My Leopard Finder Bug
This bug was first found in Leopard 10.5.1 (9B18) REPRODUCTION: 1) grab file 2) open a folder by hovering the file over a folder in the "places" sidebar 3) open a sub-folder of the first folder by hover again 4) drop file into folder 5) click the back arrow to return to the original folder RESULT: 1) The moved file will appear to still be in the original folder, as well as the new location. Read more [...]
The OiNK According to Trent Reznor
I'm not saying that I think OiNK is morally correct, but I do know that it existed because it filled a void of what people want." The market has been telling the industry what it wants for years now, wonder when the music industry will get a clue. Read more [...]
Tentative Review of Hulu
NBC broke away from iTunes to offer its shows through Amazon (which only works on a Windows PC— no iPods etc) and through their new venture Hulu. Apple offered NBC a revenue stream, free promotion, free bandwidth and an attractive and simple delivery package— it is hard to see how spending hundreds of millions of dollars to try and feebly push customers back into an old business model will work out well. Read more [...]
Living with Leopard's Firewall
Here's a few helpful tips: to add a port: sudo ipfw add allow from to So, if you want allow port 80 with tcp you'd type sudo ipfw add allow tcp from 80 to 80 to see your rules: sudo ipfw list to delete an open port: first type sudo ipfw list, you'll get something like this 33300 deny icmp from any to me in icmptypes 8 33400 allow udp from 0.0.0.80 to 0.0.0.80 33500 allow tcp from 0.0.0.80 to 0.0.0.80 take the number proceeding the rule you want to delete and type sudo ipfw deletem , so if I wanted to delete the rule "33500 allow tcp from 0.0.0.80 to 0.0.0.80" I'd just type sudo ipfw delete 33400 Hopefully Apple will realize that giving users no advanced options is dumb. Read more [...]
Calibrate Your Mac Battery
Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your PowerBook's battery until the light ring or LED on the power adapter plug changes to green and the onscreen meter in the menu bar indicates that the battery is fully charged. Read more [...]
iPhone Update Locks Down 3rd Party Apps, Time for a Linux Phone?
With Apple's recent move to lock down the iPhone and iPod Touch the Linux Phone called OpenMoko is starting to look better all the time. The combination of openness not only of software but also of network (any GSM network anyway) makes the OpenMoko a compelling alternative to what Apple offers, that being a closed software and closed network phone. Read more [...]
Apple's World-Wide Pricing
From what I can tell using Google Finance: $2,688.14 USD - Current price for Japan (based on the exchange rate at the end of the day 2007.Sep.11) $2,456 USD - Year's low price for Japan (approx.) $2,695 USD - Year's high price for Japan (approx.) I'd really like to see a whole history and analysis of their world wide pricing. Read more [...]
iPod Touch, Ten Million Apple Geeks Collectively Groan
After years of a rumored touchscreen iPod Apple finally unveiled the iPod Touch. Not big enough for me....I'll be going with the 160gb ipod classic For the first time in my Apple life I am actually angry with an announcement.... Read more [...]
Beta iPhone Rejected
The first iPhone design was a little primitive. It took a little over twenty years, but late in 2006 Apple was ready to show off their new and improved design. Read more [...]
