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Links for the Day
- Mac of the Day: 15" MacBook Pro Core Duo, Jan. 2006 - The first Intel-based MacBook launched at 1.83-2.0 GHz, had several teething problems.
- Group of the Day: System 6 is the email list for those who choose System 6.
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- Apple's Tablet an End Run Beyond Netbooks, Frank Fox, Stop the Noiz, 11.20. Whatever Apple has planned will leverage existing technologies while going beyond what its competitors can offer.
- i5 iMac Benchmarked, Mac mini 'Shouldn't Be Overlooked', Twitter Client for Classic Mac OS, and More, Mac News Review, 11.20. Also why Apple leaves the low end to others, 10.6.2 fixes video playback problem in 27" iMac, 3D Leopard and Snow Leopard performance, and more.
- Apple #4 in Reliability, Apple Tablet a Gadget for All?, HP's i7 Notebook Outdoes Mac Rivals, and More, The 'Book Review, 11.20. Also Flash 10.1 improves video on Hackintosh netbooks, thin-and-light notebooks impress, Windows XP finally on the way out, and more.
- NASA Chemical Sensor for iPhone, Smartphone Death Match, iPhone Earrings, and More, Ian R Campbell, 11.20. Also mobile phone dangers, new apps, GPS solution for iPod touch, new iPod and iPhone cases, and more.
- Replacing the Hard Drive in a Clamshell iBook, John Hatchett, Recycled Computing, 11.19. Yes, it is one of the most difficult Apple notebooks to disassemble and reassemble, but a 10 GB hard drive just will not do.
- IBM Model F: A Great Old Keyboard with an Outdated Layout, Tommy Thomas, Welcome to Macintosh, 11.19. Although it used a different technology than the revered IBM Model M keyboard, the Model F was a great keyboard in its own right.
- Soft Touch Keyboards, Wireless Mouse Options, Loving SeaMonkey 2, and More, Charles W. Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 11.18. Also the future of browsing with PowerPC Macs and the multiple mouse input bug introduced with OS X 10.5.8.
- More links in our archive.
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What an extraordinary week. My condolences to the families and friends of those who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. My prayers for the victims and the families and friends who are alive. Life is continuing.
On that note, the living have many things to do. My support to our country's leaders, and the men and women whose job it will be to:
- continue efforts to seek survivors;
- clean up and rebuild;
- give comfort to the families and friends of the victims;
- those whose responsibility will be to hunt down the perpetrators of the attack, and hold them accountable and bring them to justice.
For the first time I am able to comprehend what my parents felt like on December 7, 1941. The uncertainty; huddling around radios; cancellation of sports events; coming together to help out by donating time, material possessions such as clothing, or volunteering to help clean up at the site or by donating blood to those faraway.
I am reminded of differences, though. Digital differences. Use of cellphones during the attack as a method to immediately contact loved ones and identify the perpetrators. Use of the Web as a resource to obtain information about events faraway and events closer to home. The constant reporting of events on TV. Use of footage from many amateur photographers. Use of high speed copying machines to print copies of notices to parents of how to deal with terrorism and comforting children. Use of email and instant messaging to communicate feelings that maybe were once before done in the public square, and personal contact interrupted only when power is cutoff.
Our country made it through September 11, 2001. We have much work to
do in the weeks ahead. It will take sacrifice, resolve, courage,
determination, and fortitude. Let's continue to give it our all.
