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MacCentral on the Nikon D50 Review: Nikon D50 - If you're trying to choose between Nikon and Canon D-SLR cameras, the D50 might not be such an obvious winner. But if you have been wanting to go digital but haven't liked the high prices, the D50's sub-$1,000 sticker should make it a slam-dunk.
Catching up and notes to myself I am cleaning out the saved tabs I have had in NetNewsWire for storage this month. Among the highlights:
A depressing piece for another long-time freelancer As someone who has every intention to go back to freelance work when my run working as a public servant is done, it is a bit depressing to read Ben Yagoda's piece about throwing in the towel as a freelancer. Nonetheless, it is a good cautionary tale: My life as a hack - It was glorious, now it's over.
An off-the-cuff evaluation of Apple, sent to Dave Winer I caught up on a little reading on the Web last night, and came across the posts from Dave Winer on Scripting News regarding his initial experience with a new Mac he just bought. Dave hated Safari and was more than a little put off by the way RSS works in Safari. I couldn't resist. I had to offer Dave my thoughts on Apple and Safari:
Apparently, Dave had similar advice from others.
A tip from Macworld - QuickErase for CD-RWs Dan Frakes highlights the utility program QuickErase on the Macworld Web site:
Buried in book research It's crunch time for Natalie and I as we spent about seven hours this weekend doing research for our Washington history book - digging into the disasters that have hit our state over the last three hundred years. Yesterday we spent more than four hours in the Northwest Room at the hometown Tacoma Public Library, and today we spent a couple of hours on our first-ever visit to the stunning Central Library in Seattle. Ironically, the microfilm equipment in Seattle is not nearly as nice as working in the local Tacoma library. Go figure. One thing that is painfully obvious with this project is that the amount of historical documents available in electronic format is woeful. When it comes to digital archives, if it didn't happen after 1996 then you can forget about it. And it is ironic that if I want to dig up a newspaper article from last year, I can't get it electronically at a local library. I can view the microfilm for free and pay for prints of the articles or I can go online and search the paper's archives and pay up to $3.50 per article. Ridiculous! One little trick I have been employing with this research-heavy book project is to take digital photos of the articles I need. I bring up the information on the viewer from the microfilm, then shoot a photo that I can take home and work with in greater comfort. What I do then at home is hook my 12-inch PowerBook G4 up to a 17-inch LCD and bring up the photo of the article in iView Media Pro, where I can zoom in and out, lighten or darken the image - whatever I need to be able to read it better. So far it works pretty well for me.
Apple releases update for latest software update Apple revises Security Update 2005-007 - Apple has released a revised version of Security Update 2005-007 for Tiger systems Mac OS X v10.4.2 to fix a bug which prevented 64-bit applications from running. Users who have already installed v1.0 on Tiger systems should install v1.1. Security Update 2005-007 v1.1 provides a combined 32- and 64-bit version of LibSystem to replace the 32-bit version that was delivered in v1.0. No other changes have been made in version 1.1. [MacMegasite]
Amazing photography from a climb of Mt. Rainier The News Tribune offers a series of outdoors articles today about the allure of climbing Mt. Rainier and other Pacific Northwest mountains. The highlight of the stories - a photo essay with audio clips from the photographer on a Mt. Rainier climb.
Another reason to wait before buying another laptop Electronic waste or e-waste continues to be a growing problem, and a new report from Greenpeace International spells out the problem. CNET writes about it this afternoon...
Living on the edge, or don't try this at home I am reading the reports of problems with the latest Mac OS X security update with a little trepidation. Why? Because I was a dolt and I failed to do a backup of my data before installing the update. I keep muttering to myself to be careful...be very careful...
One huge text file to rule them all Inspired by Giles Turnbull's article about living in text files, 43 Folders joins the meme and asks some of the more pertinent questions about how it actually works for those who have taken the leap. This thread wallows in geeky goodness, which is why I am so pulled toward it... I haven't made the leap back into text files just yet, but I am definitely leaning that way - especially with the portability of text files to run on a PDA (Am I the only person who still uses one of those? Sometimes it feels that way...). Of course, Tinderbox can work with text files efficiently as well. Tinderbox itself just isn't a portable program from one platform to another - at least not yet. I know Mark is working on a Windows version. |
Uh oh...security update screws 64-bit apps Apple Security Update 2005-007 Breaks 64-Bit Apps - 64-bit software users are reporting a serious problem with Apple's security update 2005-007. Apparently the update which fixes 43 known issues with Mac OS X also breaks 64-bit applications, like Wolfram's Mathematica. According to Apple, "Security Update 2005-007 delivers a number of security enhancements and is recommended for all Macintosh users. This update includes the following components: AppKit, BlueTooth, CoreFoundation, cups, Directory Services, HIToolBox, Kerberos, loginwindow, Mail, OpenSSL, QuartzComposerScreenSaver, Security Interface, Safari, X11, and zlib."
