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July 2nd, 2009
When our Mac OS’s combine you get Vintage Leopard
June 29th, 2009
A Twitter friend that I call Eby posted this on his blog and it evoked a chuckle from me. Thought I’d share. That’s all.
from – @ebygum’s blog ebygum.tumblr.com
Global Artistry in Collaboration
June 29th, 2009
I spotted a talented photographer online named Parris Whittingham who shot the image above (Mohawk). He formed a collaboration graphic designer Archan Nair and created this really cool image below. Maybe it’s just me, but this is really cool.
ReBlog – Sony to Apple: ‘Thank You sir, May I Have Another?’
June 28th, 2009
‘Sony Corp is considering developing a cellphone-game gear hybrid in a bid to better compete with Apple Inc’s highly popular iPod and iPhone, the Nikkei business daily said on Saturday.’
That Sony is only now “considering” this epitomizes everything that’s wrong with them. They’ve been making both cell phones and handheld video game systems for years, and yet it didn’t occur to them to fuse the two until after the iPhone became a smash hit. It’s as though they learned nothing after watching the iPod kill the Walkman. – from daringfireball.net
This topic has probably been harped on at least three occasions on this blog in some form or antoher, but I gotta agree with John Gruber’s comments in the quote above. Now I may be in a different frame of mind versus the ultimate point Gruber is making, but I and any other casually observant tech and Apple enthusiast should have noticed is how a number of companies are now trying to create the iPhone killer. I’m confident that one will, maybe the Palm Pre; only time will tell. However, I think it would be wise for them to stop trying to kill the iPhone and think “innovation” or “revolution”, not that some of them aren’t, however.
What I’m getting at is while they’re focused on killing the iPhone, Apple probably has a new trick up it’s sleeve–or at least that’s been the trend. The Macintosh, the iPod, and the iPhone came out of nowhere and blew away the world. Why? Secrecy. Apple is good at it and these other companies ought to try doing the same. Yes, granted info is constantly leaking about new toys or tweaks to existing shiny Apple stuff. But still, Apple holds it’s tongue and doesn’t announce how it will flip the script, so to speak, on it’s competitors. Finally, when one recalls the year-to-year launches of a new iPhone since 2007, we may end up seeing something altogether new in the next year called the iKiller from Apple that says, “Here’s Johnny” when it boots. You just never know. I could be all wrong about this, but I’m just sayin’.
From the Archives: iJump iPhone App – Test Trial Video Log
June 28th, 2009
When I originally created this silly little video, the idea was I recorded a video log of my trial run with an iPhone application I’d been developing. I don’t want to spoil it for folks that haven’t seen it by saying much more, however. But at any rate, I was publicly releasing one of my top-secret logs exclusively for readers of this blog.
Today, I am re-releasing it today less than 30 days prior to the day I released it a year ago. I chose it because so many folks loved it, particularly making it a select video for the front page of Viddler.com, one of my favorite video sharing sites. So, enjoy! …again. 
P.S. I am asked often, will I make more funny videos. Yes, with time. I know this past year was a total dud since the making of this video, but I’ve been plottin’ and plannin’ all summer so far. Be patient with me. Not now, but soon!
My American Idol: Why I chose Michael Jackson
June 25th, 2009
In spite of his personal life and all the terrible things that came about in the mainstream media, I never changed my opinion of Michael Jackson. I was inspired by him and continue to be inspired by him.
I recall one humorous point where my mom would take me to the video rental store and I’d rent one new release in addition to Michael Jackson’s “Moonwalker”. It didn’t matter who disliked my choice, I just had to have Moonwalker. That movie was practically on loop in my mom’s VCR. I simply loved it more upon each viewing, while my friends gradually grew sick of it.
In hindsight I believe I felt a kindred spirit and sympathized with some aspects of his life. Believe it or not, I was an incredibly quiet child and so, so, so very shy. In the eighties to early nineties Michael was my childhood musical idol along with other “cool” things in my life (Transformers, The Incredible Hulk, Hulk Hogan, Johnny 5 of Short Circuit, Care Bears and Teddy Ruxpin). Prior to my only brother’s birth in 1991, I was an only child, fatherless and all around, strange. So Michael Jackson caught my attention an incredibly vulnerable and impressionable point in my life.
