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Monday, February 24, 2003

Apple is Going Out of Business ... Again -- Comment()
t e c h n o c u l t u r e points to Slashdot: '... the world almost seemed empty without the constant drumbeat of how Apple is on the verge of going out of business. If you're a fan like i am, then you're in luck, because this Canadian tech journalist didn't get the memo that Apple's been going out of business longer than most tech journalists have been in business. And besides, someone needs to let Robert Thomson know: when writing a story on how Apple is about to die, you have to call them "beleaguered". Come on, that's Tech Journalism 101, people.'

Updated experiences of Keynote -- Comment()
I have included additional hints and a new screen shot to my notes about Apple Keynote 1.0. Thanks for the help on typesetting equations! I hope someone can answer the question of using Mac OS X fonts in LaTeX, though.

An electric toothbrush with an USB connector -- Comment()
Here is something for that second USB connection on your computer: an electric toothbrush with an USB connector. And I was wondering why the PowerBook has more than one USB connection...

Typesetting equations for Keynote -- Comment()
I asked for help on typesetting equations for Keynote in my notes about Keynote. I got a suggestion to try Equation Service from the developer, Doug Rowland. He writes: "... you can type snippets of LaTeX, press a button, and then just drag a bit of PDF into the presentation. It saves having to make a new file for each equation." The current version available for download is 0.1, and the development version is 0.5B. However, if you have used the 0.1 version, you have to remove certain files before starting up the 0.5B version. Doug sent me version 0.7B of the application, and I'll check it up. Equation Service seems to be a nice tool. I hope Keynote will support a wide range of such tools in the future.

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A backpack for my G4: "In the end, though, I did the conservative thing and went with Targus. I like it because it's a bag that downplays the fact that a laptop is in it, making it (IMHO) a bit less of a rip-off target. And I know it'll hold up well to beiing biked around, and from past history with Targus bags, it'll be comfortable. " --- I also have a Targus, and have been satisfied so far. [Teal Sunglasses]

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They Blog, You Blog, iBlog: "From the perspective of a Mac user who's particularly attached to user-friendliness and intuitiveness, I'd say that Radio UserLand is "almost there" and that the next generation of such tools will definitely be accessible to the ordinary Mac user with no great difficulty." (Applelust.com via MyAppleMenu) [MyAppleMenu]