From the monthly archives:

June 2006

MacNN reports that Apple actually is fixing the rampant discoloration issues present on white MacBook laptops. My laptop suffers from this issue, even after I had put an invisible shield on the palm rest. The discoloring stems from a manufacturing defect in the plastic. Apple will replace the top case, presumably free of charge. Hopefully, I will just be able to take it into an Apple store and have the [click to continue…]

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Twenty Years

June 30, 2006 · 38 comments

Twenty short years ago on this day I was born a very curious child in Houston. Soon after I was taking apart every electronic gadget I could get my hands on.. even the old 386 and Macintosh Centris 650, which was a great computer by the way. As some of my Greek readers have picked up on, yesterday was my name day. The best birthday present was the internship, which gets better everyday. Today I [click to continue…]

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Open Office version 2.0.3, Apple iTunes 6.0.5 and Microsoft IE7 Beta 3 have all been released today. The Open Office update brings speed improvements, especially for Intel Macs, along with greater file compatibilty among Microsoft Office files. Meanwhile, the new iTunes release offers compatibilty for the Nike+ shoe thing. Microsoft’s third IE7 beta offers dragable tabs and the expected security and stability updates.

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Inside Yahoo!

June 27, 2006 · 37 comments

Working at Yahoo! is the ultimate experience. The amazing campus, engaging activities and great people definitely made an impression on me during the past two days. Everyone I’ve come across at Yahoo! is eager to meet new people and get to know them; yes, even the coders are sociable! Unlike other places where my friends intern, Yahoo! interns don’t make coffee and send out letters. For one, every building (there are 7 on the Sunnyvale campus) has a Starbucks-type caffeine vendor and the drinks are free! Yahoo! interns are part of a project that makes an impact [click to continue…]

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If you use a Mac, go ahead and click the Apple icon and select Software Update. The long-awaited 10.4.7 update has recently gone live. The update includes fixes for audio in various applications, bluetooth connectivity and security updates.

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First Flash-Based Laptop Due Next Week

June 27, 2006

Sony will be releasing a new version of their ultra-portable Vaio U series laptop next week. In place of the standard 30GB hard drive, it will feature 16GB of solid-state storage. There had been rumors in weeks past that Apple had been making deals with flash memory manufacturers for a possible 12 inch [...]

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Digg v3.0 Review

June 27, 2006

AJ over at Devlounge has reviewed the new version of digg that launched earlier on Monday. However, he forgot to mention what I deem the coolest feature – the ability to undigg stories. Many times I will read a headline and automatically digg it out of excitement before reading it. Then I’ll [...]

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Be Wary of Your MagSafe’d MacBooks

June 26, 2006

As reported by ArsTechnica, there has been a second case of a melting MagSafe connector. Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro models both use a new charging interface called MagSafe. Consisting of 5 magnetically attached pins (only 4 provide power), MagSafe safely disconnects from the MacBook if the cord is tugged or tripped [...]

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Warner Brothers Partners with Video Sharing Site

June 26, 2006

Warner Brothers has entered a deal with YouTube-type site GUBA to offer users VOD, video-on-demand, as well as DTO, download-to-own, content. I think this is the first step towards a movie download site as Apple is rumored to be incorporating in a future iTunes release. There are currently only around 200 of Warner [...]

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OS X Download: PandoraMan

June 25, 2006

Thanks to Chris, I have discovered a handy application for the popular, intelligent online radio station based around users’ music interests, Pandora. An application created by IntrArts Creative Media by the name of PandoraMan lets Pandora users login to their Pandora account and play music without the use of a browser. PandoraMan is [...]

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California++

June 25, 2006

It’s time to fill you in on the past few days that I haven’t posted here. On Friday I flew from Houston to San Jose airport where Bryan kindly picked me up and took me to In-N-Out for a delectable burger. Bryan had a good chunk of free time so he decided to [...]

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Digg v3.0 to Launch Monday

June 22, 2006

Mike Arrington’s TechCrunch reports that the long awaited update to the insanely popular Digg news and social bookmarking site will be coming on Monday. Furthermore Mike has scored some detailed screenshots of the new interface and what it brings. The largest part of the update, created by SilverOrange (of Firefox fame), is that [...]

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5 Ways to Speed Up Your Site

June 22, 2006

Throughout the blogosphere I’m always seeing these blogs, that while they look great, are horribly slow and overburdened. Over the past few months I have become somewhat of a website optimization specialist, bringing my own site from an over 250kB homepage to its current 34kB. I will help you achieve some of the [...]

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Launchy, QuickSilver for Windows

June 22, 2006

I recently discovered an application for Windows called Launchy. Similar to QuickSilver for OS X, Launchy can be activated with a simple key combination and open a prompt for easily launching applications and executing files. While it’s no where near as comprehensive as QuickSilver, it is no doubt a long awaited application for [...]

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K2 Quickie: Show Text for Trackbacks

June 20, 2006

One minor annoyance people have with the K2 WordPress theme is that trackbacks and pingbacks are shown only as links with no supporting text from the trackback site. When it comes to having articles with many trackbacks, it is highly advantageous to be able to quickly spot out what each site is saying about [...]

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