Jason Cox: January 2007 Archives

Christmas came and went uneventfully this year. There was no Nintendo Wii under my tree, just an I.O.U. from the 'rents who had tried their best to track one down, but to no avail. For weeks, I have hunted high and low, near and far, in search of my elusive Wii, especially knowing that when the time came, I wouldn't have to pay for it. That always helps.

Check out my recent Popeye column to bring you up to speed on the hunt.

Anyway, yesterday the gaming gods smiled down upon me, and my hunt came to a close - Toys R Us received nine systems in minutes before I called in the early afternoon.

I'm not a morning person.

I was more than delighted when I took this job to find out the shift didn't start until 10 a.m. rather than the typical 8 or 9. But sometimes, there are some things just worth getting up at the crack of dawn (or before) for.

In this case, it was a casting call for "Survivor" and "Amazing Race" held at Harrisburg Mall. The event didn't start until 10 a.m., but when word got out that people would be allowed to start lining up as early as 5:30, we knew we had to get there early. OK, OK, I'm lying. I was a wee bit hesitant to wake at 4:30 in the freakin' morning, but our ever-energetic photographer Jay convinced me it would be worth the sleep sacrifice. And he was right (ya hear that, Jay?)

Dec. 25 was nice to me this year, but it wasn't anything compared to Jan. 9. Tuesday was the day that Steve Jobs (i.e. Santa Claus) took the stage for his annual keynote speech at Macworld (i.e. the North Pole) and introduced the world to the iPhone (i.e. one of the coolest consumer electronics ever).

The rumors circulating this device had been ongoing for a couple years and, in true Apple fashion, almost all the "leaked" details were wrong - in the best kind of way. Leading up to its introduction, there were rumors of Apple releasing a widescreen iPod, a tablet version of the Mac and a phone of some sort. Turns out, all those were true - except they were really all one device all along.