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Entries for June, 2004

Konfabulator vs Dashboard

Check out this remix of the “controversy” surrounding Dashboard and Konfabulator. Interesting take on things, though a bit too dismissive. “Peanut gallery”? I mean, come on.
Here’s why I don’t like Apple’s Dashboard move in relation to Konfabulator. Apple has for years complained about or pointed to the way that Windoze copies [...]

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Frozen Bubble for your 3650…

Russell Beattie makes a good find for Symbian 60 users in the form of a nice free game for your 3650: Frozen Bubble. Unfortunately, Russ forgot the link, but a quick Google search turned up this. Pretty cool.

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Hey, C.K., where you been all day?

Installing XP in VPC 6. Talk about slowing down your workflow…. ugh…

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Get your Keynote here…

If you are interested, Apple has posted the Keynote. Watch it, and then go ahead and buy a better Dashboard replacement today!

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Update from Talking Panda

I received a nice reply from Bob Ippolito, the developer behind Talking Panda:
CK,
All of your existing Notes are stored in a numbered Notes backup folder on your iPod. Unfortunately, due to technical limitations of the iPod (there are scalability and nesting level issues), we made the decision to “take over” the Notes reader rather [...]

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Flash Lite for the 3650?

Macromedia has announced Flash Lite for Mobile Phones, but I can’t find any info on whether it will be available for the 3650. The Nokia link takes you to a developer page discussing the Communicator 9200. Hazy. Try again later.

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Save the iPod

Just received the following email:
Hey CK,
This is a pretty important story. There’s a bill up right now that could mean serious legal troubles for future iPods, so we just launched savetheipod.com. It would be awesome if you could post about it to your iPod blog.
Thanks a ton for your time,
Holmes
A new Senate bill [...]

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WARNING: Don’t install Talking Panda… [UPDATE]

Alright, I just had a bad experience. This post over at Gizmodo pointed me to Talking Panda, a really cool language guide complete with audio built for the iPod’s Notes feature. The problem? Well, installing the guide erased ALL OF MY NOTES without any warning or indication that it would, replacing my [...]

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But can I watch TV on it….

The new Apple displays are pretty and all, wall-mountable too, but all I really want to know is if I can watch TV on it. Please tell me someone is developing a box that can make one of these puppies my sleek, aluminum TV!

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WWDC 2004 Announcements… Not so live coverage…

I’m in a chat, and reading the live coverage via MacMerc, MacCentral, MacRumors, and trying to get Think Secret to load. Looks like MacRumors is the only site with auto-reload of their pages (although only every 3 minutes), so I am spending more time there.
Here’s what’s happened so far:

New all aluminum 23″ [...]

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Remember all those cracks about the 3650’s keypad…

Remember all those cracks about the 3650’s keypad looking like birth-control pills? Well, it looks like, for men at least, there is a chance that the 3650 could possibly maybe serve as a very sad and permanent type of birth-control.

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Quicksilver update…

New version of Quicksilver has just been released. It is free and very useful. Check it out.

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OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 for Mac OS X (X11)

Ready to kick Micro$oft to the curb? Here’s some good news: OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 for Mac OS X (X11) has just been released:
If you are willing to use an X11-based product, this version is now stable enough for day-to-day use as your primary office productivity suite. If you’re unfamiliar with the X11 windowing system [...]

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What is needed in a Bluetooth Phone

This is brilliant:
Bluetooth for normal phones
I am spending a lot more time on the telephone these days. Having a decent phone headset makes that a workable situation. I’d love to escape from my wired headset to an unwired headset. So the ideal situation seems like a Bluetooth headset that I [...]

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