Apple's WWDC June 7

Apple WWDC, or as it's spelled out - Apple World Wide Developer's Conference - is coming up and scheduled for early June.  Just a little over a week and a half away, we'll get to see what Steve Jobs (or Stevie as I like to call him) is going to unleash upon the world this time.

Unfortunately for Stevie, someone let one of his cats out of the bag.  Have you ever tried putting the cat back in the bag? No?  Well I'm sure you can guess that you'll look like if you try.  You'll likely need some iodine by the time you're done.  Not fun.

Well, someone got their hands on the latest prototype for the next generation iPhone and leaked all the juicy details to the world.  They kinda stole Stevie's thunder.  I'm guessing he's all kinds of pissed about that.  As a result he no longer has a big announcement to unveil at WWDC.  Oh sure he'll still talk about it but it's not going to have the same impact that it would have had otherwise.

Now, if you're not familiar with the WWDC, let me fill in some background info for you.  Since the iPhone's inception, good old Stevie has been telling people about the next generation of his phone at every WWDC since the first one.  We're at the point now, that everyone kind of expects news of the next gen iPhone to be announced each year in June at the WWDC.  So the fact that Steve Jobs isn't going to surprise anyone with news of a another coveted version of the  iPhone is rather a moot point.  Even if the 4th generation iPhone hadn't been leaked, everyone was still expecting some sort of news to be announced at the conference this year (just like every other year).

Ok, to be fair, Mr Jobs would still have had the fun of showing off all the flashy new features.  The same features that pundits have been speculating and guessing about for months now are the ones that Stevie would have had the chance to gloat over.  Do you suppose that the leaked information of the new iPhone will affect sales at all?  Nope.  At least not if you ask me.  I think sales will be just as robust as when the 3GS was released.  The Apple stock will climb after WWDC and everyone will make piles of money from their stock!  Steve Jobs wins again!

So what would make the conference exciting despite a loose cat roaming the halls of the WWDC?  Well, there has been some speculation that Apple will announce the availability of the iPhone on another competing carrier to AT&T.  The good money is on Verizon, but others have also suggested that T-Mobile and their GSM network could be a contender.  News of a competitor to AT&T at this conference would definitely help restore Steve's thunder.

Now, I am not a Mac owner but I understand that the Mac OS X is due for an update.  I've heard speculation that Apple might be looking to emulate the success they've had with their iPhone and iPad by adapting touch screen technologies into the next release.  If that should happen, I might actually be more inclined to pick up a Macbook then.  

Shhhh don't tell Yvonne, she'll likely do some twirling and not be able to stop.  There's no telling what will happen if she can't find a way to stop. ;o)

A touch screen interface and an O/S that that is very similar to that of the iPad would indeed be big news.  Now that would be cool to see a demo of that in action!  I wonder if it's too late to get an invite to this years WWDC?

Ok... so those are a couple of thoughts that I had about the upcoming conference, now it's your turn to chime in and share what you know.  Feel free to comment below. ;o)

My Picks for UFC 114

Ok, here is the Card for Saturday's fights with my picks in brackets.  Most of these are just Wild Ass Guesses so we'll see how far my hunches go this time around.  For the record, if you're a betting man, you'd probably win lots of money if you picked the opposite of what I jotted down as my track record is terrible as far as fight predictions go.

Main card

Light Heavyweight bout:  Quinton Jackson vs.  Rashad Evans (Rashad Evans by TKO in the 2nd round)

Middleweight bout:  Michael Bisping vs.  Dan Miller (Bisping over Miller split decision)

Heavyweight bout:  Todd Duffee vs.  Mike Russow (Duffe over Russow by KO - 1st round)

Light Heavyweight bout:  Antônio Rogério Nogueira vs.  Jason Brilz (Little Nog over Brilz unanimous decision)

Welterweight bout:  Diego Sanchez vs.  John Hathaway (Sanchez over Hathaway via submission in 2nd round)

Preliminary card (Spike TV)

Welterweight bout:  Amir Sadollah vs.  Dong Hyun Kim (Sadollah over Kim via decision)

Lightweight bout:  Efrain Escudero vs.  Dan Lauzon (Lauzon over Escudero via decision)

Preliminary card

Lightweight bout:  Melvin Guillard vs.  Waylon Lowe (Guillard over Lowe - KO in 2nd round)

Light Heavyweight bout:  Luiz Cane vs.  Cyrille Diabaté (Cane over Diabate - TKO 1st round)

Lightweight bout:  Aaron Riley vs.  Joe Brammer (Riley over Brammer via decision)

Middleweight bout:  Ryan Jensen vs.  Jesse Forbes (Forbes over Jensen via split decision)

When it comes to the Main Bout with Quinton Jackson vs Rashad Evans, I picked Evans mainly because he still has a fighter mentality.  He might have been knocked out once but I think MMA is his first choice as a career.  His mind is still in the game and I think he really has something to prove.  As far as his skill goes, I think he matches up pretty evenly with Rampage.  Unfortunately for Rampage, he's had a taste of the movie business.  Why not earn your living doing something significantly less self destructive than to keep pushing a fight career.  For this reason I don't think his head will be in the fight to win it.  He'll have jumped into the ring to shut up the nay sayers that trash him for dodging a fight with Rashad, but I think he knows his fight days are numbered.  Win or loose he's probably going to try for another gig in the film industry.  His biggest motivation to beat Rashad is purely the trash talking and mutual disrespect they share for each other.  There's nothing really on the line for him but his pride and considering how evenly they are matched I don't think that will even be questioned if he looses.  Rashad on the other hand, only has fighting to rely on for his grocery money.  Beating Rampage gives him a shot at the title and a chance at redemption.  He'll be the hungrier of the two fighters and in my opinion the clear winner.  I pick Rashad by TKO in the 2nd round.

And the winner is...

Ok... don't read on if you haven't watched the results for American Idol yet.  I'm about to tell you who won! :o)  Are you still reading?  Ok I guess I can spill the beans then.

Looks like I called it in my last post.  Yup, Lee DeWyze wins American Idol.  Are you shocked?  Nope?  Not even a little bit?  Ok, me neither.  I wasn't shocked at all.  At least he's a humble winner and certainly comes across as a nice guy.  I still think that Crystal should have won though.  I'm sure she'll be fine though.  The talk show circuit is just beginning and they are going to get tons of exposure.  Both will produce top selling records and we'll be enjoying their music for years to come.  


I'm not sure the show was all that spectacular tonight.  Honestly though, I was busy shutting down parts of my Facebook account that I wasn't really paying all that much attention to it.  The gushy moment when they paid tribute to Simon was really dorky in my opinion.  They had some top notch performers on the show though, but I just couldn't seem to get excited about any of it.  Janet Jackson was incredible.  The Chicago tribute was rather lame.  Lee was just not on his game tonight.  Loved the Simply Red song(s) though!  Do you have nay favorite moments from the final?  Anything you really hated?  Feel free to sound off in the comments! :o)

So now what?  Looks like I need to reset my pvr and start recording Wipe Out! :o)  Ahhhh the summer replacements....