Archive for November, 2007

links for 2007-11-30

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Starry Night 6.2.1 Mac-based astronomy software. (tags: mac software astronomy)

3G iPhone in 2008 Confirmed by AT&T

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

(Via TidBITS.) There's no real surprise in this news from Bloomberg, but in speaking to a group of stockholders and financial analysts about a 3G-capable iPhone, AT&T's chief executive Randall Stephenson said, "You'll have it next year." Steve Jobs justified Apple's failure to include faster 3G cell data capabilities in the ...

iPod nano a popular holiday shopping item once again

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

(Via Infinite Loop.) Analysts from ThinkEquity Partners have found that the 8GB iPod nano was the most purchased iPod during this Thanksgiving weekend, despite the iPod touch getting lots of interest from consumers.

Mix: EMI, Greenpeace, Google Maps, iPhone

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

(Via iLounge.) According to a Reuters report, EMI may be planning to significantly reduce its payments to industry trade groups such as the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and others that represent the music companies and help fight piracy. EMI was recently ...

links for 2007-11-29

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Get Step-by-Step Video Cooking Guides at FoodTube [Food] Web site FoodTube aggregates cooking videos from sites like YouTube and Google Video by recipe to give you visual step-by-step instructions for preparing a dish. Some of the videos are user-generated while others appear to be cooking shows uploaded to You (tags: cooking video) CandyBar ...

Google’s ‘Gdrive’ online storage soon

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

(Via Macworld UK.) Google may deliver an online storage service in the coming monthsGoogle will release an online storage and backup service in the coming months, adding to its suite of hosted services, which already includes a variety of communication and collaboration applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Apple to battle Nokia over touch screen patents?

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

(Via Macworld UK.) Analyst puts cat among pigeons, predicts touch screen patent face offApple may go on the defensive to protect its 200 touch screen patents against future products from Nokia in the battle for iPhone, an analyst said this morning.

R56 MINI Cooper S Blue Mood Lighting

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

(Via Mini Cooper Photo Pool.) DavidB_2007 has added a photo to the pool: My R56 MINI Cooper S Interior Blue Mood Lighting

Creating A Scheduled Bootable Backup

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

I'm at the end of testing for a new schedule bootable backup routine. It's pretty simple, involving Carbon Copy Cloner and two two-line shell scripts. Though I like Time Machine quite a bit, it has one gaping hole - the inability to make bootable backups. I've already been through the process ...

links for 2007-11-23

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Usingmac.com - Mac OS X Leopard: 200+ Productivity Booster Keyboard Shortcuts (tags: mac keyboard shortcuts osx reference) Recommended IMAP client settings Google-recommended settings for GMail IMAP. (tags: mail google gmail imap)