Holy crap, John Pozadzides is insane:
[via Lifehacker]
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April Fools’ Online Jokes Begin
Most Mac users will most likely remember comments made by Michael Dell during the black period of Apple. But the direction of the wind changed and it now fully blows into Apple sails, leaving Dell in the behind. The company has lost its leadership on the Pc market, and keeps going down, today Apple weights 7 times Dell on the market stocks exchange. But, let’s stop here the introduction to concentrate on this historical day. Apple announced to have acquired Dell for 10 billion USD, and in shares for the remaining capitals at a rate of 6 Dell for 1 Apple, giving a bonus of 12% for Dell shares.
Afghanistan, the iPhone and Photojournalism
Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder not only documents the war in Afghanistan with traditional digital cameras, he also used an iPhone camera, carried in his flak jacket pocket, coupled with a Polaroid film filter application to photograph the daily lives of Marines, Afghan soldiers and fellow journalists during the military offensive in Marjah, Afghanistan.
Each shot is fascinating and gut-wrenching, all at the same time.
[via Gruber]
eWorld Shut Down 14 Years Ago Today
System Folder’s Riccardo Mori:
I wasn’t an eWorld subscriber, yet I remember the phenomenon fondly. I believe it was another Apple creation with potential, but the high costs of the service (and perhaps Apple’s lack of belief, too) prevented it from really taking off. Too bad it was just discontinued without morphing it into something that could survive on the Web, Apple could have taken advantage of the faithful eWorlders’ sense of community to expand it online and pioneering today’s social networks, for instance. But I guess it was not the right timeframe for Apple, not in its best of shapes financially.
Gizmodo Explains how to Shatter an iPad
Engadget Test Drove a Chevy Volt
Man, it’s such a good-looking car. And while it’s not as revolutionary as Chevy would make it to be, I do think it’s the future of automobiles.
iBooks Only Available on the iPad
From the new iTunes 9.1:
So I guess iTunes isn’t going to server as an e-book reader after all. While I’m sure it has everything to do with licensing ebook content on multiple devices, I find it disappointing that the entire iBook experience is locked to the iPad at this point.
Again, I Ask, Why is Apple’s Secrecy News?
Apple store workers say they have yet to see or touch the iPad, even though the launch is just days away and they are being trained and encouraged to talk about Apple’s newest device with customers.
“We haven’t seen it; we never do” before a product is launched, said one employee, who asked not to be identified because workers are barred from speaking with the media. “Every store employee I know, including the managers, they haven’t seen it.”
Next Version of Office for Mac Still Ugly
I mean, have they ever read Apple’s interface guidelines?
10.6.3 Fixes DNS Issues
DNS server ordering as specified in Network Preferences and DNS reliability.
This was annoying in environments with on-site DNS.
The Rush
I remember writing that first post as if I published it yesterday. I so clearly recall the first time I felt the novelty of writing something combined with the adrenaline rush of publishing it. Even now, four years later, I still feel that same novelty and that same rush every time I publish a new article.
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Publishing a weblog has been the best thing I could have done for my writing. It is a format that really works for me: I enjoy it, I’m challenged by it, inspired by it, and frustrated by it. I love it and I hate it. Some days I cannot wait to sit down at my keyboard, while other days I consider quitting altogether and spending all that new free time building furniture. And but so the blend of emotion is sort of my proof that I ought to keep growing and writing.