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Big Day At WWDC

WWDC meant Twitter would definitely be put to the test. And ready it was. It had to limit API requests to 10 per hour, but hey, it stayed up for the most part. Congrats to the Twitter team on that accomplishment. It was a good day. Now that iPhones are cheaper ...

WWDC Tomorrow

I mean as if you haven't heard 300 times already. WWDC IS TOMORROW! What gives? A new iPhone, a new Mac, Snow Leopard? It promises to be the most underrated and overrated event of the year as always. Anyway I'm excited but right now I just wish I could sleep. I ...

Finance Software for Mac

Personal financial software on Mac OS X tends to be like a Mennonite in a bar; he's either too young and foolish to know better or too old and bloated to care. Of course Quicken is available for Mac, but version 2007 feels like a nightmare, with so many windows ...

OSX 10.5 Leopard, 4 Months Later

Macworld | Editors' Notes | Leopard, four months later Leopard is the first version of Mac OS X that has been less stable than the previous one for me—to various degrees depending on the Mac. Up until Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4), each major new version—10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4—has been considerably ...

Shawn Blanc’s Review of the New MacBook Pro

Shawn Blanc: Pro-Portable: A Review of the New MacBook Pro While I had the PowerBook it was a no-brainer that the Mac Pro would be home base. And even still, when I purchased the MacBook Pro I fully expected that it too would be my secondary computer, just as the PowerBook ...

What the iPhone SDK Means For the World

Ever since Macworld 2008, where Steve Jobs promised an SDK for the iPhone, have Mac developers been waiting with baited breath. This past week has been simply rejuvenating for the Apple world: an iPhone SDK for developers, the promise of the iPhone 2 (a firmware update to probably the world's ...

First look: Firefox 3 beta Mac

I've been using the latest nightly of Firefox for Mac for a few weeks now, on and off. Just downloaded the new nightly today (3.0b5pre), and to my shock was very happy to see that the Mac UI got updated even more. Check out the screenshot. The Safari-like gray isn't new, ...

November 20th 2008
Tags: life 3 Comments

Where I Am Right Now (rant numbero uno)

After existing in a Bart Simpson-like zen for my early teen years, it's actually somewhat surprising for me to find myself where I am now. I guess I always figured I'd take life like it comes, somewhat like hanging on to a train while cruising the world. Never thought I'd ...
November 4th 2008
Tags: washington politics 4 Comments

Yes We Can!

It's election eve and everyone's calling a blowout for Obama. There's this big lump swelling up in my throat; to call this historical is an understatement. Americans pulled together and did what they thought was best for their nation. And they finally elected a Presidential ticket that did not include ...

Why A Vote For McCain Is NOT A Vote For Life

Life is something God-breathed, something sacred. It's a mystery that no one can explain; but it is a divine gift from the earth and our ancestors. Perhaps that's why we cherish it so much. It really is all we have, when all the shells and facades and influences and experiences ...
October 21st 2008
Tags: life, poetry 6 Comments

Bono on Stories Told Through Color

I feel badly in need of inspiration. The color is going out of my life. Autumn is retreating as the cold North Wind marches on. U2 18 Vertigo/05 Live from Milan Bono: "So, we’re making a DVD here...tonight. Thank you for being a part of the film...the little movie we’re making of tonight. Grazie ...

Autumn is here to stay, I say

I don't have much to say lately. The economy is unimportant to me (in case you've tucked your head under a rock somewhere, Bush and the corporations got caught together in bed which means the financial system is in a crisis. The old white guy that's running for Prez is ...

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