So, it's time I did an interview. Unfortunately, since everyone's beefing up for WWDC, and since nobody really wants to be interviewed by some guy who got his screen name from a friend's Sheltie, and since our scheme guy Todd is MIA, I decided I should do my own Interview with schememaster Albie Wong.

Q: First things first. Let's get the specs on your Mac(s)

Albie: i) Lombard Powerbook 400mhz dvd - 192mb ram ii) g4 400mhz - 448mb ram iii) 8600 225mhz - 224mb ram

Q: How do you fund this nasty little habit?

Albie: From the dodgy world of fashion, sultry models, late nights doing layers and
layers and layers..

Q: OK, when was your first computer experience?

Albie: 1994?, with a 7100/66, and ....32mb ram?

Q: What's your favorite Kool-Aide flavor?

Albie: kool-aide! what am i missing? it would have to be tangerine, i'd imagine.

Q: What application on your Mac do you find yourself most often using?

Albie: Photoshop and Freehand, and Eric's Solitaire Sample. and Audion, with brian pink's z-love face.

Q: Did you pay for it?

Albie: They did. me too. but the solitaire's still a sample.

Q: Sure you did...Okay, what's your thoughts on Aqua?

Albie: First impression was whoooaa! where are the icons on the desktop? where are my preferences files? too many passwords.. dig that groovy progress bar! squint at that pulsating button! (or be hypnotized by it)... roll that windowshade... windowshade?.. button! oh my god, it is a whole new different ball-game.. oh cool. oh heck. oops.

Q: What scheme/icon set do you consider to be your best work?

Albie: An unreleased scheme. but i rather do like ByCrom! when i'm feeling dark. and MammaMia would have been cool had i gone for the iBook, which i will, but it is going to be the SE. unless i can change my mind again before it's too late, and go for the 500mhz powerbook.

Q: What is your favorite Kaleidoscope Scheme? (other than your own)

Albie: light alloy ultra - ric zito. timeless. sheer class.

Q: Have you ever had garlic fries? (those things are awesome!)

Albie: I've had so many things fried, garlic must be in there somewhere. but i have
special fond memories of having this HUGE delicious onion fry somewhere in
west virginia. and then there were the fried crickets..

Q: What can we expect from Albie Wong in the near future?

Albie: shhhhhhhhhhh.... i'm on a tea break.

Q: What are your feelings on feedback? Do you get enough suggestions/comments?

Albie: Should i go for the iBook SE for the hipness, or a blow-photoshop-away
500mhz powerbook? ...... yes, the feedback's been great, and there are
postcards, lots of postcards, from some of the coolest people. and parcels
have arrived in the post, and checks, and photographs, and cds, and some
great friendships too.. there are some terrific feedbackers out there!
thanks to all, no matter how bizzare the suggestions!!

Q: Well, I had a great time with these questions...errrr...was it good for you?

Albie: :-) what do you think of the stuff in ikea? aren't those new glassies the really, really best icons you've ever seen, from blueskyheart? don't you just miss the spellchecker from claris emailer? and macplaza? and eworld... and bad dog..

And so ends my interview with Albie Wong.

Want more Albie? Feel the need for some rockin' Kaleidoscope Schemes and icons? Then check out www.albie.org

Okay, now it's time for Spacedog's Sack. This week's comment comes to us from Mr. Sleazy P. Martini

Spacedog Spiff? How clever you took my favorite comic character's alterego and changed Man to Dog. Are you intentionally insulting yourself?

De-Vangelism. That would imply removing evangelism. I have not seen you remove anything, except my attention from the screen.

It's thanks to people like you that Windows is the most popular platform on earth. Bunghole.

-Sleezy

You know, most writers have readers that don't think they totally suck ass. I guess I'm just lucky...

If anybody feels like hunting down and beating the crap out of Sleazy P. Martini, I have a couple of my "associates" tracing his IP. Home addresses and parents' names are available on request.

Okay, if you think you can do better than Sleazy P. (and I know you can) send your e-mails to Spacedog_Spiff@hotbot.com and you could end up in Spacedog's Sack...

The Crimson Shovel

This morning I logged onto my G3 and found a little rant by some guy named "Snively Robin" or something like that. In it, he made some pretty bad comments about moonrockreptiles CEO Lord Crosis. Now, I need to make one thing clear; I'm the only one that gets to rip on the MacOpz administration. So, I decided to book my own little meeting with "Stanky Raver", which ends with him winning this week's Crimson Shovel

Spiff: Hello, Stumpy Reagen, or whatever the hell you're called. So glad you could make it to this dark alleyway.

Piggie: Umm, hello.

Spiff: I understand you had some words with Lord Crosis.

Piggie: Yeah. Macs suck and Lord Crosis has a hairy back.

Spiff: Hmm, I didn't think he was able to grow bodily hair after his little "Nair incident"...But would you mind going into a little more detail on that "Macs Suck" subject?

Piggie: Your iMac doesn't have a floppy disk drive, does it? Well, that's OK, because I also brought a couple of writable CDs for...oh wait...The iMac doesn't have a CD burner, either. That's too bad, because my high-end P2 has both of those drives. Too bad that neither the high-end iMacs or those high-end G4s have those. Sure is a pity, huh?

Spiff: Funny you mention that...I have here a FireWire CD Burner and a USB Superdisk Drive...WHACK!

Piggie: Hey! You whacked me in the head with a burner!

Spiff: Sorry, I guess it just slipped. You want me to show you how we deal with PC Zealots at moonrockreptiles?

Piggie: No, not really.

Spiff: Don't worry, it only hurts for the first three days....CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Thus concludes the meeting.