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• DRM: Doesn’t Really Matter It’s no secret that folks looking to pick up some new tunes would like to avoid DRM at all costs, but instead of seeing CD sales skyrocket, there’s simply been a general decrease across the board in the whole “music buying scene.” - Darren Murph, Engadget If I buy CDs these days, it’s directly from the
• Leopard Installs Not Always Problem Free After the customary until-you-cant-take-it-anymore 30-minute waiting period, I installed 10.5 Leopard on the Mac mini that serves my local network. The mini isn’t my primary work machine, and it’s regular duties are fairly straight forward: transport backups, be invisible. As such, the upgrade was quick and straight-forward (but I wasn’t really paying attention, I was working while
• Apple TV is for You and YouTube Like complaining about the lack of a display on the iPod Shuffle, or the lack of an FM tuner on the iPod, complaining that the first version of Apple TV is only 720p is a non-starter. HD is not the point. Home movies aren’t yet shot in HD. Simplifying the experience of getting internet video -
• Some Powerbook Keys Not Working Oddest thing. I pulled the PowerBook out the laptop bag and a handful of keys stopped responding. I’ve opened up the Keyboard Viewer to confirm. Here’s the list thus far: return & enter (came back after restart) Tilde Caps Lock F12 (initiates my Dashboard) Disc eject Left square bracket Arrow up Arrow right I plugged in the USB keyboard from the eMac and that
• How To Install MacPorts, Apache2, Rails, MySql, Mongrel, and Subversion on an Intel Mac Now that I’m just about ready to deploy my first rails app, I thought I’d get the deployment environment set up rock solid on both the production and the development machines (one Mac Mini and one MacBookPro). Like many other tutorials on this same subject, your mileage may vary. In fact I’m writing this now, because