Tuesday, January 7, 2003

This is the last thing I'm going to post about the Keynote (Hmm, I'm using Safari). Horst of The Aardvark Speaks has rounded it up quite beautiful: "Boy, was today's Macworld expo keynote an experience. The folks at Apple must have been pretty busy over the past months - today Jobs revealed a number of exciting new products - iLife (Apple's iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD rolled together into one integrated software suite), Safari (a slick and extremely fast web browser), Keynote (a presentation software that seriously kicks PowerPoint's butt) and the amazing 17" PowerBook, which does not only have a gorgeous big screen, but also a keyboard that starts to glow when it gets dark so that you can still type in absolute darkness (Wannahave factor: 1000). Not to forget Airport Extreme, FireWire 800 and the smaller 12" PowerBook. A written summary of the keynote in weblog style (reverse chronological order) is available from MacCentral, a videostream is available at the Apple QuickTime site" 11:32:29 PM     |

Maya 4.5 Personal Learning Edition for OS X is out. Have fun. Maya Personal Learning Edition 4.5 - VersionTracker 11:03:50 PM     |

Enough of that Steve Jobs Apple Keynote Stuff. Have a look at some proper computers. Now that's what I call technology! Safari needs an update - urgently... 10:47:35 PM     |

Safari Update: "Importing bookmarks from other browsers The first time you open Safari, it automatically imports your favorites from Microsoft Internet Explorer (no, it doesn't) At this time, Safari does not support importing bookmarks from other web browsers. You might be able to move your bookmarks to Safari by exporting them from your web browser as an HTML document. Then open the document in Safari and drag the links to a collection in the All Bookmarks view in another window." 10:13:17 PM     |

Wow. Safari is fast indeed. I haven't tried it with Radio yet, but it beats Chimera... Now how do I import my bookmarks? 8:09:58 PM     |

So what did we get? Software updates and a new Browser (I'm excited about that!). A super-thin Powerbook and a new super-small Notebook. And really crap advertising. For God's sake, Steve, get another agency...! I'm off now, until tomorrow. Hrmpf. 7:30:15 PM     |

The ads for the Powerbooks are all just testimonials (Chiat/Day?)...now this is not very creative, is it? I could have done better. Pfrrr. Chiat/Day used to be a really good agency once. One of the best in fact. Now they're doing testimonials. Very creative. Not what they're used to be, are they, Chiat/Day, hmm? Tsk..."let's do a testimonial campaign then, the client will buy it." Fab. Carry on. 7:13:05 PM     |

Keynote coverage: Small notebook. Now where's the beef? 6:58:12 PM     |

He's still talking. 6:50:49 PM     |

New Powerbook. 1 inch thick. Bloody amazing. G4, Superdrive, Firewire 800. 6:44:46 PM     |

grrr ... Imports and exports PowerPoint...Keynote...and it's 99 freaking dollars. 6:29:48 PM     |

Keynote coverage: Getting fed up with this. Wanna watch now. Goodbye. 6:23:22 PM     |

Keynote coverage: New WebBrowser: Safari. Seems to be very fast. Download now. Also iMovie and iDvd updates. Free download - for Safari. 6:09:49 PM     |

This keynote is getting boring. 5:49:29 PM     |

Keynote coverage: He's now introducing iPhoto 2... 5:45:37 PM     |

Steve is wearing a black rollneck and blue jeans... 5:44:24 PM     |

Keynote coverage: New software: Final Cut Express. Downsized version of Final Cut Pro. Yawn. -£299!! 5:32:24 PM     |

Keynote coverage: - and I'm slightly embarrassed that I'm actually watching this, but anyway: there's a snowboarding jacket out with a special pocket for the iPod - and you can fast forward with some buttons on the sleeve. Oh, great... - $499! 5:27:50 PM     |

"Little Joe, Hoss and Pa, Adam left the show..." The Ponderosa Ranch is right here; with soundtrack. Another Bonanza website is here - again with soundtrack. Good grief. A small part of Gurf Morlix's song Dan Blocker can be found here as a .rm (Real Player) file - I couldn't find an MP3 anywhere. Dammit. 4:56:49 PM     |

Brilliant story. Stolen straight from Armin. "[Careful with that answering machine!] Danish answerphone joke sparks police raid. As long as nobody misinterprets my message telling telemarketers to bugger off...." 3:39:07 PM     |

What's wrong with the UserLand server? It takes ages to access my (and other Radio sites) website?! Booo! 1:36:18 PM     |

Wild, Wild West. More images from America's past, again at Harper's Weekly: Buffalo, Wagon Trains, Gold, Railroads... "This website provides a look into some of the stories and pictures which kept 19th century readers informed and entertained, and thereby preserves a unique documentation of life west of the Mississippi." 12:42:34 PM     |

American Political Prints, 1766-1876. This fantastic collection is available at HarpWeek. "Warning: Website visitors should be warned that several of the words, descriptions, and images in these 19th-century caricatures are considered racially offensive by today's standards. The materials are presented in order to give an accurate historical picture of American political prints in the 19th century." 12:33:38 PM     |