Legos, IBM, Nintendo, Apple, AMD…
A selection of interesting stuff from around the web (mostly Slashdot), all in one day… Haven’t had time to digest it yet…
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Apple iPod nano
Today Apple released the new iPod nano, which comes in black as well as white, and in 2 GB and 4 GB versions. It also has a color screen and a clickwheel. Steve Jobs with the Apple iPod nano Here’s one thing to note, from a review: Not Quite a Full-Grown iPod Although the iPod…Continue Reading…
Internet Explorer is not CSS compliant
ISOSPEED rixs0: [IE isn’t fully CSS-compliant] dude. IE is more css compliant than firefox and Mac OS Is IE more CSS compliant than Firefox or Mac OS? First of all, Mac OS is not a browser. My friend here might be referring to Safari, Apple’s web browser based on KHTML, the open-source Web rendering engine…Continue Reading…
Evolution of the Mighty Mouse: 1985-2005
I punched “Apple Mighty Mouse” into Google and came up with a cool image that I thought I’d combine with Apple’s new Mighty Mouse to create a comparison of then and now: Yesterday’s mouse had one button. Today’s mouse has a scroll ball, touch-sensitive top-shell, force-sensing side buttons, optical tracking… oh, yeah, and two buttons….Continue Reading…
Apple finally begins to accept that dual-button mice are superior
A single button mouse is one of the most ridiculous things that Apple still holds to. As if it makes the computer “easier to use.” Do people only have one finger? (My apologies if you do.) Two button mice make more sense. Two buttons increases overall productivity by 30%. (80% of statistics are made up.)…Continue Reading…
Mac OS X Password Recovery
Instructions for the Mac OS X Password Recovery. Although there’s no real way to recover a lost root password, you can change the root password even if you do not know the current one. You must have physical access to the machine in order to accomplish this task. 1. Click Restart at the login window…Continue Reading…