The January Project
If you’ve been paying attention to my Flickr gallery lately, you may have noticed a recent picture called “Bump”. That’s not just a random belly: Kim and I are going to be parents near the end of January! I know, we’re rushing into this – we’ve only been married 14 years – but we’re excited. ...
TidBITS Redesign Is Now Live!
This has been a long time coming, and now I’m happy to announce that the redesigned Web site for TidBITS is now live. The backend was built by Glenn Fleishman, I did the graphics and HTML/CSS, and publishers Adam and Tonya Engst herded Glenn and I. We’ll be talking more about the redesign in TidBITS ...
Un-damn: $100 iPhone Rebate
I shed a little tear yesterday at the news that the iPhone dropped $200 in price, but today I’m dry-eyed: Apple to Offer $100 iPhone Rebate for Early Purchasers.
8 GB iPhone Now $400. Damn.
Yes, I finally broke down and bought an iPhone – on August 8, which inconveniently for me is outside Apple’s 14-day price protection guarantee. That means I paid $600 a month ago for what costs $400 now. But I’m not really upset, honest. Every single time I get a phone call, I feel a zing ...
Hobbies
This short film is great: all about the frustration that hobbies can bring. (Better quality QuickTime version here, but it might not stay at that URL, so I’ve linked to the YouTube version below.)
NBC Yanking TV Shows from iTunes
Macworld: iTunes Store to stop selling NBC shows in September NBC: “Thanks to Apple and iTunes, we’re making money we otherwise wouldn’t have made, so now we’re greedy bastards.” I suppose some people might be compelled to try the new Fox/NBC Hulu.com service, which I read somewhere will require that you’re online to watch. But ...
Coffee Drinks Illustrated
This is a great, simple-to-understand diagram of popular coffee drinks: Coffee Drinks Illustrated. Click to view the whole thing. This would make a great poster.
Macworld’s iMovie ’08 Review
Macworld has posted their review of iMovie ’08, written by Mike Curtis of HD for Indies. (I was originally tapped to write the review, but I had to back out; my plate is overflowing already, and I wouldn’t have had the time to review iMovie ’08 fully given that it’s now a completely new program.) ...
Goodbye Gonzales. Dems, Don’t Screw This Up, Too
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced his resignation today (effective September 16), eliciting a collective sigh of relief across the nation. The term “incompetent” gets thrown around too much these days (and isn’t that a statement on the political climate we’re living in), so I’m not going to say that Gonzales was incompetent – he was ...
iMovie 7.0.1 Fixes Bugs
Apple today updated iMovie ’08, fixing unspecified bugs and addressing an issue with publishing to .Mac Web galleries. The iMovie 7.0.1 updater is a 9 MB download, or is available via Software Update.
