Microsoft unleashes a poorly tested version of windows media player on the macintosh audience I have to put in a little disclaimer here. I worked on the Windows Media Team for (PC) version 7. That said, tonight I tried to install the newest version for the macintosh, version 9 onto one of my macs. I [...]
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Overpriced but ok Crow is another new self-consciously hip establishment of the sort that has been popping up around Seattle like weeds. You know, the one word name, the dark decor, the northwest-fusion cuisine, the owner who used to be a banker or software engineer or whatever. Crow is on-par with the rest of these. [...]
No, not the fear of Apple Computers, the fear that Steve is going to announce new ones Any Apple customer knows the fear. You check the dates of Steve Job’s upcoming appearances, you time things around MacWorld or WWDC. Not because you can’t wait to hear what new thing is coming out. Because you are [...]
I pray to god that this is going to turn out to be an elaborate joke http://www.americawestandasone.com/
the woes of cross-platform C++ development Carbon is Apple’s APIs that were created for developers who had been writing for OS versions before OS X. Apple really wants developers writing in Cocoa (just as Microsoft wants to developers to write in .Net), and they couldn’t make it more clear to those of us who are [...]
More on this massive announcement So everyone is weighing in on this and I’ve been reading tons of commentaries. Here’s some of what I thought were the most insightful. First of all, Apple has Steve Job’s keynote up so you can watch it for yourself. The one thing I got from that which I hadn’t [...]
The good and bad I’ve never been a fan of Apple because of the processor, it is the OS that I like. This is going to be interesting. the good: Macs should get cheaper. Thanks to the economies of scale, Intel chips are cheaper than PPC chips because they make a lot more of them. [...]
The New York Times ran the numbers and it doesn’t look good for those of us in the lower 99.9% income brackets. This article is sobering, but is not unexpected. Its good to have some numbers to argue with those morons who insist that giving the rich more money will give everyone else more money [...]
We’ll know for sure in about 12 hours, but it looks like it is going to happen When the NY Times confirms a rumor… Here’s a good opinion piece from the Oceanside Nevada blog
