Thanksgiving

November 24, 2005 – 12:36 pm

There is, supposedly, some historical meaning to our Thanksgiving holiday, but all I can figure out is that I wasn’t there and it probably didn’t go as I’ve been told. Thing is, Thanksgiving isn’t so much about what we were, but who we are. Thanksgiving celebrates the two most important things in life: food and [...]

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The New iMacs…

November 2, 2005 – 8:17 am

I live quite a distance from any Apple Stores, so it’s only now that I’ve been able to see the new stuff. The Photo Booth application bundled with the new iMacs is actually more fun than I expected. That’s me above with the ?comic book? effect applied.
But Front Row is every bit as sweet as [...]

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Mac Wireless Card Compatibility

October 3, 2005 – 12:14 pm

In case you’re looking: Metaphyzx’s Mac OS Wireless Adapter Compatibility List.

tags: apple, card compatibility, compatibility, compatibility list, list, mac, mac os, mac os x, macintosh, network adapter, wifi, wifi adapter, wifi cardbus card, wifi pc card, wifi pci card, wifi pcmcia card, wireless, wireless adapter, wireless adapter compatibility

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Plan B: Remote Scripting With IFRAMEs

September 19, 2005 – 12:13 pm

I have plans to apply AJAX to our library catalog but I’m running into a problem where I can’t do XMLHttpRequest events to servers other than the one I loaded the main webpage from. Mozilla calls it the ?same origin policy,? everyone else calls it a cross-domain script exclusion, or something like that.
Some Mozilla folks [...]

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Reminisce: My First Ebook

August 6, 2005 – 4:03 am

The first ebook I ever read was Bruce Sterling’s Hacker Crackdown on my Newton Message Pad 2000. It had a big and bright screen — ?the best screen for reading eBooks on the (non-)market? says DJ Vollkasko — but it could get a bit little heavy at times.
Crackdown is available for free, along with perhaps [...]

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Apple Releases Multi-Button Mouse

August 2, 2005 – 5:33 am

Apple this morning released the Mighty Mouse ($49 at the Apple Store). With a scrollball, left and right click, and side buttons, it’s a big departure from Apple’s old opposition to multi-button mice. Apple didn’t invent the mouse, but they were probably the first to put mice through usability testing. One, two, and three button [...]

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Screen Real Estate

July 23, 2005 – 7:56 am

At 2560 x 1600 pixels, Apple’s Cinema HD display is big enough for three people’s egos.

tags: apple, cinema hd, computer, display, ego, maisonbisson, monitor, nosheep, spiralbound

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The Big Switch

July 13, 2005 – 12:39 am

Other than a bit of head scratching after the announcement in June, I’ve been quiet about Apple’s switch to Intel processors. Now, ArsTechnica’s Jon ?Hannibal? Stokes has written some of the most intelligent material I’ve seen since.
How’s it work? Hannibal thinks Apple’s relationship with IBM soured to the point where they refused to play the [...]

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What?

June 6, 2005 – 8:03 pm

I’m not sure what to think about Steve J’s WWDC announcement (video stream) of Apple’s switch to x86 processors. Coverage at MacNN, Mac Rumors, Ars Technica, etc. I’m not sure, but it would be easier to take if I wasn’t the only one who saw conspiracy in it. Does this relate to Intel’s recent shoehorning [...]

By Casey | Posted in Copyrights & Intellectual Property, Technology | Comments (3)

Saab Is Latest Car Maker To Get Excited About iPods

December 9, 2004 – 6:12 am

MacNN reports that Saab has released an iPod integration kit:
Saab has quietly introduced its own iPod/MP3 Player audio integration system. The new system, listed in the most recent Saab Accessories Catalog from October 2004, offers direct input for and control of the iPod on its Saab 9-3, according to one MacNN reader: ?I spoke with [...]

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Reader Report: PIE iPod Input Adapter

December 7, 2004 – 6:31 am

A reader, Mike, wrote in to reccomend the Precision Interface Electronics aux input adapter to connect the audio from my iPod to my Scion’s factory head unit.
I don’t know if you ever found a solution to connecting your iPod to your Scion head unit, but if not, you can use this adapter to add an [...]

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In Car iPod

September 5, 2004 – 8:47 pm

Without wanting to get into the rest of the story, I’m now trying to figure out how to plug an iPod into a Scion xB. The xB comes with a stereo by Pioneer, but I haven’t been able to get details about what inputs it supports.
Installer.com and Logjam both offer connection kits that appear to [...]

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