Wednesday, January 8, 2003

Apple's X11 vs. XDarwin I've been using XDarwin for a while, but Apple's own X11 environment is much faster & better integrated. 1:13:42 PM

Apple's new apps versus Microsoft's offerings "As anyone who's ever had to sit through a Powerpoint presentation can tell you, they are one of the banes of business existence, usually about as interesting as the next-door neighbor's wedding and vacation slide shows. Keynote is slick, yields gorgeous slides that look like they came from a professional graphic artist, and at first glance seems easy to use. It makes Powerpoint slides look like they were scratched out on a barroom napkin. And it is probably the last front on... 1:13:12 PM

Connecting Series 2 TiVo to Airport network [The Macintosh News Network] 1:10:59 PM

"Every Mac" Promotion Apple started a new promotion today that makes .Mac a little cheaper when you buy a new Mac. After a mail-in rebate .Mac will be $69. Seems like they could have shaved off more of the price... But it's still a good deal if you were going to get .Mac anyway. This deal is only good through March 31st. Option-Shift K Apple Hacker Swag! 12:59:43 PM

Macworld: IE out, new apps and PowerBooks in. At this morning's MacWorld Expo San Francisco keynote, Apple introduced a slew of new apps and expanded the PowerBook line to include 12" and 17" models (the first notebook with a 17" display), which are 802.11g and Bluetooth compatible. Perhaps of most interest is the fact that Apple will no longer be bundling Internet Explorer, and will instead include a new open-source Apple web browser based on Konqueror. [kuro5hin.org] 11:42:58 AM

NI previews LabVIEW for Mac OS X Jaguar [The Macintosh News Network] ---- Awesome app. create real-time embedded measurement applications. LabVIEW was developed on a Mac using Project Builder, Apple's next generation development environment. Scientists and engineers can create applications, or virtual instruments (VIs), for acquiring, analyzing, and presenting a wide range of technical data 11:39:21 AM

Original Airport cards reduced in price [The Macintosh News Network] ---- $80 bucks!! Cool. 11:35:09 AM

College girl's breasts in your hands. Transform itty-bitty boobies to big tatas (o)(o)!!! [The Register] 11:29:58 AM