March 2008
LOST: the future is the past, the past is the future, and unlike Capt. Janeway, it all makes me happy.
Crap. Jus missed the N.
Lack of unlimited metrocard + perigrinations in Bklyn this AM = $8 commuting day. On way home now.
February 2008
Office 2008's first update is for updating the... →
Filed under: Software
Even though the Mac BU is targeting March 11 as the ship date for the first official update to Office 2008 (12.0.1), there’s groundwork to be laid and preparations…
Half-off iced coffee at El Cafetin today. Too bad Brooklyn is colder than Dick Cheney’s heart.
Dodged into the Doubletree so girls could use the bathroom. Very weird to be back in this building.
Made it home. Man, it’s cold in NYC tonight. Girls were hypnotized by cab TV and now enjoying post-dinner cupcakes. Bedtime!
Fail! Private party at Peking Duck.
Mirage training with Larry, who has interesting drinking stories about Dan Conroy
woo! http://tinyurl.com/352cmr
impressed that @richrose wore a nice shirt for his work-at-home day.
Twitterrific 3.1 released; Iconfactory joins us... →
The shiny goodness that is the Iconfactory’s Twitterrific has been officially revved to version 3.1, adding new features and bugfixes to the $14.95/ad-supported freeware Twitter client for…
Catching up on Coverville. Peter Gabriel cover of Magnetic Fields “Book Of Love” is spectacular.
Here it is — Awesome. http://tinyurl.com/3by9fw
The Michael Bay FIOS “Awesome” ad is absolutely hysterical.
Wife: “I just twooted!” Me: “Twooshed, dear. Not twooted.”
iNdependence utility updated to work with 1.1.4... →
Filed under: Hacks, iPhone
If you’re waiting for a jailbreak tool for the iPhone 1.1.4 firmware (and you aren’t eager to hang around for the promised update to Ziphone), iNdependence…
MacBook Air trackpad settings video included in... →
Filed under: Found Footage, MacBook Air
Among the delightful tidbits taking up precious space on the MacBook Air’s slender hard drive or SSD, you’ll find this very…
Goin’ home.
Stealth cooking http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/dining/27quiet.html
This is the part of the job that I enjoy somewhat less.
Elevators not working at Court St. 7 flights of stairs is a cardio-hostile start to the day. I give S points for minimal kvetching.
Is Senator Clinton reading her Rough Guide to Ohio? Every other word is the name of a town.
Trying to get the girls to bed. Wish @heidihoover was home.
Sending wishes for a speedy recovery to @slavin who is, unfortunately, not at all well.
Men with power tools in my server room make me twitchy.
Things that should NOT be on an OS X machine. (I do miss Disinfectant.) http://tinyurl.com/39md9f
OMG, deleting Classic apps from 1993 off this MacBook Air. Someone has NOT been doing proper hard drive hygiene.
Oscar for Best Achievement in Perp Hair goes to David Anthony Faboo, with “Christian from Project Runway, Redux.”: http://tinyurl.com/2dngkt
Happy Tuesday, everyone. →
Filed under: Apple
Yes, we know. Thanks everyone for the crack-of-East-Coast-dawn emails. As soon as new product shows up, we’ll jump up and down like schoolchildren.
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Too much peggle, got to stop it’s got to stop.
iPhone-optimized versions of LinkedIn, TalkShoe... →
Filed under: iPhone
We don’t post about every website that comes up with an iPhone/iPod touch-optimized version — if we did, we wouldn’t have time for eating or sleeping — but every now and then a couple of sites newly built for Mobile Safari rise above the pack. Today’s launches for everyone’s favorite “internet in your pants” browser include...
Right ear feels like I went swimming. Pretty sure I didn’t.
Headache, probably not helped by 3am screaming session from S. Trying to hit the ground running, feels like the other way around.
Gave away some goodies tonight on the show. Amazed it took so long for everyone to answer the George Lucas question.
New to Twitter, my sister @AshleyBP — please welcome.
Reminder, talkcast at 10 pm: Jobs trivia &... →
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts
In honor of the birthday of a certain iCEO, tonight’s Sunday night talkcast will have a special feature: a brief Steve Jobs trivia quiz at the end of the show, with giveaways for the top SPJ knowledge-holders. Tonight’s prizes are courtesy of our friends at Freeverse Software — Periscope, Hordes of Orcs, and a limited-edition Freeverse...
Anyone used Rosetta Stone with a 7-year-old for language instruction? Considering it… would welcome feedback.
Like @richrose I am at a kid party. Fortunately some friends here. Congratulated N. on her ad campaign premiering on Oscar show tonight.
uh, wow. New SNL featured cast member Casey Wilson — I was in Second City showcase with her a few years ago. Amazing.
Fred Armisen is pretty convincing as Obama. Not funny, exactly, but convincing.
We considered doing a shot at every bar btwn restaurant and chocolate place. 15 bars in 6 blocks — bad idea.
Margaritas, nachos and flan at Lobo. Jeff’s churros smell like bad childhood memories.
At Belleville, finished dinner. Dessert/pub crawl next. Call my bearers and litter.
Sunday night talkcast: Mac OS X gripefest + Ask... →
Filed under: TUAW Business, Podcasts, Leopard
Last week’s talkcast featured the dulcet tones of guest host Christina Warren and a passel of MacBook Air owners sharing their experiences with the newest laptop in the Apple lineup. Download direct, listen in your browser or subscribe to the TalkShoe feed in iTunes. Join us again on Sunday night for our next live show, 10 pm ET, where Mat...
You know what rocks? Intel Macs are USB-bootable. Bare drive + $20 SATA bridge = working system clone. :-)
On the way home. At least I got a couple of things done in office. Clearspace 2.0 beta setup tomorrow from home.
Checking out my just-arrived copy of “Blogging Heroes.” @blankbaby, @vagredajr, @grantrobertson — all the action figures! :-)
Tekserve run, then TKTS. Actual grownup theater/supper evening in the works.
Waiting at Tekserve. The giant new store makes me mildly nostalgic for the cramped “classic” version.