Archive for April, 2005
Mac OS X Tiger Review
There is an extremely good, in depth review of Apple’s latest OS X release over at Ars Technica. It’s the best one I’ve read so far.
[Hat tip to MacSlash]
200+ New Features
While some may be borderline “features”, you can find out more about Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)’s features on Apple’s website. There are some really cool things included with this release.
Tawkin’
You can take the boy out of the South but you can’t take the South out of the boy.
Your Linguistic Profile:
65% General American English
30% Dixie
5% Yankee
0% Midwestern
0% Upper Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
That Yankee score isn’t too bad when you consider that I’ve lived in New England for 9 years!
[Note: I found […]
Corporate Drone
Sometimes you read the most insightful things on Slashdot. It’s rare, I admit, but it does happen every once in a while. Here’s a quote from this morning that I can relate to in such an intimate way that it makes my heart sink.
It’s your job as a corporate drone to rate management’s […]
Xbench Benchmarks
Results 200.91
System Info
Xbench Version 1.1.3
System Version 10.3.8 (7U16)
Physical RAM 2048 MB
Model […]
Geek Code
My Geek Code.
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Version: 3.1
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N++ o– K- w O++ M++ V PS– PE++ Y– PGP t+ 5 X++ R– tv
b++ DI++ D+++ G e++ h++ r+++ y++++
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Hacker Key
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Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) Release Announced
Apple has announced the availability date for its next release of Mac OS X code-named Tiger: Friday, April 29. It’s going to have some really cool new features such as Spotlight, Dashboard, Safari RSS, iChat AV, Automator, Quicktime 7, .Mac Sync and Tiger Mail 2.
For those of you who cannot wait for new things […]
Cookie Monster to Cut Back
They say that old habits are hard to break and anyone who has ever been around a smoker trying to quit knows it’s difficult on everyone. Well, I personally think that sugar would be a hard habit to break and when I read this article at the BBC my heart sank. Oh the […]
An ISP Code of Conduct?
Well, the recording industries are at it again. This time they want ISPs to agree to a code of conduct that is anything but reasonable. I’m very much against copyright infringement but to stand behind organizations that use such tactics is something I just cannot do.
The President and his iPod
So what does President Bush listen to when he goes on his bike rides? The BBC has takes a peek inside the First iPod.