"On Tiger: Wake the f*** up, people. The correct response to Apple's OS update is 'you devious, rip-off f***ing bastards', _not_ 'Oh, Apple, thank you for this wondrous bounty'. They put in a few nice tweaks. OK. But for the most part this is a bunch of patches to the more glaringly shit parts of the OS. And they do this on a yearly basis whilst charging you through the nose for the privilege." [2lmc spool]

Well, I only asked...

12:53:43 AM    

I had to go to the 'world famous' Bullring today and found myself walking past the soon-to-be-opened Apple store. It has a steel frontage but the windows were blanked out. By listening carefully I could hear the sound of drilling from within. There was no letterbox, so I couldn't shout into it, "Come on, you bastards, get a move on." I got home to find an email from Apple in my inbox inviting me to visit on 29 April. No mention of goodie bags, though. Just a free t-shirt for the first 1400 through the door. Given the amount of dosh I've spent on Apple in the last 3 years that seems piss poor to me. When the London store opened the first 300 got goodie bags worth over £750. You can keep watch over the Apple store via web cam, just in case they open a few days early. It's on the extreme left, adjacent to the top corner of the diamond pattern on the floor.

9:54:09 PM    

"According to a press release, 4.5 million iPods sold through between October and December, 2004, while Apple has sold a little better than 10 million iPods since its release in October, 2001. To put the figures in context, over 40 percent of iPod sales came in just three months -- after being on sale for about 39 months." [BG News]

Wanna do iPods?

10:14:24 PM    

"So it's a tiny, powerful, gorgeous-looking, fuss-free computer that, while not dirt cheap unless you're prepared to put up with a limited spec, is reasonably priced for what you get. If you want a machine for surfing, writing, ripping or burning, there isn't a reason not to buy one of these. And that certainly provides some serious food for thought." [PC Pro]

Something is slowly turning on the windmill that is the Windows media. They're starting to admire Apple.

10:06:58 PM    

"Apple will officially announce Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger's release at an event in early April and will begin shipping the operating system within two or three weeks afterwards, Think Secret has learned. Apple has previously only stated that Tiger will ship during the first half of the 2005." [ThinkSecret]

I really hope that this new update to Apple's operating system doesn't spoil anything. Right now my system, running version 10.3.8, is the most stable system I have ever used in twenty years of using a home computer. It never crashes, everything I plug in works, there are no viruses or worms to fret about, the Apple software is excellent and third party stuff is of high quality. If it ain't broke please don't fix it.

11:10:38 PM    

skti, who make the HTML editor SkEdit, also have some Flash games on their website. These are simple games with basic graphics but they are also very addictive. Jarts is a particular favourite. My hi-scores have been rather low, my best a tepid 396. But some people, who have a worryingly large amount of spare time on their hands, are getting scores 1000 points higher.

10:38:26 PM    

Steve Kirks: "If you are looking for a serious blogging tool that's not in 'beta' and has a strong user community, plunk down your $40 bucks and sign on to one hell of a ride: Radio UserLand"

[Donovan Watts: Radio UserLand: The Missing Manual]

5:26:34 PM