A convincing letter about why to buy a Mac I like a lot of the writing that Giles Turnbull is doing lately on the MacDevCenter, but today's letter to his big brother about why he should buy a Mac is a real winner:
Apple releases another security update Apple delivers Security Update 2005-007 - Apple has posted Security Update 2005-007 via Mac OS X's Software Update utility and on the Web. The update includes changes to the following components: AppKit, BlueTooth, CoreFoundation, cups, Directory Services, HIToolBox, Kerberos, loginwindow, Mail, OpenSSL, QuartzComposerScreenSaver, Security Interface, Safari, X11, and zlib. [MacMinute.com]
Good tips for making an old Mac a backup server Macworld has a good story online right now that offers step-by-step instructions for how to turn an old Mac into a backup server. Why? Because old Macs can last for years, and your data should too.
Templates to export Tinderbox docs to PalmDocs Tinderbox to PalmDoc - Benoit Pointet has developed a nifty set of templates that export Tinderbox documents to PalmDocs. [Tinderbox Syndicate]
Giles Turnbull on living in text files Giles Turnbull writes about an intriguing idea that I have tried before - living in text files. It makes me wonder why I stopped... The main benefit of living in text files:
Everyone is not a fan of Mighty Mouse Mighty Mouse failed to save the day for Glenn Fleishman:
MacDevCenter looks at NeoOffice/J What Is NeoOffice/J (and Can It Replace MS Office) - NeoOffice/J is the long-awaited Mac-friendly version of OpenOffice. This open source project provides Mac users with most of the functionality of Microsoft Office, but for free. Is NeoOffice robust enough to serve as your only office suite in a Microsoft-dominated world? Matthew Russell explores. Plus, an in-depth interview with its lead developer, Patrick Lubby. [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com]
What I am reading - how to move iTunes libraries Chris Breen's article on Playlistmag.com has some information I can use this week, as I shift my iTunes library from my rapidly filling PowerBook G4 to a 200 GB external hard drive: How to shift iTunes libraries
Ted Goranson on outlining and styles More good reading from Ted Goranson over at About This Particular Macintosh - Outlining and styles
Creating sidenotes on Web sites with CSS This is an excellent way to create sidenotes on Web pages, which should come in handy if I want to create more information-rich and complex Web sites in the future. Why would I want to experiment with sidenotes and rich information architecture? It could have something to do with spending a full day a couple of weeks ago in a seminar put on by Edward Tufte. Tufte's Web site includes some enlightening discussion on this topic and more - all about presenting information graphically. I found the pointer to the sidenotes post on another notes post on DaringFireball.
On Apple and 'Trusted' computing John Gruber hits the nail on the head regarding the latest diatribes against Apple over the use of DRM technology in the developer version of Mac OS X that runs on Intel chips:
Although he singles out Cory Doctorow, many others jumped on this bandwagon. Ironically, given my penchant for pointing out Apple's many mistakes on this blog, I have not felt like it is time to start slamming Apple over something it may or may not be doing when the real version of Mac OS X arrives for Intel machines. I prefer to give the benefit of the doubt...
Note to self - be careful running at night I started training this week to run my first 10K in years - the Bank to Bay run here in Tacoma on Sept. 11. And so I am mixing up my exercise, adding short 2-3 mile runs to my occasional bike commutes to work a few times each week. Today I did the bike commute, then came home and have been chatting with Natalie - she is off at a Republican lobbyist convention in Dallas, Texas...yuck. Next thing I knew it was 9 p.m. and starting to get dark here in Puget Sound country. So I strapped on my new running shoes and went outside for a quick 2-mile run. A little more than a mile into the run I managed to trip on one of my fine city's "excellent" sidewalks. I tumbled in a heap, dragging my right knee on the concrete for a while just for good measure. I bounced right up and finished my run. Back at home, I cleaned the wounds and shook my head. It feels like I am a little boy again, with a scuffed knee from doing something when I should have known better. But there are no lasting injuries. Excellent! Sometimes it takes a minor spill to remind me I am alive. And what better time for a fall than on a cooling summer evening...
Apple finally gets it with the Mighty Mouse Apple's Mouse Goes Mighty - David Moody, Apple's vice president of Mac product marketing, said the company waited until it was able to design a mouse that had the scrolling and multiple-button features but was still as simple to use as the one-click original. By Ina Fried and Dinesh C. Sharma, CNET News.com [myapplemenu] UPDATE: Engadget offers a roundup listing the reviews of the Mighty Mouse posted to date...
All about Flickr What Is Flickr (and Hot Tips for Using It) - Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. And it's also one of the most innovative photo services available today. In this article, Giles Turnbull shows you how Flickr works, then introduces you to some of the great tools you can use to interact with it. [O'Reilly MacDevCenter.com] |
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