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Leo Bodnar has a great look at the interconnect board on the Mac mini G4:

I have noticed a missing unpopulated connector on a vertical CD/HDD interconnect board. There are also a few components that were left out during assembly. There is surprisingly big (by mini standards) empty space around that area inside the mini case.

Connector has a full Firewire bus and extra control signals on it. What could it be? Integrated iPod dock at the top of Mac mini case? Interface to some other external device? Missing internal module? Extra row of external connectors on the back?

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2014 is sold out, but I’ve just rolled out RSS sponsorship spots for the first couple of months of 2015. If you want to help me keep the lights on and have your product or company shared with a bunch of good-looking, well-read nerds, get in touch.

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Jonathan Hoover breaks down what has to be one of the weirder Apple hardware prototypes that has ever leaked.

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Remember Sugarstring, the Verizon-backed “news” site?

It’s dead.

Here’s Verizon’s statement to DSL Reports:

As you know, we’ve always said this was a pilot project; and as with any pilot project, we evaluate, take our learnings, improve our execution and move forward. That’s what we’ve decided to do here.

via The Verge

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Earlier today, Greg Pierce, the developer of Drafts tweeted:

Welp. Enjoy the Drafts Today widget while it lasts. Apple has required me to re-submit w/o the buttons to create drafts or open the app…

— Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise) December 2, 2014

@johnvoorhees No buttons. I was told the Today view is for information presentation only, essentially.

— Greg Pierce (@agiletortoise) December 2, 2014

If this is true, it would mean Today widgets from apps like Evernote and the just-re-blessed PCalc are in trouble.

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NASA:

In the not-too-distant future, astronauts destined to be the first people to walk on Mars will leave Earth aboard an Orion spacecraft. Carried aloft by the tremendous power of a Space Launch System rocket, our explorers will begin their Journey to Mars from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the spirit of humanity with them to the Red Planet.

The first future human mission to Mars and those that follow will require the ingenuity and dedication of an entire generation. It’s a journey worth the risks. We take the next step on that journey this Thursday, Dec. 4, with the uncrewed, first flight test of Orion.

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Bradley Chambers over on The Sweet Setup:

The Apple ecosystem has no shortage of ways to share files. There are countless apps and services that aim to make this as easy as possible. With a lot of the articles we write here at The Sweet Setup, we are comparing apps and services that are virtually identical outside of user interface. With this category, that is not the case. These apps, while appearing similar, all have a different focus.

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Simple Beep is a new podcast that does deep dives on historical Apple topics. So far, Ed and Brian have tackled the startup chime and interface customization.

If you like some of my old Apple stuff, check out this show.

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There’s been a lot of talk over the last few days about podcasting and podcasting equipment.

Production and gear costs are — to a degree — a chicken-and-egg problem in podcasting. Blogging has a very low barrier to entry; podcasting’s is higher.

However, if you want to be taken seriously, it does matter — to a degree — how you sound. I don’t think Casey’s argument of “Use whatever you can, even your earbuds, if you have to. The point is what you’re saying, not how it sounds” is a good one.

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My iPhone’s hardware is so … boring.

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This week, we are back to discuss Federico’s use of a remote Mac mini for weird tasks and my new Pebble before debating Twitter’s new App Graph.

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