#FF00AA

@computer@

The cultish Optimus keyboard concept (the one with OLED screens for keys) is going to start by having unexpected offspring: a tiny gadget with only three keys/screens (which will assumedly launch the applications associated with each display, and be entirely programmable).

If they intend to use this to evaluate the market for a full Optimus keyboard, we’re screwed. Who really needs this thing to take up room on their desktop? The OS X dock does exactly the same on your computer screen!

@apple@

The Windows Media codecs for Quicktime have been updated, and Quicktime Player doesn’t crash anymore when I close a file (the bug apparently also affected Safari, and is fixed).

@apple@

The Intel iMac disassembled. Not particularly appetizing. I’m not surprised Apple would cut out bits, like the modem, to make the MacBook Pro a hair thinner, but I’ll never understand why they messed up the iMac’s bowels so badly just to win a couple centimeters on the edges and make it look like a hunchback.

@web@

wankr beta [via] :

Sorry this box doesn’t have curvy edges. We promise that by the time this thing is finished, it’ll have curvy edges everywhere, along with broken navigation, a confusing user interface and tags all over the fucking shop. It’s going to be awesome.

@web@

This blog is now officially open (if you’re reading this, I suppose the DNS are up to date), after a few days of offline posting, mostly about Macworld, because I wanted to practice and couldn’t be bothered to rewrite my posts for publication on my other site.

I’ll certainly write a fuller introduction post sometime later; in the meantime, I didn’t want to open without acknowledging the influence from The Tao of Mac on this site’s design. (Including a wiki part that isn’t coded yet but will be integrated better than on garoo.net). Done.