#FF00AA

@apple@

Daring Fireball:

Mac OS X is the only desktop operating system I know of that has gotten faster, rather than slower, with each major release.

That’s right — I was amazed when I recently installed Tiger on my first-generation Mac mini, with 256MB of RAM and all specs at minimum. It was actually, noticeably, more responsive.

I think it’s a sign that Apple’s executives value engineering as a core principle. Apple spends engineering resources to improve the performance of existing code.

Yeah. Just look at the Finder.

 

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The latest iPhone rumors: it isn’t subsidized by Cingular. What would you get in exchange for a two-year lock-in, then? eighteen months of free service.

This is such a weird idea — and why wouldn’t Steve have announced that at the same time as the device’s price? It’s kinda important, if it’s true. Which I don’t really believe: if Cingular is going to subsidize it anyway, why handicap themselves by not making the device’s price actually reflect it, like everyone else does? I know Jobs certainly doesn’t want the iPhone to be too cheap, but that would be some freaking hubris.

Ah, wait — two minutes after I publish this post, Cingular confirms it’s bogus. Yes, you will pay through the nose for your visual voicemail.

 

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The iPod silhouettes before editing. Are those for real? I can’t believe that’s entirely manual Photoshop work (as opposed to black or blue makeup and clothes). Don’t tell me they worked the same way on the videos.

 

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Real Tech News:

Apple has been making great cinema displays for years so it only makes sense for them to come out with their very own HDTV especially after releasing a media extender that hooks up to TV’s. Can you imagine walking in an Apple store and seeing Apple TV’s hooked up to television sets made by companies such as Sony, Phillips and Samsung?

I predicted the same thing for Macworld, but I think that ship has sailed now. Now that the Apple TV name is taken by a set-top box, whatever could they call a TV set?

 

@web@

Kottke:

A page of random posts from the kottke.org archives, featuring lots of broken links, really poor writing, but also some nice posts from back when. The posts randomize every time I update, which is every hour or two during the day.

Added to my to-do list. (Not for #FF00AA, though; that wouldn’t be relevant.)

 

@phone@

This season, cellphone use does cause cancer. Geez, how are we supposed to keep with how often that changes?

 

@misc@

USB keychain holder. I like the idea, but what do you do with your USB drive’s cap?

 

@misc@

Can a robot jump the shark? Homersapien.