Posted on September 30, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Once upon a time there was a beautiful computer company who lived in the magic valley far to the west. And this computer company made graceful, elegant, useful machines that everyone loved. True, it was hard to develop software for the beautiful computer because the beautiful company only wanted beautiful software. And true, the beautiful [...]
Posted on September 28, 2008 at 6:56 am
Every Friday1 we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
This week we’re as excited as you are to know that WebKit is the first browser to pass the Acid3 test. Let’s talk about that, shall we?
Q: What is [...]
Posted on September 25, 2008 at 6:54 am
11:15pm, Day one - My Hotel Room: Finish talking with wife on iChat. Set alarm on cell phone to wake me up at 6:00AM.
3:25 am, Day two - My Hotel Room: Dream that cats have taken over planet. All requests for food are must be phrased in the form of “I can has soup?” (really)1
6:30 [...]
Posted on September 24, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Since I didn’t have free access on campus, I wrote my notes for the day on paper, and I’m putting them here now.
8:15 - Salt Lake City: Waiting for my plane to board. A man across the isle of seats from me is reading about the launch of the new G1 Phone. I can tell [...]
Posted on September 23, 2008 at 11:59 pm
So, The Crazy Apple News Crew (CANC?) leaves early tomorrow morning to go to Colorado for a day. We’re going by plane (but by biplane. This is the 21st century, not the 19th.), so the title doesn’t really make any sense at all. But my question to you all is: What does one do when [...]
Posted on September 19, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
This week: Terminal
Q: D00d, ru a 1337 HAXX0R?
A: No, I speak English. Not idiot.
Q:Whatev, man. I’m a total hacker. I could hack your Mac right now, and you wouldn’t [...]
Posted on September 16, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Despite non-true rumors that the 1st-Gen iPod Classics would be getting the Genius feature, there’s a group of iPod owners out there that just ain’t happy.
“We Shuffle owners feel left out,” said S. Huffle, owner of every iPod Shuffle since the one that looked like gum. “We always get the short end of the stick. [...]
Posted on September 15, 2008 at 11:03 pm
You may have noticed a brief outage earlier today. Hopefully, looking at the site now, you’ll see why that happened. This should be the last theme change for a while. Until they come out with a Snow Leopard theme, anyway.
Posted on September 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm
So, while I was chatting with Steve Jobs on the phone after the “Let’s Rock” event he received a call from John Mayer. I don’t know if he meant to put it on three-way calling, or if he just meant to put me on hold, but this is a transcript of the call:
Phone rings
Jobs: Oh [...]
Posted on September 12, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Every Friday we publish a list of inFrequently Asked Questions and answers to help you, the Crazy Apple user, get more out of your Crazy Apple products.
This week we return to an old favorite who just got a new look. That’s right, HyperCard! Er, no, I mean, iTunes 8.
Q; Is iTunes 8 really all that [...]