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Initial Thoughts on the iPhone
I joined the cool brigade and bought an iPhone Friday night. Overall, it is an incredible device totally worth the large price tag (but worth is certainly a relative term).
I want to be brief with my comments on the device, but basically there are no significant issues other than third-party support, which seems to closer [...]
Computer Quandries: Mail.app on Startup
At some point in time, I wanted Mail.app to launch on login/startup. At that time, I did something to ensure it loaded on login. Now, however, I do not want this to happen, mainly because I want to use the vacuum process to shrink my Mail.app footprint.
The problem is that I can not figure out [...]
Basic Mac Apps
A friend of mine is the proud new owner of a MacBook. This friend is a PC user and wants me to give him a crash list of software he should snag for the MacBook. I thought the list would be useful to more than just him, and be relevant to my previous post on [...]
Also tagged Mac OS XGoodbye Outlook, Hello Apple’s i* PIM Suite
As I noted earlier, I have added a PowerBook to my computer lineup. I enjoy using Mac OS X (10.4), and find it to rarely be frustrating, unless we’re talking about keyboard shortcuts, and usually pleasant. In fact, pleasant is an excellent word to describe the experience; it’s neither thrilling nor bad.
But this post is [...]
DLing Under The Radar
Here is one more example of the mismanagement of the music industry and its inability to grasp the money possible through accepting and promoting file-based music (remember, CDs are digital, too):
Apple Isn’t The Only One With 1 Billion Downloads
Posted Feb 26th 2006 4:11AM by Sharky Laguana
Most of us couldn’t help but notice thenews this [...]
Miscellaneous: Music
I prefer content and posts with a coherent theme, but I have a couple of bits that I thought were interesting. Here they are:
(1) Sony BMG creates a music label for LGBT artists
I came across this story in The New York Times, but could not find a satisfactory account of it anywhere. Basically, Sony Music [...]
Making The Switch, Kinda: The Story And Useful Software
In early November I bought my first Apple, a 12 inch PowerBook. The inclusion of a Mac into my computing family is less of a switch and more of a diversity situation, as I am still running machines with Microsoft Windows XP (Pro and Home) and Red Hat Fedora Core 4.
I wanted a laptop so [...]