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I got to San Francisco on time, and even more amazing, my luggage arrived with me. I only had 25 minutes for the connection in Salt Lake City because my first flight arrived about 15 minutes late. When I got to the gate (which was in the next concourse from where my first flight landed), [...]

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I’m on my way to San Francisco for Macworld Expo! I’m now sitting in the terminal at FLL waiting for my flight. The free wifi here is very fast.
I thought I lost my 80Gb iPod Video going through security, but it just fell out of the pocket and into the main compartment of my laptop [...]

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I bought the MacHeist bundle yesterday. Only $17,337 needs to be raised for charity before Pixelmator gets unlocked! Since Pixelmator sells for $59, even without any of the other applications it makes the $49 bundle worthwhile.

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I finally decided to try FlickrFan, Dave Winer’s application that downloads photos from your Flickr RSS feeds. A few days ago I bought PhotoPresenter when MacZOT offered it. The two work great together - simply add FlickrFan’s download folder as a source and you can make a stylish animated slideshow of your photos or your [...]

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Dylan Matthews sent me links to two articles at Carpetbagger Report and FactCheck.org which debunk the false claims about Obama that have been making their rounds in chain emails.

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Nick Bradbury compares the advantages of using a desktop RSS reader (such as NetNewsWire) vs. a web-based reader.
I have been using NetNewsWire for several years, but I recently tried using Google Reader for a few weeks, so I could use the sharing features. I found that I prefer using NetNewsWire and I was glad [...]

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Daniel Brusilovsky will be recording the 100th episode of Apple Universe live during Macworld Expo next week. I’ll be there and I’ll be blogging live. I talked to Daniel a few times today and he has some very exciting news.
The live recording will take place on Tuesday, January 15 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM. [...]

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I got a copy of this email yesterday (also linked from metafilter). It’s not true. I still plan to vote for him.

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I’ve adjusted the cache settings and added the Block Cache module to MacMegasite, which seem to improve the performance. I’ve also had to increase the memory & CPU for my DreamHost Virtual Private Server several times in the last few days when the load got too high. Hopefully with the cache changes I won’t have [...]

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I’ve set up posting via email both here and at MacMegasite. Since
there’s usually no wifi during the keynote, I’ll attempt to post from
my iPhone as long as there is cellphone reception.
Sent from my iPhone

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Apple watchers are trying to guess the meaning of “There’s something in the air” on Apple’s tantalizing Macworld banners. Here are some possibilities.

Apple is buying Adobe and adding AIR to the iPhone and building it into OS X

Wireless syncing of iPod & iPhone with Macs

Rent movies wirelessly directly from the Apple TV

Bluetooth headphones for iPod [...]

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ars technica posted this shot of the first banner for Macworld. I wonder what it could be… wireless movie rentals directly from the AppleTV?

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I noticed today that MacMegasite now has 34526 subscribers to the newsfeed, a sudden jump from the usual 18000-19000.
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!
FeedBurner’s statistics page confirms the sudden jump.
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!
This happened just after NewsGator announced that NetNewsWire is now free, and MacMegasite happens to be one of the default feeds. Thanks Brent! I owe [...]

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Sony will be selling DRM-free tracks through Amazon. Hopefully this means they’ll drop that stupid trading card scheme.
Now that Amazon will sell DRM-free tracks from all major labels, that leaves iTunes as the only significant store still selling DRM-crippled music. I’ve bought a lot less music in iTunes over the last year for that reason. [...]

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Sony BMG can’t possibly be serious about wanting to sell DRM-free albums. The only explanation for their hare-brained scheme is that they want to be able to say that they’re dropping DRM without actually doing it.
To download one of their DRM-free albums (no individual tracks are avaialble), you need to go to a store, buy [...]

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Great Places to Find WordPress Plugins ‹ The Blog of Chris Thomson
(tags: wordpress)

Sony BMG’s misguided DRM-free sales
Are they kidding? You have to buy a card that lets you download a DRM-free track. Why not just buy a CD and rip it?
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The Power of template.php
Using custom ID & class tags in themes.
(tags: drupal themes)

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I’ve used NetNewsWire for a long time, but I recently started using Google Reader instead for the sharing & suggestion features. Unfortunately the two don’t sync, so switching between them is a bother.
In light of today’s announcement, and because I always found NetNewsWire faster & more convenient than reading news online, I switched back to [...]

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I’ve added a Macworld tag to MacMegasite, which will list all articles tagged with that category. I will use it to post all Macworld related items.

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Hillary Clinton is projected to win the New Hampshire primary, although the race is still very close.
I oppose her very strongly, not only because of all the baggage she brings, but for her anti-progressive record.
To really move on, we need to elect someone NOT named Bush or Clinton. Since 1981 there has been someone in [...]

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Macworld Expo starts one week from today, so the anticipation & rumors have reached a fever pitch. Apple’s announcement of new Mac Pro & Xserve models today certainly means they have something much bigger to announce in the keynote.
I think it’s a pretty safe bet that Apple will introduce a subnotebook, possibly with a touchscreen.
I’m [...]

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