Kottke is the new Metafilter, except only he gets to post. It's great. In response to the What's on Your Dock? article, Jason's asked that we comment with links to our docks. The verdict: Mac users move the dock around the screen but have more or less the same stuff in it (except Adriana). Mine is anchored in the corner and has the "shadowy" icons for hidden applications thanks to TinkerTool. I have magnification set to be very slight.
The Applescript on the end sends what iTunes is playing into my iChat away message.
In other Apple news:
I finally got my new Powerbook last Friday (after two weeks of Hurricane/DHL Airborne delays), but it's already been sent for repairs since it came with dead pixels and the infamous 'latch problem.' The packaging is indeed beautiful, but I wonder how much it costs to develop and produce. I would rather have $20 and an ugly box on top of my bookshelf collecting dust than just a beautiful box on top of my bookshelf collecting dust. Of course, that $20 could also go towards a QA person to make sure they don't ship broken Powerbooks!
Here's my take on some of the other Powerbook issues, briefly covered at Macintouch.
- My laptop, running at maximum performance for a few hours, never got loud or hot. The 12"s in the Apple Store, though, are still scorching.
- The Battery length was great. I used up only 60% of my battery with three hours of use and one hour of sleep. Airport, Bluetooth and the "Energy Saver" maximum performance settings were all on.
- I've migrated from mac to mac a few times at home and work, and I can't believe how easy it is in OS X. I just drag over Applications, Documents, and mailboxes.
- iSync works nearly perfectly, all the time. If you use Macs and home and work, this alone is worth the price of .Mac.
I like the look of iBlog, which I got for free from .Mac. It's the first OS X blog publishing software that feels like a desktop application, not a desktop application trying to be a web page. The default template is a blatant rip-off of the MT 2.x white, gold and blue, which is sad. It's funny that MT's old default layout is what many people associate with "the look of blog." I can't wait until iBlog speaks Atom.
Lastly, here's Adriana's first "on-the-go" playlist:
ballade de melody nelson
bonnie and clyde
ballad of cable (calexico)
painted from memory (cassandra wilson)
a summer song (chad and jeremy)
lose yourself (eminem)
halleluyah (jeff buckley)
my bionic eyes (liz phair)
jolene (white stripe's dolly parton cover)
My dock. I keep looking for ways to push the limits.
Posted by: adriana | October 02, 2003 at 12:22 AM
To Apple's credit, I got my powerbook back, working perfectly, within 36 hours. I love this machine.
Posted by: David | October 03, 2003 at 02:23 PM