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A few days ago I pre-ordered Radiohead’s new album, “In Rainbows”. I paid £4.25 (about $8.60). Today I got the following email:

THANK YOU FOR ORDERING IN RAINBOWS. THIS IS AN UPDATE.
YOUR UNIQUE ACTIVATION CODE(S) WILL BE SENT OUT TOMORROW MORNING (UK TIME). THIS WILL TAKE YOU STRAIGHT TO THE DOWNLOAD AREA.
HERE IS SOME INFORMATION [...]

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Block-level Parallels-Fusion Migration
How to migrate any OS from Parallels to VMware
(tags: howto macosx parallels vmware virtualization)

30 Usability Issues To Be Aware Of
Tips for making your web site more usable
(tags: design usability)

Drupal 6: Get your CSS-only theme, right here!
Creating CSS only themes in Drupal 6, without any PHP or template overrides.
(tags: drupal css themes)

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Today I tried out a Canon Digital Rebel XTi and a Nikon D40x and I found that I prefer the D40x. The lowest price I found locally is $749, but after checking prices online I found it for $674 from 42nd Street Photo, including 3 day shipping. I should have it by the end of [...]

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Today was Oakland Park’s third annual Oktoberfest. It was lots of fun, with lots of food, music, and entertainment. I took about 300 pictures and I’ve uploaded 42 of the best here.

My Nikon L5 is really starting to annoy me. The image quality is great, but it’s painfully slow. It takes 10-15 seconds after I [...]

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iSight Programming Guide
How to access the iSight from your code
(tags: development Apple)

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Several sites are predicting October 26 as the release date for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), which I think is pretty accurate. That date fits in nicely with Apple’s usual release schedule, which always seems to be the last Friday of the month.

OS X Version
Release Date

10.0
March 24, 2001

10.1
September 25, 2001

10.2
August 24, 2002

10.3
October 24, 2003

10.4
April 29, [...]

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Sony believes that fair use, as it has been understood for several decades, doesn’t exist.
jennifer Pariser, Sony’s head of litigation, says:
When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song. Making a copy of a purchased song is just a nice way of saying ’steals [...]

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My MacBook Pro ordeal is finally over. After a huge fiasco attempting to sell my old MacBook Pro on eBay, I sold it to Mac Of All Trades. Although I got less than I might have been able to at eBay, selling it directly to them was a lot less trouble. I already received (and [...]

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iPhone Human Interface Guidelines
Apple’s guide for developing iPhone-friendly web based applications.
(tags: Apple design iphone development CSS)

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