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A Look Back at Apple's 2003
Samvit writes "The end of the year is upon us, so it's naturally time for those retrospectives to start coming in. Ars Technica has a fantastic look back at Apple in 2003. 2003 was one of the biggest years for Apple, arguably the biggest in a very long time. Still, Ars is typically fair, so the author lays down not only the good in 2003, but also the bad and the ugly. There's a bit of prognostication going on too--a little something for everyone."
BEEF STROGANOFF
This Russian dish has been around for several centuries, but it wasn't until the fifties that it became all the rage in the United States (despite our fear of Communism). Here is a delicious rendition that pays tribute to the "gourmet" chafing-dish dinner party. Now, as then, beef stroganoff is a good thing to cook in front of a small crowd.
1 2 1/2-pound piece beef tenderloin, well trimmed, meat cut into 2x1x1/2 inch strips
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
1/4 cup finely chopped shallots
1 pound small button mushrooms, thickly sliced
1 cup canned beef broth
2 tablespoons Cognac
3/4 cup creme fraiche or whipping cream
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
12 ounces wide egg noodles
1 tablespoon paprika
Pat meat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat until very hot. Working in batches, add meat in single layer and cook just until brown on outside, about 1 minute per side. Transfer to rimmed baking sheet.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in same skillet over medium-high heat. Add chopped shallots and saute until tender, scraping up browned bits, about 2 minutes. Add button mushrooms. Sprinkle with pepper and saute until liquid evaporates, about 12 minutes. Add beef broth, then Cognac. Simmer until liquid thickens and just coats mushrooms, about 14 minutes. Stir in creme fraiche and Dijon mustard. Add meat and any accumulated juices from baking sheet. Simmer over medium-low heat until meat is heated through but still medium-rare, about 2 minutes. Stir in chopped dill. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain. Transfer to bowl. Add remaining 4 tablespoons butter and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper. Divide noodles among plates. Top with beef and sauce. Sprinkle generously with paprika.
Makes 4 servings.
I hate all the people in my neighborhood. Seems all they do is call my house to harass me whenever I, get this, DRIVE TOO FAST down the ROAD TO MY FUCKING HOUSE. These idiots are SCARED that I'll run over their PRECIOUS LITTLE RUGRATS because LITTLE TIMMY AND LITTLE SUSIE forgot to LOOK BOTH FUCKING WAYS. Well GUESS WHAT, you SUBURBANITE DIPSHITS, I've been driving for the past 10 years, I've been on a professional racing circuit for the past 4 years, and I've worked part-time as a mechanic for the past 2 years. I've got more driving EXPERIENCE in my LEFT FOOT than you do in your WHOLE WORTHLESS BODY, you RABID MINIVAN-PILOTING SOCCER MOMS. For most of my life I've lived in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC (I currently live in the Hell-hole known as Northern Virginia), where I had to deal with some of the worst traffic known to mankind. I've also taken courses in formula driving at the Skip Barber racing school in California. Have any of you TWATWADS driven a Formula 1 car at over 200 miles per hour? NO I DIDN'T FUCKING THINK SO, I bet the closest YOU'VE ever been to a racecar is IN YOUR FUCKING HONDA CR-V with your GOD DAMN MOCHA LATTE and your DESIGNER FUCKING SUNGLASSES. So if I want to drive down MY street to MY house at 60MPH in a 25MPH zone, THEN I'LL DO AS I FUCKING PLEASE. Hell, I doubt a COP would even stop me, if JOHNNY LAW starts stickin' his big nose around my business, I'll just quick grab my COLT .45 ACP SEMI-AUTO and put a HOLE through his FUCKING SKULL. When I was growing up, I was always taught to LOOK BOTH FUCKING WAYS, and DON'T PLAY IN THE FUCKING STREET, and guess what? I'm STILL ALIVE today because of those lessons. So if YOUR DUMB OFFSPRING just HAPPEN to get between MY TIRES and THE BLACKTOP, then I guess it's YOUR DUMB FAULT, because as a parent, YOU'RE A FAILURE for not RAISING YOUR KIDS PROPERLY.
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
No kidding! I got tired of having no raises for the past three years.
You sir, would be modded as +1, amusing. Of course, Slashdot doesn't have a +1 amusing mod, so you actually wouldn't get shit. Your post was amusing though, and so I give you a virtual +1, amusing.
You sound like the type of clown whose life ends abruptly...like these clowns.
Remember these words as your Honda CR-V hurtles into a creekbed and bursts into flame, roasting you alive!
This reminds me of an article I once read about win98SE. SE was a stopgap to keep people from getting impatient while major work was done for ME. Whether ME was an improvement on 98SE is debateable, but it still shows how in our computing society and instant fix culture, the fact that nerds and otherwise can't wait an extra year has become such a pain in the big company's backsides that they actually release unfinished products (however well it worked out in that instance).
Hello,
I dropped into an Apple store at the local mall for the first exposure to Apple products in five years. Very impressive: the monitors, the computers, and the store itself. All white and frosted glass and tons of recessed florescent white light. It was like a museum. I was very respectful.
I haven't been trusting or interested in Apple since the RAM expansion debacle of 1984. [If your bought a 512K RAM expansion from Apple, it cost you $400+. If you bought the RAM chips yourself for $80 and soldered them yourself (or had a qualfied technician do it with proper static-proof chip desoldering equipment) onto the motherboard, Apple would not only void your warranty, it would refuse to allow you to have access to ROM upgrades to the buggy first release operating system. This has been their basic corporate attitude since the Mac introduction and is the primary reason why they've never been more than a distant 'also-ran' in the personal computer marketplace (regardless of how beloved they are by their fanatical customers.)
As for 'damn the price', I'd say that too if I weren't one of the millions of technicians unemployed. So when I need to upgrade my 800 MHz Duron, I'll be buying a 2.2GigHz AthlonXP with video, sound, LAN, and USB2 integrated on the motherboard for $100 on PriceWatch.
Thank you,
The vapid whores who carry their kids to soccer practice and back are the worst drivers of all. GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES AND GO WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, GODDAMMIT!!! If I have to KEEP HONKING to WAKE YOU MORONS UP at green lights one day I will simply REAR-END YOU, get you into a neck brace and OFF THE ROAD!