Update: I just purchased my first song. I had to quit iTunes and relaunch. I guess it got confused in the ragged launch morass. The song downloaded quickly and when I updated the iPod, it synced fine! It has been 3 hours since Apple’s iTunes service went live. I can finally get into the store… Continue reading iTunes Music Service report
Author: Steve Riggins
if Apple had any less of a clue
Sigh. Everyone wants to watch or listen to this Apple Music announcement but we’re relegated to reloading an overload MacCentral website. Apple, do you have a clue anymore? Why shut out your audience, the people who will BUY your services and products? “Look, there is my foot! Shoot it!” Update: How sad, I have to… Continue reading if Apple had any less of a clue
SmallTalk here I come
I wrote my first SmallTalk class this week. I am working in Squeak to assess it for a project I am consulting on. The system is quite amazing and much to wrap my mind around, quickly. These guys are in a league of their own – I’m aiming to contribute. The paradigm shift is large,… Continue reading SmallTalk here I come
Hulk-a-mania
I am not a huge fan of The Hulk but the special effects look great! Watch the trailer
Inspector Jobbseau I presume?
Welcome, Pink Panther
Aladdin, you guys
Aladdin releases a new Stuffit Expander, and I have to go through Digital River and submit all this info, make a password, just to download a free bug fix? Can you say junk info? What a waste of resources just to try and scam off some additional product sales. Update: Aladdin did have an FTP… Continue reading Aladdin, you guys
Mech in your back yard
This guy built a 28% scale mech for his kids. Very cool!
Welcome to RSS, Macintouch!
I have not been reading Macintouch over the last 6 months or so, because I have switched to reading my news via NetNewsWire, an RSS reader. Well now, Macintouch supports RSS! The url for your RSS newsreader is: http://www.macintouch.com/rss.xml
Out of Control
Gone 48 hours, 157 spam, 23 legit emails. Talk about a waste of bandwidth.
Tell No Tales!
Chef Mayhem of Doombuggies.com fame has put up a Pirates of the Caribbean site! This man is truly a hero of mine.
It really does take all kinds
Slavercise That’s the way uh huh uh huh I like it uh huh uh huh
Do we need this?
The Philips iPronto is the latest in home entertainment gadgets that also crosses the information appliance boundaries. At $1700, it is too expensive and the thing is so large, it is useless for “couch potatoes” like myself. Not being a general purpose computer, I can’t chat on it using my computer’s address book. I can’t… Continue reading Do we need this?
When bad information costs companies money
A month ago my IBM Travelstar 48GB drive died and I sent it in to Hitachi early this month. I checked the RMA on their site and it shows as having shipped on 4/4/2003. I left town on the 10th, with no drive here and returned on the 15th. There was no UPS note, no… Continue reading When bad information costs companies money
Ouch…
I think I would ride Apple until they repaired my screen, because this is silly.
And the winner is…
The winner of the “wow that is one poorly designed MP3 player” award goes to: Archos
Congratulations Carol and Ed!
Ok so I am a nut case, and it is only a TV show, but they are finally together! NBC, you better not cancel them now!
Yay! A new Safari!
And it has tabs and autofill! I found that if you command-click on a folder of urls in your address bar, it opens them like the Camino grouped tabs! This is the same as the “Open in tabs” menu item at the bottom of the list. However, Safari does not have Open in Tabs for… Continue reading Yay! A new Safari!
Even in war there can be humor
So by now you have all seen the scene of the Iraqis taking down the statue of Saddam with the help of the marines. Well today, a second statue in the middle of a round about was the object of the people’s distaste. They could not do the job, nor would they leave and they… Continue reading Even in war there can be humor
We need a new Safari
It has been so long I am forgetting what bugs I have reported or not. Can we please have a new build soon? 🙂
Free Eduardo!
’nuff said