I don't really have a commentary on the release of Apple's new product, but I must say that I was amused enough by the placement of an image on a Reuters article to take a screen shot of it. I'm thinking that they were expecting better HD capabilities. I had a similar reaction. Regardless, my guess is that Apple was expecting a better response.
A few minutes ago I was trying to install Netscape on my iBook. (Yeah, I'm not sure why I'd want to do that either, but let's ignore that point for a moment.) I successfully remembered my old login name from back in the day and continued through the process. I then arrived at the ubiquitous "Terms of Service and Privacy Policy" agreement. This brought me to a bit of a pause, however. It appears that Netscape is playing a little game of hard-to-get.
Touché, Netscape. Touché.
(Updated 2/9/2009)
Attention parents, teachers, and random applicable others: Apple is giving away twelve free Sesame Street videos! They're all part of the series called Learn Along With Sesame. All you need is the iTunes application installed on your Windows or Mac computer (which you can download here if you don't already have it) and a free account with the iTunes Store (which you already have if you've ever bought a song there for your iPod).
Just as a note: if you want to watch the free Sesame Street goodness on your TV, you'll have to either own an Apple TV, or you can transfer the videos to an iPod and then connect the iPod to your TV. If you have any questions or tips, leave a comment!
For those who keep up with the world of technology, and especially the world of Apple Computer, you probably share my sentiments about the following product that was announced today: Apple lets Macs do Windows. WHAAAA?
I...don't know what to think about this. Was Dvorak right? What the heck is going on here??
Well, it looks like somone finally managed the inevitable: getting Windows XP to install on an Intel iMac. I'm really interested to see what happens with this. Will it sell more Macs...or will Apple freak out and try to roadblock it?
You can read a little bit about it here: http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=1597. Here's the web site that offered the $14,000 prize for the first person to do it: http://www.winxponmac.com. Congrats to Mr. Narf2006!
If you are a part of the relatively small subgroup of people who use Mac OS X and Cisco's VPN client, you may have come across an error message that prevents you from starting the program after putting your computer to sleep or losing your internet connection. It would say something like this:
Error 51: Unable to communicate with the VPN subsystem
I took the liberty of putting the ideas found here into a simple application. Feel free to download the image file, which includes the application, instructions, and an optional Applescript file. Hopefully a few people will be able to make use of it.
[Update: This workaround may not be necessary for version 4.9 of the VPN client. If you find this to not be the case with you, please let me know!]
Short and sweet: I don't think I like the idea of Google investing $1 billion in AOL, allowing AOL to sell graphical ads within Google searches. It smells stinky.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/20/technology/aol_google.reut/index.htm
I figure that it's my duty to let the Internet know that I just tried out beta copy of Google Earth for Mac OS X. And I must say, it is looking really good. I haven't noticed any bugs yet, and it seems to be running at a really nice speed, considering that I'm on a 700MHz G4. If anyone wants to download a copy to evaluate, the links are out there (although working ones are very few and far between). Hint: MacUpdate used to have it posted on their website, but the link on the official page was taken down.
"University of Illinois preps 640-node Apple Xserve G5 cluster"
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=863
My alma mater rules!
