Well, someone has way too much time on their hands, but this is cool:
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Verizon’s acquisition of AOL complete⇢
That seemed fast.
How to set Logic Pro X’s project time and banish that pesky leading hour
If you record or edit in Logic, you may have noticed the fun quirk of the application in which the project time has an hour added to it by default:
This has always annoyed me while working on podcasts, as I don’t need the options and power that time synchronization offers. Thankfully, it’s easy to tell Logic to remove the leading hour by navigating in the menubar to File → Project Settings → Synchronization. 
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Apple discontinues original iPad mini
This morning, Apple quietly removed the original iPad mini from its online store, as noted by 9to5Mac:
Apple’s discontinuation of the iPad mini leaves the remaining iPads as a completely 64-bit family, all using either A7 and A8X processors rather than the iPad mini’s aging A5. It also means that all remaining iPads have Retina displays and unified Wi-Fi + Cellular models.
While the A5 is still around in a couple of very sad devices, I know a lot of developers are glad to see Apple finally moving forward. iOS 9 will run on a lot of older devices, but I do think it may be the last iOS release to hold that line.
Ten years ago, Apple brought podcasting to iTunes
Ten years ago this month, at WWDC 2005, Apple brought podcasting to iTunes.
The feature launched on June 28, 2005, three weeks after the keynote. Here’s the Apple PR Machine:
Apple today announced it is taking Podcasting mainstream by building everything users need to discover, subscribe, manage and listen to Podcasts right into iTunes 4.9, the latest version of its award winning digital music software and online music store. iTunes users can now easily subscribe to over 3,000 free Podcasts and have each new episode automatically delivered over the Internet to their computer and iPod.
Connected 44: Ignorance By Design⇢
I missed Connected this week, but it’s a good one:
This week the Europeans are going it alone to talk about the new iOS Notes app, iOS 9 on the iPad, Editorial 1.2, and whether WatchKit should have existed.
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Amazon updates Kindle Paperwhite⇢
Dieter Bohn:
Amazon is updating the Kindle Paperwhite today with a new display, now at 300 pixels per inch. That’s twice as sharp as the last iteration and the equal of the more expensive Kindle Voyage. Essentially, at $119, it takes away the biggest reason to opt for the $199 Voyage, whose advantages over the Paperwhite now mainly include a flush glass screen and separate page-turning “buttons” on the side. Amazon points out that the Voyage also has a higher-contrast, brighter screen — but the question is whether all of those things put together are worth the extra $80.
Bowling for Sudan⇢
I’m a terrible bowler, but raising money for the amazing work my brother does in Sudan is well worth the embarrassment. I’d love if you’d help me reach my fundraising goal.
Kbase Article of the Week: Power Mac G5: Memory Specifications and Requirements⇢
In my ‘Kbase Article of the Week’ series, I highlight a random Apple support document — old or new — that is interesting or odd. Maybe I need a hobby besides this stuff.
Next time you need to rememer type of memory used in Power Mac G5 and Power Mac G5 (June 2004) computers, just remember this article, number HT201689.
iMore’s OS X El Capitan first look⇢
Rene Ritchie:
As Snow Leopard refined and advanced Leopard, as Mountain Lion refined and advanced Lion, so too is OS X El Capitan intended to refine and advance last year’s OS X Yosemite. That means the focus isn’t on major redesigns or profound system-level changes, though there is a little of both to be found. Instead, Apple is making OS X smarter, and giving it considerably more polish.
For El Cap, that means new window management options, including an improved Mission Control and new Split View. The company has made Spotlight smarter and improved stock OS X apps like Notes, Safari, Mail, Maps, and Photos. They’ve enhanced performance, stability, and security—including bringing iOS graphics framework Metal to the Mac. They’ve even added new system fonts: San Francisco for alphabetic languages; Ping Fang for Chinese; tweaks to the Japanese system font, Hiragino Sans; and improved input methods for both Chinese and Japanese.
WWDC 2015 Debrief
On the whole, WWDC 2015 brought less news and less change than its two immediate predecessors. Apple is still on top of the world, but this year, it’s about refining and polishing, not wide-reaching changes.
That’s not to say there isn’t news to be talk about. As someone whose tablet is basically a Netflix machine most weeks, I’m excited Apple finally realized they can do cool things with it. Unshackling the iPad from the iPhone’s feature set is a huge change with tradition, and one I welcome.