Reviews, speculation, and other idle thoughts on hardware, software, firmware…
Been toying around with doing this list for a while now. The question: What are the top 10 software applications for OS X (that aren’t out-of-the-box, mind you) that are absolutely essential? The top 10 apps that I couldn’t live without: Quicksilver (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/) – The launcher to end all launchers. Is there anything this app […]
Via Gizmodo via Boing Boing: Akihabra News article “2nd hand electronics sales will soon be illegal in Japan”: So from April 1st 2006, ALL electronic products sold in Japan before 2001 will be prohibited from the 2nd hand market! Instantly brings to mind Gibson’s line from Neuromancer re: “…in Japan, cash had been illegal for […]
While reviewing some traffic info and site stats, I noticed that my current leading search phrases are: “Bonjour Firefox” and “Firefox Bonjour”. For those of you who (like me) asked the question: How do I take advantage of Apple’s Bonjour technology AND the well-received Gecko HTML rendering engine? …I have the following advice: Get on […]
Open note to all those working on the “social software product[s]” of “Web 2.0” (or are otherwise pre-gaming for Zeldman’s hypothetical Web 3.0): Semantic equivalents in tagging apps. I don’t think this is anything remotely like a new idea but SERIOUSLY please make your applications smart. And by “smart”, I mean that if you’re going […]
From ’round the web (in this case: MacSlash): Bare Bones’ Yojimbo personal information organizer. What’s this doing that StickyBrain or Voodoo Pad isn’t? Granted, I can’t speak much for StickyBrain. Never used it. Don’t see the point in that kind of system. (Maybe I would if I’d used it?) I’ll stick to Voodoo Pad, which […]
Slashdot post asks (in a nutshell): Whose responsibility is it for training, anyway? Yours? Or your company’s? To run the risk of sounding like some cliche: It depends now, don’t it? If the technology is something proven – – and by “proven” I mean it’s something the company already knows that it wants you to […]
So is anyone else just plain sick and tired of this freakin’ story? To me it’s just another chapter in the s/he said s/he said po-mo mythology of who said what when why where first and whether or not it’s all that original and/or (re?)mix-worthy in the first place. Statement one: The Postal Service’s video […]
The Ars Technica review of the new Core Duo iMac, boiled down: “Instead of being able to remove the back of the computer to get to all the good stuff, users are left with a door in the bottom to add or remove RAM. Unfortunately, that has remained the case with the Core Duo iMac.” […]
While everyone else seems to be harping on the “mini-store-as-spyware” angle of the 6.0.2 update to iTunes, I’ve noticed something else that seems to have gotten NO MENTION throughout this flurry: 6.0.2 BREAKS THE “MY RATING” OPTIONS WHEN CREATING SMART PLAYLISTS In the spirit of Hofstadter: “Try it!” Click to create a new Smart Playlist. […]
Previously on found_drama: we got inside a 3G iPod and then speculated on Frankensteining it into a so-called iPod Super – – and now… Command-Tab’s iPod Junior?