January 2008
Five ways you can make life easier for new Mac... →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Holidays
As we close out 2007, there are thousands of new Mac users just beginning to explore the wonderful world found on those shiny computers that were tucked under the tree/menorah/nonsectarian gift deployment venue. If there’s one thing we’d recommend that experienced Mac hands could do to make the adjustment easier… well, there...
@coryb Well, it was either that or cram myself into an 8x8 square of drunken strangers someplace else. (No, no I’m not — never have.)
@panache You’ll be happy with the Chicory Stout. Also, since Raison d’Etre is 8% alcohol vs 5.6% for CS, you’ll be sober-er.
@panache Dogfish Head Raison ‘d Etre. Sooo very yummy.
Tempted by the Absolut New Orleans: mango & black pepper-flavored vodka. Probably makes a killer Bloody Mary… but I went with plain.
Travel reminder: Spare laptop batteries now... →
Filed under: Portables, Odds and ends
Planning a big trip in the new year? Someplace, I dunno, kinda hilly and foggy? If you’re bringing along spare batteries for your laptop, take note of new FAA regulations starting January 1: lithium batteries, such as the Li-ion packs that power the MacBook Pro, are no longer permitted in checked baggage due to a remote risk of fire. Two extra batteries...
@bmf whew. Now I can enjoy my New Year’s celebration in ease and relaxation. :-)
December 2007
@blankbaby Off-camera, Andru can be faintly heard saying “I will kick Scott McNulty’s doubting-Thomas ass.” :-)
@bmf OK, http://tinyurl.com/32jmvg — please do not roshambo me at Macworld, that would be a serious buzzkill. Best of luck to the lemurs.
Last chance to save lemurs with Delicious... →
Filed under: Odds and ends, Developer
If a man bills himself as the world’s toughest programmer (site may be NSFW, depending on your sensitivity to four-letter or 12-letter words) it’s usually a good idea to take notice when he sets his mind to something. Delicious Monster developer Mike Lee has created a campaign to help save the lemur population of Madagascar, by soliciting $100...
@ShawnKing Yep, a laid-back night in Brooklyn with the kids and some friends. And food. And Veuve Cliquot.
Man, the filesystem check on Infrant NAS upgrades takes for-ev-ah.
I’d love to install the beta of [redacted] to see if I can [unh-uh] an instance of [nope], but I don’t have enough [zip it!] to spare. NDA:(
Considering a DVD trivia game purchase for tonight’s bound-to-wake-the-neighbors shindig.
@panache You mean Google Maps + iPhone has failed you in your search for help? The world is shifting under my feet. :-(
Abbreviated day today. Trying to close out the year’s paperwork.
@missbhavens time to upgrade, sad to say — I loved my Pismo.
Last talkcast of the year is put to bed. Whew.
@AndruEdwards OK, you win, your iPhone kung fu is superior — nice video. http://tinyurl.com/2cd27p
Five ways you can make life easier for new Mac... →
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Features, Holidays
As we close out 2007, there are thousands of new Mac users just beginning to explore the wonderful world found on those shiny computers that were tucked under the tree/menorah/nonsectarian gift deployment venue. If there’s one thing we’d recommend that experienced Mac hands could do to make the adjustment easier… well, there...
@panache I only just realized they’re showing it in HD. Woo! Extra salty.
Wanted: Safari plugin that says “Hey, you’ve been to speedtest.NET a zillion times but never to .COM, are you sure about this?” Gah.
Deadliest Catch marathon! Why has nobody notified me? Twitter, I thought we were BFFs. Gah.
Reminder: Last talkcast of 2007, Sunday night at... →
Filed under: Podcasts
It’s your last chance this year to join the conversation on the TUAW talkcast, as we return live Sunday night at 10 pm ET for a roundup of the year’s top stories and the introduction of our newest blogger. As always, you can listen in on Talkshoe (even from the widget in this post, if you like — also downloadable as a Clearspring OS X dashboard...
@chartier Am I missing something? Option-key launch iTunes, pick a library on external drive… or is it much more complex than that?
@panache “This goal-line defense is tighter than a bad oyster in a down-market Menemsha bait shack.”
@panache “I don’t want to get off on a rant here, but the last time I saw a team this dominant it was Persia v. Sparta.”
OK, it takes guts to run the exact same play twice in a row.
@chartier http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/261409/
@panache Ooo, hate to see an excessive celebration penalty come back to bite you like that. :)
@chris2x I probably should have clarified “spousal laptop backup.” Actual backup spouse not needed, as my wife has six-sigma uptime. :-)
Makita charger is MIA. This is the homeowner equivalent of leaving the nuclear football back in the limo.
Found objects, basement: family-crest ashtrays. Times have changed.
What needs doing: podcast, work, iPhoto cleanup, HD upgrade, spousal backup. What’s doing: going to the playground. Saturday, you sly minx.
@danielpunkass LOL. You really captured the aesthetic there.
@chockenberry Wow, this guy has raised dorkitude to previously-unheard-of levels.
Lovely evening with college roommate Rich Engel http://www230.pair.com/engelr/ — we’re getting quite old but we’re still pretty. :-)
@blankbaby I think Macworld this year is going to be one big Twitter meetup by default.
Amazon best of 2007 lists include MBP, iPod Nano... →
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Apple
It’s Amazon Day and nobody told me — more news from Big Beige concerning Apple products, as the annual Best Of Amazon list was announced earlier. The MacBook & MacBook Pro topped two computer lists, as the most-gifted and most-loved computers respectively; meanwhile, the iPod Nano was the top electronics product both gifted and wished-for...
Food — Rafiqi’s stand at 13th and 5th. Street kabab will immunize your GI tract.
Amazon year-end deals on Mac software →
As if you haven’t spent enough already, another opportunity to pull out that whimpering, threadbare credit card comes along — Amazon’s year-end software sale includes some Mac-only & crossplatform titles at a substantial break. Highlights include a .Mac family pack for $140, iWork ‘08 family pack for $80, VMware Fusion for $42.50 after rebates, and Final Draft 7 for...
@nikf Be sure to pack your tiger repellant.
You know it’s a slow day when… You arrive at the office at 9:35 and have to unlock the elevator. Yeesh.
Wife and kids safe home again.
Leaving the Ackerman shiva, heading home. Bea Ackerman z”l, 95 years.
@chockenberry I hope my characterization of ‘hundreds of person-hours’ wasn’t off by too much. http://tinyurl.com/yvgvv7
@gruber It’s not supposed to, at least not in 3.0.1 — weird.
@gedeon We’ve got your back. http://tinyurl.com/yvgvv7
@JasonCalacanis Esca, Batali place, yummy: http://tinyurl.com/yv973a