Apple should let users purchase iPhone apps and run them on their desktop similar to Dashboard widgets.
You should be able to purchase through iTunes just like users do already and then be able to run them on your iPhone, iPod touch, or on your desktop. Apple already has the technology to do [...]
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iPhone Apps On Your Desktop
Compiling RRDtool 1.3.x On Mac OS X
I’ve recently been trying to upgrade RRDtool to 1.3.x as I’ve previously been using 1.2.x. New in 1.3 is moving to Cairo graphics, which is pretty cool and provides much better anti-aliased text. MMAP IO should also help since I run it on an old box. It’s a worthwhile upgrade.
The Next Generation Of Computing
I got my current laptop in Oct 2005, though the model was released in spring/summer of that year. My Mac mini is an 1st Gen (G4 1.4GHz) from Jan 2005. Needless to say my hardware at home is getting close to the point of needing an upgrade. Due to my laptop being [...]
Jared Lives
I didn’t even realize that this is still around. Back in the mid 90’s Jared was iconic for Mac users, distributed through the crazy folks at Freeverse. Apparently they kept it going for a decade. There’s a Mac OS X version, a Dashboard widget, and even a new iPhone Application.
That brought back [...]
WWDC 2008 Predictions
And the a tradition continues. Here’s my predictions for WWDC 2008. Steve Jobs will announce the following:
iPhone 3G
Well duh. At this point if it’s not at least announced, Apple’s stock is going to tank. There’s a ton of stuff to back this up including AT&T telling employees not to take vacation [...]
ANSI Color In Mac OS X 10.4
By default when connecting over ssh to my Mac OS X 10.4 box (using bash shell), there’s no ANSI color. Sometimes it’s pretty handy to have. I keep forgetting how to turn it on.
To add, put the following in the .profile file in your home directory:
TERM=xterm-color; export TERM
Now when I ssh in, I [...]
Mac In The Office
Business Week has a great write up on Macs in the office. Apparently more and more companies are becoming receptive of a dual platform environment, and more and more employees are requesting better computers (yea, I said “better”).
I’ve found consistently over the years that they are just more reliable requiring much less effort to [...]
Don’t Let It XPire
Seems everyone who tries Windows Vista comes to at least one of two conclusions (if not both):
Please don’t let Windows XP Expire – There’s even a petition for those in this camp. And it’s getting press.
Mac Time – Enough said. Mac OS X 10.5 isn’t perfect, but is anything? It’s about as [...]
Bestselling Laptops
Mark Pilgrim has a great picture of the top laptops on Amazon.com right now. What I found interesting is that the first Windows laptop is #6 (and no it’s not running an Intel), The #1 and #2 goes to Mac OS X and Linux.
Apple Macbook 13″ (2.4GHz)
Asus Eee 4G 7″ (900MHz)
Asus Eee 4G [...]
rsnapshot For Mac OS X
Lately I’ve been using rsync to keep two hard drives in sync. I’ve been thinking of switching to rsnapshot since it would give me with incremental backup which is much better. What I’ve yet to figure out is if it can handle resource forks (with Apple’s special flag in rsync), and HTS+’s. [...]
