Archive for September, 2005

BattelleBook

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Tuesday, Mark and Joseph decided to attend the John Battelle book signing at Books, Inc. about his new book, The Search. I decided to meet them there.
I was terribly sick that day and Caitlin
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

Wednesday, September 14th, 2005

Caitlin pointed out that the Complete Calvin and Hobbes is out:

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, originally uploaded by tychay.

The design seem similar to the Complete Far Side which I once picked up at Costco. If that is the case, then the hardbound books should be very large in print with Sundays in color. My only [...]

A one party country

Tuesday, September 13th, 2005

Paul Krugman writes about cronyism rampant in this administration. For me, the problem isn’t that cronyism is occurring (every administration is guilty of being partisan in their appointments), but that the appointments are unqualified and incompetent. I find it hard to believe that either side can’t find partisans that are competent.
This seems a natural continuation [...]

Command line for Mac users

Friday, September 9th, 2005

I noticed an set of tutorials to teach the basics of the command line on MacDevCenter (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4).
Many of longtime mac users may find this as a nice gentle introduction to the the command line in Mac OS X.

Canon’s big gamble

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

In this week’s Sunday Morning Photographer, Mike Johnston talks about Canon’s introduction of the 5D.

iTunes 5 adds lyrics

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

One thing that has barely been noticed about the new iTunes 5 upgrade announced yestereday by Apple is that they have finally added Lyrics support to their MP3 and AAC files.

iTunes 5 adds lyrics, originally uploaded by tychay.

To get to the lyrics, simply choose “File > Get Info…” on a song. Apple also has added [...]