ATPM 13.11
The November issue of About This Particular Macintosh is now available for your reading pleasure. Wes kicks off the month by covering--what else?--the blogosphere's reaction to Mac OS X Leopard. He also has a choice bit regarding the ZFS file system, which I encourage you to read. I realize that particular topic sounds boring--I teased Wes I was printing out that part to help me get some sleep--but he's done a stellar job of condensing a boring subject in to easy-to-understand layman's terms. Our intrepid blog investigator also dishes out the links on the forthcoming iPhone development kit for application programmers, as well as a few other choice bits. Mark--who seems to have the same attitude toward mobile phones as my parents--talks iPhone from the Brit perspective, while also pondering the Google goings-on in the mobile phone space. Speaking of pondering, Mark's also beginning the laptop or desktop? dilemma. He gets extra points for using a title from one of my favorite authors. Lee's taking a break from his great column, Photoshop for the Curious, returning in our February edition. To tide you over until then, he documents some other Photoshop-related links you may be interested in. Sylvester offers a great how-to on extending iTunes' abilities with content presets. ATPM reader Graham Lindsay was nice enough to share photos from his native Australia for this month's desktop pictures. Just as all seems lost, our intrepid hero reenters the Mudrix to save the woman he loves in this month's Cortland. Small business owners may be interested in Ed's review of Billable, whereas many folks may be interested in Paul's look at Graph Paper Maker. Yours truly makes an appearance this month, as I contribute to the iPhone Case Roundup, with Lee and David. Lee likes XtremeMac's Luna, and Ed is impressed with Nisus Writer Pro. Finally, Eric puts SuperSync through its paces. As usual, you can read this month's issue in a format of your choosing.
links for 2007-11-01
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New Trojan Horse malware. (Not a virus, but still really nasty.) Just keep your mind out of the gutter and stay away from any naughty Britney pics, and you should be okay. If you otherwise get, ahem, dirty, follow these instructions.
links for 2007-10-31
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Interesting read.
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Brian offers some good advice on dealing with tough times. Good stuff for introspection here.
links for 2007-10-30
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"The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we've tested this year--or for that matter, ever--is a Mac. Not a Dell, not a Toshiba, not even an Alienware." And you get Mac OS X, too. Why, again, are you still buying that PC garbage?
links for 2007-10-29
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Phil Carrizzi's great photos from July 2007 of the new iPhone, along with a couple of its cousins in the Apple family.
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Home of the PED series of docks for the iPod, iPhone, and other gadgets.
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NASA has finally provided a RSS feed for its popular Astronomy Picture of the Day site (popularly known as APOD). Point your news readers to [antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod.rss](http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod.rss)
links for 2007-10-28
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Indian chili pepper scored a million on the Scoville heat unit scale, which measures the spiciness of peppers. A jalapeno pepper measures between 2,500 and 8,000 on the scale.
links for 2007-10-26
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This was probably a fun conversation to have with one's insurance agent.
Isn't that what we all want?
People who understand us?
This makes me smile and laugh every time I see it.
links for 2007-10-24
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Brian on his experiences with socialized medicine in Sweden. Sounds glorious!! <rolls eyes>
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Finally, a legitimate use of Flash on a web site. Still not as satisfying as the real thing, though.
links for 2007-10-21
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Interesting look at the technological and cultural differences of instant messaging and chat rooms in China versus the West.
Feeling a little schizo today
Today is a historic day in the life of our little family: the little phisch is going to his first-ever live, in-person football game. My wife's boss is a SMU alum, and secured us tickets to tonight's contest against Tulane, which is where my wife graduated from law school. Before the game, we'll be at the Tulane Alumni tailgate party, where I'm sure I'll draw some stares, since I'm in my purple LSU shirt and tan LSU cap. So here's the rundown: with me in my LSU regalia, we're going to be amongst Tulane grads for eats and drinks, assuring them that, yes, we'll be rooting for the Green Wave during the game. We'll be sitting in the heart of the SMU side of the field, amongst Mustang grads and their families, assuring them that, yes we'll be rooting for the ponies during the game. Effectively, we're going to be Switzerland, my wife told me earlier. See why I'm feeling a little schizo with regard to college football today? I'm just hoping it's a decent football game. I'm also interested in checking out Gerald J. Ford Stadium, which is fairly new, having had its first games played in the 2000 season. By the way, the game is on Fox Sports Network Southwest at 7 PM CST, so if you see the lone purple-shirt guy amongst a sea of blue, red, and white, that's probably moi.
And I thought it was going to be Oscar
The little phisch has always enjoyed Sesame Street, and I've started getting him in to The Muppet Show, so when I saw Michelle's results for the Sesame Street Personality Quiz, I had to give it a shot.
| You Are Bert |
 You are usually feeling: Logical - you rarely let your emotions rule you You are famous for: Being smart, a total neat freak, and maybe just a little evil How you life your life: With passion, even if your odd passions (like bottle caps and pigeons) are baffling to others |
links for 2007-10-20
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"The massacre that wasn't, and its political exploitation." Why does the Left insist on comparing the war in Iraq to Vietnam? And why do they conveniently forget it was a Democrat administration which put us in Vietnam in the first place?
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Free wallpapers for your iPhone, or lesser mobile communications device, iPod, or lesser audio playback device, or whatever else will fit 240 x 360 graphics. Show the world what online social scene you love.
links for 2007-10-19
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Steve Ballmer: Psycho
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Free music from Moby to use for non-commercial films and video shorts.
links for 2007-10-18
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12 Years? 12?!?!? That's all he gets? Guy should thank his lucky stars this didn't happen in Texas. He'd be meeting his Maker a lot sooner if it had.
links for 2007-10-17
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Three months later, I'm still trying to figure out why I'd ever need to use most of these.
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Wow. Just...wow.
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I'm like Clive; I want it all.
links for 2007-10-15
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Noteworthy is the observation that Gore was awarded the Peace Prize when he hasn't really done anything peace-worthy.
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Brian Solis gives his review of the Jott service, which I've been happily using since early in the year. Jott came in handy while on vacation, when I was able to dictate some reminders while roaming Disneyworld.
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Free service which allows you to use your phone to dictate notes and other messages while on the go.
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You've got options on what to do with your iPod when it finally dies. Don't just chuck it in the trash.
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A free airline flight tracker that is capable of giving you way more information than you may care to know. Also good for when you're bored at work.
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Ouriel Ohayon's tutorial that's supposedly easier than the method set up by Dave Winer and documented by Fred Wilson.
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I wish the site wasn't done in Flash, but some fantastic desktops in photographic HDR.
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"Researchers have found that 10 basic social skills such as taking turns, listening and simply being nice are just as important to children's academic success as the subjects they study..."
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Some more perspective on the 2007 Nobel awards, notably the Peace Prize, and "[s]ome nominees for next year." You know, people actually working for peace.
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The Wall Street Journal's choice of web sites for getting and tracking airline flight information.
Another for my typophile homies
(And for those of you who, like me, may still have a celebrity crush on Vanna White left over from the `80s.)
I have to agree with Scott Simpson: there's just something about the way Vanna says "Helvetica"... [Wave of the phin to the same Mr. Simpson for the link.]