're happy that Apple continues to show us that companies we like are run by Macs. It gives us a happy.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 5/5/99 episode: May 5, 1999: The Star Wars: Episode I trailers are available only in QuickTime format-- or are they? Meanwhile, Microsoft investing in AT&T buying out MediaOne dealing with Time Warner just makes us dizzy, and Apple spotlights a skateboard company to warm the cockles of our collective heart...
Other scenes from that episode: 1505: Stepping on Toes (5/5/99) So Apple scored a coup by securing the exclusive rights to distribute the Star Wars: Episode I trailer in QuickTime-only format, right? At least, that's what we've been hearing, and that's what implied on Apple's download page: "This online version is available exclusively in QuickTime, Apple's industry-leading digital video software."... 1506: Tangled Webs We Weave (5/5/99) Man, we admit it-- not being Big Business™ type people makes following all these mergers, buyouts, and investments a real trial. Case in point: MediaOne Group, Inc. MediaOne is a cable television provider that also provides broadband cable modem Internet access under the name of "MediaOne Express."...
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