Archive for October, 2003

Predicament
Thursday, October 30th, 2003

So, the time to decide exactly what Powerbook to buy is getting closer. My boss’ house is refinanced, so I’m guessing we will actually order something in the next few weeks, end of November at the latest (I’m hoping!). He has been known to take a while to do things sometimes though, so hopefully this […]

G4 iBooks
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

WOW! Apple is really on a roll all of the sudden! I don’t think anyone saw this coming, I don’t even know if any of the rumor sites caught it…

Apple just announced all new G4 iBooks, now completely abandoning their older G3 processor.

You can now get an 800mhz G4 iBook with a 12” screen for […]

OneWord: Commotion
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

Dictionary.com says a synonym for commotion is hubbub. I didn’t know that was a real word… It reminds me of Daffy Duck. I remember a cartoon with him in it from when I was little where he said “What’s all the hubbub, bub?”. Or maybe he said that all the time. I don’t remember. I […]

iTunes Music Store
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

Just about everyone on the internet has already covered the new iTunes Music Store for Windows topic, but I’ve been busy and haven’t been able to write about it, so I’m going to now even if it is a week and a half late.
To sum up all of my feelings in a word, I’ll […]

Mozilla.org Redesign Beta
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

While I’m talking about web site redesigns I may as well post my thoughts on the new Mozilla beta site which was redesigned by Dave Shea of Mezzoblue.

Overall I think it is terrific. Finally they’ll have a site that is good looking and easy to use for the user, rather than having the whole thing […]

New A List Apart
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2003

A List Apart has completely redesigned, front and back-end they tell us. I have mixed feelings on it though…

Good things…

It doesn’t have that terrible orange/green color scheme anymore. Hooray! Seriously, Zeldman is a very smart guy, I just really don’t know what his deal is with orange…

The discussion portions of each article are nice, giving […]

Gamepad Companion
Thursday, October 16th, 2003

Word on the street is that some people are having trouble getting their gamepads to work with certain emulators on MacOSX. So I did a little searching and found GamePad Companion for OSX which allows you to map your gamepad to keyboard or mouse buttons, and even control the mouse cursor with the D-Pad on […]

PUSA is coming back!
Saturday, October 11th, 2003

According to this article, one of my favorite bands of all time, the Presidents of the United States of America, is back together and will be releasing new material next year. Hooray! It said they will be re-releasing their self titled album on president’s day of 2004, and then releasing new material after that. I […]

AppRocket
Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

AppRocket is basically a Windows copy of MacOSX’s LaunchBar. It is an application launcher, that you control with the keyboard.

You just hit Alt+Spacebar, which makes the AppRocket interface slide down from the top of the screen. Then you enter the abbreviation for the program, bookmark, song, or file you want to open, and press enter. […]

OneWord: Stretch
Wednesday, October 8th, 2003

Stretching is quite an enjoyable experience. A good stretch in the morning before you get out of bed in the morning is always a good way to start the day. And maybe one before you go to sleep. It’s also important to stretch before and after exercising, though it seems like I’ve heard stretching afterwards […]