Apple Ships LED Cinema Display Software Update 1.1⇢

Apple Support:

This update addresses an issue with the 27-inch LED Cinema Display that may prevent sound from playing back through the speakers on the display.

Please leave your 27-inch LED Cinema Display attached to your Mac during the update process. Your screen may go black momentarily while the update is installing.

Just ran this on my display with no issues. Hopefully it fixes the bug, which has driven me crazy for months.

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New Thin iMac For Sale⇢

Starting at $1299 for a 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with 8 GB of RAM and a spinning hard disk, the new iMacs are now for sale. The 27-inch models ship in a couple of weeks. For $4,249.00, you can load up one of the bigger machines with these goodies:

  • 3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
  • 32GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM
  • 768GB Flash Storage
  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5

I ordered 5 entry-level models today for work.

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Review: The Fitbit One

In my Nike+ Fuelband review, I wrote:

Over the last few months, I’ve seemed to fallen out of love with the FuelBand. It’s a little too bulky for my taste, and it’s rather limited in what it captures, not to mention it doesn’t seem to be holding up well.

I closed my review saying I had pre-ordered the Fitbit One.

They are very different devices, the Fuelband and Fitbit One. Here are my thoughts.

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Pay It⇢

On this week’s Amplified, Jim and Dan talk about their growing businesses. The Loop is an awesome site, and this episode is a great look behind the kimono.

Spoiler alert: there’s a badass beard in there.

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SOPA Author Gets House Science, Space, and Tech Committee Nod

Amanda Terkel at the Huffington Post:

Smith, like many of his Republican colleagues, has expressed doubt that global warming is caused by human behavior. In 2009, he criticized the media for not airing enough “dissenting opinions” about climate change.

The Verge’s Chris Welch:

Additionally, those following net neutrality will instantly recognize Rep. Smith as the author of the controversial, much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act. Though SOPA legislation was ultimately tabled in response to fierce backlash, Smith’s promotion to committee chairman could raise new concerns that he’ll again attempt to address online piracy with similarly heavy-handed measures. It’s expected that the House will vote in favor of Smith’s new role today.

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The 512 Podcast 040 - I Could Take a Certain Amount of Ugly⇢

This week, Myke and I take to our microphones to answer your questions about life, love, cartoons, technology and awesome Lego sets:

- Stephen’s Omnifocus

Translucent⇢

I love what Benj Edwards is doing over at Macworld:

What few realize about the birth of Apple’s translucent industrial design is that it didn’t start with the iMac. At least five Apple products prior to the iMac incorporated translucent plastics. In fact, the trend originated within Apple some two years before the launch of the iMac and almost a year before Steve Jobs returned to the company.

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