(I wanted to link to Brett’s article yesterday when I read it but I couldn’t think of a reason why and I didn’t want to just quote something. But when I read Cameron’s reason for linking I realized that’s exactly why I wanted to link to it. So, with out further adieu…)
Brett’s Article is here: The Early Adopter Paradox
And Cameron Hunt said: “Good article by Brett Peters about non-techies as the best iPhone salespeople. It’s really amazing, and I’ve seen it happen as well.”
Michael Mistretta’s Review of MarsEdit on MacApper –
…MarsEdit still beats all of the online blogging solutions hands-down. With it’s strong feature-set, ability to manage multiple blogs from one dedicated app, and offline freedom, MarsEdit is an app that is completely worth it’s $29.95 pricetag, and will make any blogger more productive, more creative, and more involved with their blog.
Great minds think must think alike as I too am writing a review on MarsEdit.
I don’t know about you but I change my desktop about once a week. If I find a really good wallpaper then I might keep it for a month. Not that I have a rule about changing my wallpaper, I just like to.
To put my Cinema Display in the Christmas Spirit I’ve had 1920×1200 pixels of Kevin Cornell’s Christmas-style Desktops up all month. And speaking of which, he just put up a new one, and wow. Kevin is talented.
All this to say that thanks to Bill, I just came across these I Love Typography Desktop Wallpapers, and a few of them will be making their way into the rotation.
Give the Gift of (mt) Web Hosting.
$95 for a year of hosting on their (gs) Grid Service Lite. These guys are awesome, and this is a really good deal.
I’ve always been a John Mayer fan, and Slow Dancing in a Burning Room, from his Continuum, has been at the top of my playlist for a while.
Tom Yager on How Leopard Time Machine Works, and How it Doesn’t –
As Apple presents the Time Machine filesystem view, you can see your system approximately:
As it was at the top of each hour today.
As it was each day for the past 30 days, starting yesterday.
As it was each week, starting 31 days ago, going back as far as disk space permits.A distraught user might only be interested in the amount of data he may have lost: If you accidentally deleted a file today, you lose up to an hour’s work If you deleted it between yesterday and 30 days ago, you lose up to a day’s work If you deleted it more than 30 days ago, you can lose up to one week’s work, or all of it.
I never gave too much thought to Time Machine (I guess that’s the point?), but I assumed that when it folded the daily archives into the weekly archives it would keep all the files from the daily archives and turn them into one weekly archive.
For example: I don’t keep files on my desktop longer than a few hours usually. So say each day a file gets kept in Time Machine’s backup of my desktop folder. Then when it folds those seven days into the one weekly backup, I assumed that all seven files would be grouped together as what my desktop looked like that week. Apparently, that’s not the case.
I installed a 2nd internal HDD on my Mac Pro to act as my Time Machine backup, but other than surfing around in Time Machine I haven’t actually needed to use it.
I’m really not too concerned though. I still have my old backup strategy in place with one change: I only backup to my external FireWire drive once a week now, instead of every night.
Google Launched its iPhone Web App Today –
Today, Google announced the release of a new iPhone application that integrates its multiple services into a single interface, making it easy for iPhone users to find, use and switch between Google search, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, and more. To use the application, iPhone users simply point their web browser to http://www.google.com.
If I used Google applications more often this would be fantastic. At first glance Gmail, Reader and Calendar all have a very slick and iPhone optimized layout.
A great way to customize and organize your icons and dock with Panic’s Leopard only update to CandyBar.
Major new update: integrated CandyBar together with Pixadex with an entirely new interface, added large (512 x 512) icon support, Leopard dock customization, additional system icons, Quick Look integration, more reliable system icon restoration, and much more.
If you’re looking for some new websites which are hand picked and recommended by yours truly, then look no further.
I thought I’d share the RSS love by saving 22 feeds from my subscription list into an OPML file. Some are long-time favorites and some are newer to me, but look promising. I didn’t export all my feeds; I left out a few of the obvious ones.
You can download my OPML file here.
And feel free to send me some of your favorites.
Southwest Rapid Rewards A-List Membership
Once you qualify for Rapid Rewards’ A-List, you are entitled to reserved boarding privileges for 12 months, which means that Southwest Airlines will automatically reserve a boarding pass for you 36 hours prior to each of your confirmed Southwest Airlines flights to ensure you will receive the best available boarding pass prior to the start of regular checkin.
I fly southwest about once a month (which unfortunately is not enough to qualify), and getting onto the “A” boarding group is becoming a competitive sport.
I’ve been using the Dark Pepper Mint Style for my mint stats page and it is awesome. You should try it out. And if you don’t have Mint … what are you thinking?
I don’t watch TV, and these are the only commercials I ever see. Seriously.
Anna, you should read this. Just remember not to call me a nerd in front of your parents.
Fix Leopard’s Stacks With Overlaying Icons
A creative fix indeed.
And I think it’s worth noting that “XD” has a great site design thanks to Mr. Cameron Hunt. Of all the Tumble Blog themes I’ve seen, Cameron’s are always my favorite.