I’ve wanted a NeXTCube since I first learned what they were, which was well after they stopped being made, and some time after Apple bought NeXT. Last summer, I finally got one as Dan Messing decided he didn’t want to lug his out to Portland in his move. It was a physical machine, but not much more than that. It couldn’t boot. It couldn’t even power on. But hey… it had that awesome little logo on every component, and that was a hell of a start.
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On NYT Executive Exit Packages
Janet Robinson, the New York Times Co. chief executive officer who was pushed out in December, received an exit package, including stock options and retirement benefits, of $23.7 million.
In the last four years, the company only made $3 million. While I’m not great at math…
Encyclopedia Britannica No Longer in Print
"If the iPad and Candy Land Got Together..."
This week on the 512 Podcast, Myke and I talk about the Apple Extended II keyboard, the history of the Apple TV and AirPlay.
Thanks to Text Expander for sponsoring this week’s show.
512 Pixels: Version 1.5
Here are the recent changes to the site:
- New footer artwork.
- Body text set in Adobe Text Pro.
- RSS sponsorships are now linked items.
- Site is now responsive — be sure to visit it on an iPhone, or resize your browser. ( PJ is still tinkering with the iPad version.)
Tweetbot 2.1
A History of Apple’s Server Products — Sans the Xserve, Which was Boring
Apple Workgroup Server
“Apple Workgroup Server” was the name given to machines shipped from Apple from 1995 to 2003.
These machines were based on standard shipping hardware at the time, from the Quadra 950 (known as the Workgroup Server 95) to the full range of PowerMac G4s, dubbed the “Macintosh Server G4.”
Later machines shipped with Mac OS X Server, but the earlier ones ran an Apple-built version of Unix named A/UX.
Sponsor: TextExpander →
Thanks to Smile Software for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week. I use TextExpander heavily throughout my day, and can’t say enough good things about it. If you don’t have it running on your Mac, you’re wasting time — its that simple.
Do you type the same things again and again? TextExpander will save you time and keystrokes.
Just assign short abbreviations to your frequently-used snippets of text and TextExpander does the work for you. You can also use one of the included snippet libraries for HTML, CSS, autocorrection, accented words and URL shorteners.
On the Original Macintosh Fonts
Digitizing Life: the Doxie Go
While at Macworld, I ran in to the guys behind the Doxie Go portable scanner. A few weeks later, I had one sitting on my desk from them.
At first, I wasn’t sure how much I’d use the thing. It turns out that not a day goes by without me running something through the machine.
I’m nearing the end of the process in creating an LLC to wrap around the site and some other work I do. It seems that forming an LLC in the state of Tennessee takes roughly one million sheets of paper. Thanks to the Doxie Go, scanning is easy and quick. This device has great battery life, and with the built-in storage, I can scan a bunch of papers and import them all at once.
Jonathan Ive, on Creating
What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, is this idea that one day there is no idea, and no solution, but then the next day there is an idea. Where you see the most dramatic shift is when you transition from an abstract idea to a slightly more material conversation. But when you make a 3D model, however crude, you bring form to a nebulous idea and everything changes — the entire process shifts. It galvanises and brings focus from a broad group of people. It’s a remarkable process.
‘I Get It Wrong All The Time’
I was excited to be part of Michael’s great 2x4 interview series. I hope you enjoy it.