Like all things, however, I grew out of it while still holding true to my admiration and inspiration from him: his style, his dance, his image, and above all his music and what he had to say. At the time, I felt he cared about how children felt and really understood what we go through, me being a child during the height of his musical career, further strengthening his appeal in my eyes.
To this day there hasn’t been anyone in the music industry that has eclipsed my view of Michael Jackson. There are runner-ups so to speak, but not matches–thankfully! 
Furthermore, we have the show American Idol where the that same title is attributed to the winner. We also hear the word superstar applied to so many mainstream musicians, but it’s all spoken so haphazardly. Michael, on the other hand, has truly earned the title of superstar and the American Idol. But my favorite title above all for him is and will always be, The King of Pop.
Rest in peace MJ. You and your music touched my life forever! You are missed.
-David
If you care to share your thoughts on Michael Jackson, one way or the other. You are warmly welcomed to do so in the comments thread.
Discovered two, disk space-saving Mac apps
June 24th, 2009
UPDATE
Singular was a bust for me. It took hours to see any progress that it might be making, causing me to quit the program and trash it. That’s what I get for recommending something I didn’t try out first. So yeah…blah!
Disk Inventory X
Have you gotten to that ever annoying point on your Mac where you’ve just run out space on your hard drive and you’re thinking, “What is taking up so much room?” Well, that’s where I was until I remembered a handy application I used about a year or so ago called Disk Inventory X. It isn’t new or anything, but I hope blogging about it helps someone because I love it!
This Mac application gives graphically color-coded blocks whose sizes are relative to each file’s size. I just freed up approximately 25 gigabytes on my MacBook Pro and thought I’d share this valuable info for anyone wanting to free their Mac from the tyranny of unnecessary data.
Singular
Furthermore, I also did a little Googling for an application that locates duplicate files, and I discovered Singular. It spots duplicate files, saves one copy, then deletes the duplicates. I currently don’t have a testimonial to give about it as it’s still working on my Mac. But when it’s all done I’ll update this post on it’s effectiveness. In the meantime, here is a screen-shot of it’s features.
So be sure to click the links for these two amazing apps and let me know how it worked for you. Also, if you know of any similar applications for Mac please share in the comments thread. Thanks in advance!
AT&T Navigator for iPhone 3.0 OS
June 23rd, 2009
Well it appears to me that AT&T has jumped on board and created it’s own navigation application that gives turn-by-turn navigation. It only has a few reviews in the iTunes App Store, but most of them are favorable.
One review reads:
by HexOnxOnx
First of all, the maps are clean and accurate. The colorful map display seen on the app iTunes page only shows up when a route is planned, otherwise, the maps look a lot like Google maps. Directions are spoken nice and loudly including street names. Lane assist is not a feature. Maps are not downloaded which can be a problem when traveling in remote areas. I’ll be giving a good trial for one month but it is doubtful that I will keep it. This is good for those who only need temporary…GPS for a vacation or road trip without the expense of a stand alone GPS.
Concerning that last part, my response would be, “Ya think!” While the app itself is free, the monthly service is $9.99 per month, charged to your AT&T wireless bill. However, you can cancel at any time. The reviewer above gave the app three stars.
Personally, I’d give it 2 stars because I’d have to pay a monthly fee just to use it. Any thoughts on this fellow iPhone owners?
Random Visit to My Apple Store
June 20th, 2009
I went shopping specifically for a nice “cheap” hoodie, and well at the mall cheap means no less than $20 dollars. But anyway, since I was at the mall I decided I’d go see what the line was like at the Apple Store, and there was no line. However, I learned from one of the iWorkers (that means a store employee in my crazy made-up Apple language) that the place was over-run with iPeople (also known as Apple users).
Also, it’s good to know that Steve Jobs is doing well, although I doubt that he will ever go back to doing the amount of work that he did prior to taking a leave of absence.
Welcome back Steve!!
90% of waking hours spend staring at glowing rectangles
June 17th, 2009
“A new report published this week by researchers at Stanford University suggests that Americans spend the vast majority of each day staring at, interacting with, and deriving satisfaction from glowing rectangles.”
