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Thursday, July 6, 2006
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MacBook: Final thoughts: "After less than a week with the MacBook I am back on the iBook. I can keep it another week, but I have already switched back. There is only one reason for doing this: The iBook runs much cooler." [vowe dot net] I have been thinking about upgrading my four-year old PowerBook G4 to a MacBook, but I'm not in a hurry. The PowerBook is still fast enough, and just the right size for me. The hard disk is full, and 1 GB of memory is sometimes a bit too little, but still the new MacBooks don't really tempt. Perhaps the next revision will. Having internal Bluetooth (instead of a D-Link usb adapter) would be good, though, because the adapter tends to be forgotten on the table at work.
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Tweaking Genes in the Basement: "Technophile hobbyists are experimenting with the biotech tools in home labs, like the founders of Apple and Microsoft did with computers and software. But this time, they're using DNA, not silicon." [Wired News: Top Stories]
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In Offense of Classical Music: "When I listen to good modern music, it takes my heart in its hands and plays with it as it pleases -- makes me soar, makes me sad, excited, and mad. But when I listen to classical music, at most it simply occupies my brain for a while. Is this simply a flaw in my perception or has music really improved?" [Aaron Swartz: The Weblog]
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Steve Jobs: "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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Abdominal fat may raise colon cancer risk: "Adults who carry much of their fat around the middle may be at increased risk of colon cancer, a large European study suggests." [Reuters Health eLine]
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Web perils advise switch to Macs: "Security threats to PCs with Microsoft Windows have increased so much that computer users should consider using a Mac, says a leading security firm. Sophos security said that the 10 most commonly found pieces of malicious software all targeted Windows machines."
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