Archive for the 'OS X' Category

Jun 05 2008

Who is Gary Krakow? Why is he off his meds?

TheStreet.Com has an add interview with some hilarious tripe about how Apple/Jobs needs to “bite the bullet” and “license WindowsMobile or RIM’s Blackberry” code.
This guy is clearly in need of psychiatric help. Like now. I mean he’s either had a break, or he’s the most transparent and disingenuous shill since Rob [...]

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May 28 2008

Just in from the Future: Delicious Library 2.0!!!

Published by David HM Spector under OS X, Software

[update! Figures Apple would make me eat my words -- they just released MacOS X 10.5.3 at about 1:30PM ET. Did they do it just so Delicious Library users would get the full benefit of the graphics speedups? I hope so ]
Yay! My favorite library [...]

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Apr 30 2008

Unlimited CPU Power, Endless Memory and Syntactic Sugar, or “How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love Scripting Languages” (*)

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 Apologies to Stanley Kubric and Dr. Strangelove.
This is sort of like an intro to some 12-step program..
Hi, I’m David, and I’ve been a computer language bigot.
There. I feel better already.
But seriously, I’ve been a programmer for a long, long time. Not quite as long as my friends Richard, Pete, and Bill [...]

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Oct 29 2007

OS X Leopard vs Java 6: Everyone Calm Down!

Published by David HM Spector under Apple, Java, OS X

[update: Of course,  the author of this excellent bit of analysis is Eric BURKE ..not "Burns" {/me blushes; looks at ground, fidgets nervously} Oy-vey. Major briano on my part ... must have been channeling an old friend of mine who is, in fact, named Eric Burns. My Apologies to this Eric!! [...]

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Oct 22 2007

Tick… tick… tick… 96 hours until Leopard….

Published by David HM Spector under Apple, OS X

In just a little under 96 hours, Apple will loose OS X v 10.5 a.k.a. “Leopard” on the world. As a long time devotée of Apple’s stuff (I was writing software professionally back on my Apple ][ in high-school) I think this is the most exciting release yet.
Apple posted a very nice “guided [...]

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Oct 17 2007

Leopard: Let the Discounting Begin!

Published by David HM Spector under Macintosh, OS X

Huh… it’s not even out yet, and already Amazon is selling Apple’s update to OS X at ~$20 off list for both the single-user and the “family pack” (5-user) editions:

Oh yeah, and if past is prologue, Amazon will somehow manage to ship these puppies as soon as they arrive so ordering from Amazon may well [...]

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Sep 24 2007

New from Rogue Amoeba: RadioShift - It’s a TiVO for Your Radio.

Published by David HM Spector under Macintosh, OS X

Rogue Amoeba has announced a really nifty new product called RadioShift. This program for OS X will allow you to browse AM/FM radio stations around the world and set up programs to be recorded off the web, OR, if you have a Griffin Technology RadioShark, you can record them over the air.
I’ve been a [...]

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