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We're Back. Sorta. (4/28/98)
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So didja miss us? ;-) We apologize to all of our faithful viewers for the lapse of the last few days. We have had what amounts to one of the worst weeks in recorded history (on top of the tragedy of losing a beloved family member, we also had moments of just plain irritation-- such as a flight delayed over two hours on the ground while the flight crew tried to scrounge up a spare set of emergency fire goggles, as well as being hit en route to the cremation by the woman that AtAT fact checker/minutiae goddess Katie now refers to as the "stupid crack whore in the Nissan Pathfinder"), but most of that's behind us now; we're back in our Boston home office and ready to tackle the goofy world of Apple again. We'd like to express our sincere thanks to all of you for your patience while we've attended to family business-- and especially to those of you who expressed your condolences and well-wishes in our time of loss.
Unfortunately, things will continue to be rocky for a little while longer, as some server problems coincided with our family emergency for a double whammy. The effects of the family emergency have mostly passed, but the server issues remain in force. (Hint to budding webmasters: resist the temptation to upgrade to the latest version of server software as soon as it comes out...) Response will probably be slow for a little while, and counters and things may act funny, but we'll do our best to restore normal service as soon as possible. (It will also take us a little while to get caught up on updating the Reruns library, etc.)
AtAT remains committed to entertaining our loyal audience seven days a week. We only ask that you all forgive our occasional lapses when external forces require our attention elsewhere. From this day out, we'd like to dedicate the show to Li Ah Mei, an incredible woman without whose teaching, love, humor, and influence AtAT would certainly never have been possible. We'll miss her terribly.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 4/28/98 episode: April 28, 1998: AtAT returns to the airwaves, following a brief and unplanned spring hiatus. Meanwhile, Microsoft may be trimming back its Mac development efforts, and Apple publicly reiterates its intent to retake the home market and increase its global slice of the pie...
Other scenes from that episode: 656: Enemy Mine, Friendly Face (4/28/98) Politics make strange bedfellows-- and some of the strangest politics yet seen exist squarely in the world of high technology. For instance, take the classic example of Apple and Microsoft; bitter enemies (yes, let's face it) on the operating system front, yet strong allies when it comes to applications... 657: Home Again, Home Again (4/28/98) Apple's intended push to re-enter the home market with a vengeance this fall is becoming more regularly publicized in the mainstream tech press. For example, there's this Reuters article floating around, which quotes Apple senior VP of worldwide sales Mitch Mandich as saying that Apple is poised to "get reinvigorated in the consumer market.....
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