Random Articles

• RE: Crushing the life out of the iPhone ecosystem A couple years back, after ‘getting’ the idea of having all my favorite audio with me at a moment’s click - I had grown bored of my then new 40gb iPod. A few minutes of searching and I found Doc Searls link about the iPod Platform. Suddenly, I was neck-deep in podcasting. Even in those
• Small MacBook Pro Joys After living with a 17″ MacBook Pro for a couple weeks, there’s a couple things I’ve been pleasantly surprised with: MagSafe magnetic power connectorConnecting the power cord takes far less precise alignment than before. Get the connector near the socket and it’s magnetically pulled in. Small joys. Horizontal scrolling trackpadNo, I probably won’t be complaining about
• 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
• RSS Everywhere: Mail.app Rex Hammock confirms Mac OS X 10.5’s Mail.app supports reading RSS. While I’ve yet to see Apple implement RSS in a smart way, RSS in Mail.app proves RSS support will be ubiquitous. Just as I mentioned last month. Can’t wait to see if Mail.app is a better podcast-receiver than iTunes. If you’ve got Leopard installed -
• Oh, Did I Mention iTunes Kills Television Advertising Josh at Splintered Channels ponders traditional ad spots within the new iTunes-delivered TV programs. The TV I’ve had for the last 10 years has a 30-sec timer button on it. Hit the button, change the channel, and 30 seconds later you’ll automatically return to the previous program. Tivo time-shifted both the program and this ad-skip behavior