Is it just me or does it strike anyone else as somewhat strange that the new Find My iPhone application is for the iPhone? Uh, guys, if I can install an app on it, it’s probably not that lost. I mean, how many of these things do you think I own? Oh… A lot, I [...]
This is how still images in Final Cut Pro 7 looked to me after installing and updating to the latest version (7.0.1): This is my dog: She is not normally purple and green and swirly colored. After an hour or so mucking about, reinstalling the application, trashing prefs and otherwise performing the usual maneuvers, I [...]
If this is what the rumored Apple tablet is going to be — basically a bigger version of the iPod Touch — then I’ll pass. I mean, really, what’s the point of a device like this? It’s too big to be an iPod or an extremely mobile computing device like the iPhone, and I already [...]
So for, like, forever Google apps — in particular, Gmail and Google Calendar — have bore a beta label. Now, no one has any idea why this has been the case, but this week Google has decided to remove the beta label with little more than PR-speak as an explanation: “We realize this situation puzzles [...]
Here’s a fun one: Tap the microphone image in the Voice Memos application in iPhone OS 3.0 and the virtual VU meter will respond. The peak light will even flash red, just like a real recorder attached to a real mic. Blowing into the screen will do nothing, however.
I really like my Apple aluminum keyboard. I really do. It’s compact and attractive, and hairs don’t get all caught in it, or if they do you can’t see them. The keyboard is springy and resistive; it’s got a really nice feel to it. Unless, of course, you’ve just walked up to it across a [...]
Every now and then, when I connect to a network share, the window opens with its top slightly behind the menubar. This has been happening at least since Tiger, and I half expected it to go away in Leopard. But it hasn’t. What has changed in Leopard, however, is the menubar, which is allegedly translucent. [...]
I’ve heard that the WACOM company’s name is supposed to be pronounced “wack-em.” But I don’t care. I’m saying “way-com.” ‘Cause let’s face it, you just sound stupid saying, “Hey, can I try your wack-em?” Or, “Your wack-em is huge. Much bigger than my wack-em.” Or, “Wow, I just love my new, giant wack-em.” Oh [...]
The term “sea change” has been extremely popular of late. I’m not sure why. I have a sneaking suspicion that the universe of online Mac journalism is highly incestuous. (I feel dirty.) But stranger still, the word “rejigger” has popped up, in one form or another, in no fewer than three articles or blogs, today [...]
I’m still swamped, buried under the avalanche of work that is the direct result of endless delays to the renovation of our department. Nevertheless, I find myself with little to do today. Or, I should say, little I’m actually able to do. Today’s delay, from the “I can’t catch a break to save my life” [...]