The story is that Apple’s done this because the group’s philosophy that products should be easy to disassemble for recycling doesn’t jive with Apple’s product line anymore.
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iPad mini Mockups⇢
This is a nice way to see what a 7.85 inch iPad would look like, if you have a little too much time on your hands this weekend.
Thomas Brand Mourns Thunderbird⇢
Sometimes, a guy just has to pour one out.
On Mountain Lion’s System Requirements and Consumer Confusion - Updated
The past few versions of Mac OS X have had fairly simple-to-remember key system requirements. If a machine met these key requirements, the other ones (RAM, available hard drive space) were met by default in most cases:
- Leopard required a 867 Mhz G4 or better
- Snow Leopard was Intel-only.
- Lion required a Core2Duo processor or higher
Mountain Lion, due out this month, has slightly more complicated specs:
- OS X v10.6.8 or later
- 2GB of memory
- 8GB of available space
Additionally, these machines are the only ones supported:
Mozilla Halts Thunderbird Development⇢
The final version will ship in November.
Five Decades of Batmobile⇢
I can’t wait for the new movie, in which the Batmobile has gained the ability to fly, apparently.
On Paying Writers⇢
Aaron Mahnke, on the Read & Trust blog:
Read & Trust exists to bring together some of the best online writers around and make it easy for readers to experience and follow them, without wasting time through trial and error. These writers cover a wide range of topics, from politics to tech, and travel to…well…even writing itself. And they’re damn good at what they do.
If you aren’t a paying member of Read & trust, it’s time to change that.
Apple Removes Reviews After DRM Bug [Update]⇢
The right move.
Rather than remove the 1-star reviews — as far as I can tell, they’re all still there — it appears that Apple has triggered a reupdate on the affected apps, Instapaper included.
A re-issue isn’t a bad move, either.
More on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Nuba Mountains⇢
More video from my brother’s trip to Africa last month.
SmoothSync⇢
Using Launch Center Pro with OmniFocus⇢
Michael Schechter is King of the Nerds today.
A Review and Walk-Through of ‘Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview’
Note: This post contains spoilers. Hence, the page break on the homepage of the site. — SH
I just finished watching Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview.
While (like Marco), I can’t shake the feeling that the whole thing is a money-grab, after watching it, I’m happy I dropped the $4 to rent the hour long video.
Here are some thoughts, written up as I watched the interview.