jon-david schlough

iPhone Goodness

2 Apple iPhones Coming

[Red Herring]:

“Based upon our early checks, we expect Apple to unveil two models of its widely anticipated cell phones,” Prudential Equity Group analyst Jesse Tortora said in a research note Monday. “We believe the company could introduce the phones at its MacWorld Conference in January.”

Sweet. I'm actually going to be in California for the entire week of MacWorld this year [we have a booth] - so I think I'll hold off on buying a new iPod until then [my 4G Photo just bit the dust...].

So Many Milliseconds...

As I sit waiting for my second staging db conflict
clearing query to finish [1,770,000 milliseconds so far], I thought I'd post a picture of a mailbox made from an Apple G4.

Hey, now that they run Intel, there are still plenty of great things to do with PowerPC Macs...

Minnesota State Fruit

Ladies and gentleman, the post hot off the floor of the Minnesota Legislature, the one you've ALL been waiting for, Minnesota's new State Fruit: The Honey Crisp Apple.

If this isn't a giveaway to the all-powerful, southern Minnesota apple picking and bobbing lobby......

OSX/Windows Bootcamp

MacBook Pro here I come....can't wait.

Once you’ve completed Boot Camp, simply hold down the option key at startup to choose between Mac OS X and Windows. (That’s the “alt” key for you longtime Windows users.) After starting up, your Mac runs Windows completely natively. Simply restart to come back to Mac.

Pope plugs in to iPod Nano | The Register

"It's official: computer technology is the future. And, if you've got any doubts about that, ask God's main man on Earth - Pope Benny 16 - cos that's what he said when Vatican staff presented his Pontificateness with a personalised iPod Nano packed with Vatican Radio broadcasts and classical music."

So when can I get iCommunion via iChurch? Hoping for iSalvation! I suppose there is DRM in that system that only allows Catholics to download and be saved....

Link: Pope plugs in to iPod Nano | The Register.

Apple launches more Intel-ness

As accurately predicted by  me, actually arstechnica, but by  me as well since I read their post and then wrote the below post. I may consider a MacMini if it has some manifestation of a media center on it. I mean, it's unix - you could do cool shit like cron tivo jobs - instead of using the annoying gui. Actually, you could totally reinvent the interface with difficult to use, cryptic commands. But once you know them...you're that much closer to being l33t, right?

Anyways, I'll reiterate what I've said. OSX running on Intel is the best thing sicne sliced bread. Apples to Apples performance with Windows-based machines is getting better. and better, and better. Now, before I antagonize all the gamers, and anyone that likes Windows for some reason, I'll just say that this is all subjective. What bugs me about hardware and software reviews is that they always take a very singular point of view [unless it's a GOOD review], and present it as objective. THIS is better. In reality, there were users that were totally fine with Windows ME, thanks very much. Same goes for Linux, BSD, or anything else. Use what you want for whatever reason. The beauty of technology is that you can pick and choose. As a serial early adopter, I get stung all the time.

Only one rule - whatever you run, do yourself a favor and back it up. Better yet, backup to 2 distinct locations, one of which is offsite. You'll thank me when you recover the baby pics, old tax returns,  and mpgs of you singing 'The Humpty Dance' at karoke. And can't we all agree that the fact that you did that AND got it on video is far more important than your OS or hardware of choice could ever be?

"Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in awhile - you could miss it."
                                                                                                                                                                                            -Ferris

But the point of this was the Apple announcement. I only have one thing to say about them - they are brilliant. Whatever you think about the actual stuff introduced. or things discussed, it's marketing nirvava. The buzz and anticipation around these things are tangible, insanely valuable marketing capital. Good on ya. Keep selling me something I bought 3 years ago but is no longer the freshness. I'll shell out the dough, I'm defenseless.

Apple launching... something next week

Ars Technica does a nice roundup of what this announcement could entail.

The one thing all the speculation has in common is that it'll be something Intel-ly.

Either iBooks, 17" and 12" PowerMacs, perhaps Mac mini? All of these?

They don't think a tablet is too likely, or a touchscreen iPod...sad.

ITunes Security Vulnerability - 4.7.1 fix DRM Warning

From the BBC upgrade to iTunes version 4.7.1 - but be advised.

Steve Jobs = Willy Wonka?

Saw this on kottke yesterday - very funny, and seems true! And if you haven't checked out flickr, you should.