Below are posts from February 2007
Feb 10, 2007 |
Welcome to the Weekend Quickie!
Since there’s nothing happening in the world (wait, did Anna Nicole use a Mac? No? She couldn’t even spell ‘Mac’? Oh, ok…), we will toss out a few useful tidbits that will make using your system as effortless as not knowing who the father of your child is!
Did you know:
You can add aliases to *anything* to your Finder toolbar?
You can create ’smart folders’ to show you all of your documents at one time?
You can lock your screen without clicking anything?
Here’s how to do it!
Feb 8, 2007 |
Obviously a misprint by CompUSA, but funny nonetheless. Everyone knows what sells digital music these days, and free iTunes will get anyones attention!
Thanks to the guys over on the MacRumors forums for the laugh!
Just a quick note to let you know that the mobile version of BabyGotMac is now live and active! Powered by a great script by Alex King, the mobile edition works with nearly all mobile devices including Palm, Smartphones, Symbian and Blackberry devices, as well as rudimentary support for Etch-A-Sketch. As soon as someone sends me an iPhone I will test it there also. 
There’s no need to do anything special (you don’t need to type ‘wap.’ or anything), just go to the normal URL: http://babygotmac.com.
So the next time you’re on the road or in an airport or …
Feb 6, 2007 | | Tags:
ipod
We all like to whine and moan about poor customer service; in fact, it’s our duty as members of the human race to complain. But how often do we stand up and say, proudly and with an emphatic ‘harrumph’, that someone has done a great job? Let me tell you: hardly ever, that’s how often.
That being said, I’d like to offer the folks over at Kensington a hearty handshake and a manly pat on the back (and maybe a quick little peck on the cheek).
I have numerous Kensington products, and while most have been trouble-free and well-behaved, I recently had two instances where my products became less than, well, usable…
Best anti-Mac troll ever!
Does it get any better than this? Wow.
I’ve never understood the whole PC vs. Mac thing. I use both daily. Yes, I obviously prefer the Mac, but the PC has it’s place also. Hell, I develop software for the PC (admittedly, these days I do it on XP using Parallels)!
But anyway, after reading this over on Digg, I couldn’t help but share it with the world.
Enjoy, and feel free to post your own favorite troll links in the comments.
The comment linked is saved below for posterity’s sake, as posted:
Feb 3, 2007 | | Tags:
apple
John Gruber, over on Daring Fireball has a fascinating take on the Bill Gates quote in Newsweek:
Gates:I mean, it’s fascinating, maybe we shouldn’t have showed so publicly the stuff we were doing, because we knew how long the new security base was going to take us to get done. Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine. So, yes, it took us longer, and they had what we were doing, user interface-wise.
He discusses both the implication that OS X is insecure, and also addresses the theory that Gates expounds regarding Microsoft having features that Apple copied, but implemented first because Microsoft was focusing on security.
Daring Fireball: Lies, Damned Lies, and Bill Gates
There’s another quote that isn’t addressed though, and it is this:
Feb 3, 2007 |
It’s time for the BGM logo contest to begin! Below you will see the entries that we received for the contest. Some of them are pretty clever…you choose the winner though.
Whichever logo has the highest vote count at 12noon, EST on February 17th wins an iMac!
Note: Excuse the formatting…unfortunately the differing sizes caused the votes to be kind of misaligned. Make sure when voting that you are clicking the proper button beside your preferred logo.
1) You can only vote once…votes are logged by cookie and IP. Don’t try to cheat!
2) Feel free to comment on the entries…be cool, though, ok?
So pull out your Paula Abdul mask, dawg. It’s time to vote!
Feb 1, 2007 |
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This is part one of an eternally ongoing series about a few of the many things that Apple (and the community behind it) could do to penetrate the modern workplace.
Over the past decade, Apple has enjoyed a breath-taking resurgence. From the release of the iMac to the iPod (maybe you’ve heard of it?), to the MacBook and iTMS, the popularity and brand of Apple has become something of a global cultural phenomenon.
While Apple has always enjoyed a healthy (read: rabid) cult following, it’s only been in the new millennium that their fan and user base has grown beyond that of …
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