Super Ginormous

Category: Macs

Posts about Apple and the products they produce.

  • click me baby, one more time.

    click me baby, one more time.

    DaddyTypes posted an entry on their blog about a father who’s baby ended up getting “burned” by the “ipodmybaby”ipopmybaby onesie she was wearing. (That’s one heck of an allergic reaction, if you ask me!)

    It’s not very clear at all at what caused the skin irritation on the baby… but it’s pretty apparent from the flickr feed that it only occured in the area where the click-wheel was screen-printed on the onesie.

    I bought one of these a couple of months ago, when we were anticipating the birth of our son, Tyler. He hasn’t had the opportunity to wear the blue “ipodmybaby”ipopmybaby onesie I got him, yet. So I don’t know if he will have this same sort of reaction. (I’d probably say it’d be highly unlikely. People can be hypersensitive to certain things) It has made me a little more cautious about what I put on my son… and keeping a closer eye on how his clothing might affect him.

    Definitely weird.

  • What to expect from Macworld ‘06?

    Steve Jobs

    Kevin Rose seems to think he knows… Here’s what he’s suggesting will be announced, per an Anonymous tipster…

    • 15? intel Macbook – order tomorrow, ships Feb (thinner, dual core)
    • iPod FM receiver
    • iWork/Life ‘06
    • New remote of some type
    • Photocasting (iPhoto)
    • OS X.4.4 w/new widgets

    We’ll certainly find out soon enough, won’t we? MacWorld SF starts at 9am PST.

  • Adobe Lightroom

    Lightroom Beta 1 Splash Page

    Screenshots of Adobe Lightroom Beta

    Not to be outdone by Apple’s Aperture application for professional photographers, Adobe has just annouced Adobe Lightroom™ Beta. NAPP has created a Learning Center for this new tool on their website, that is immensely useful.

    Lightroom Beta lets you view, zoom in, and compare photographs quickly and easily. Precise, photography-specific adjustments allow you to fine tune your images while maintaining the highest level of image quality from capture through output. And best of all, it runs on most commonly used computers, even notebook computers used on location. Initially available as a beta for Macintosh, Lightroom will later support both the Windows and Macintosh platforms.

    The Lightroom Beta, is available for download from the Adobe Labs website. You’ll need an Adobe ID in order to preview this application.

    I’m glad to see Adobe pushing something like this out. I was just talking to Mercer Harris, an excellent photographer in Washington, GA, about Aperture and how it might fit into their workflow. Lightroom looks to be a viable alternative (if priced right)…

    This is going to be great for consumers. I’d love to see Apple and Adobe go head-to-head even more. It’ll just drive them to innovate even more!

  • Goodbye Mac IE

    Internet Explorer for Mac icon

    Hallelujah, say goodbye to browser that was ahead of its time when it first came out, but suffered when Microsoft end-of-lifed it…. The Unofficial Apple Weblog had this to say:

    All support for the Macintosh version of Internet Explorer will cease on December 31, 2005 and all official distribution of the browser will cease on January 31, 2006. In other words, IE is finally dying. You won’t be able to download it from Microsoft anymore. Instead they will recommend that you use Safari or Firefox.

    On a broader note, this means that fewer sites can justify having IE only versions of their sites. They cannot say, “Well, get IE for Mac and it should work.” No. Start clean-coding your sites for Firefox and Safari compatibility or lose 6 percent (and growing) of your customers.

    Official Microsoft Internet Explore for Mac Page

    This has been a long time coming, if you ask me. I used to love using MacIE, especially because it was so easy to change the color themes… but it ceased being a viable browser several years ago. Trying to support it nowadays is more trouble than it is worth. Yes, some Mac users still use it as their browser, but they are in a shrinking minority. They’re going to need to get used to seeing a web that is broken, because their browser is antiquated.

    Rest in Peace, MacIE.

  • Apple Adds to the TV Show Lineup on ITMS

    Break out the champagne, folks. Apple has finally added some new TV show offerings to the iTunes Music Store (ITMS) from NBC, USA, SciFi and Disney. You can now get episodes of The Office, Monk, Battlestar Galactica, The Tonight Show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Law & Order, and more. They’ve also added older shows, like Knight Rider, Adam 12, Dragnet, etc. I’m not keen on most, if not all, that’s been added, with the exception of maybe “Surface”… (but I’m not really all that into that show, so I don’t see myself downloading episodes). This is definitely a step in the right direction, but I don’t think I’ll be truly happy with the product offerings until I can get “My Name is Earl” and “Stargate” episodes off of the ITMS.

    Hat tip: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

  • Quicktime 7 Standalone Player

    Apple Quicktime works on Macs AND PCs!

    While checking out some of the new Movie Trailers over at Quicktime.com, I noticed Apple is now posting a link to a Quicktime 7 Standalone Player… Several of my friends have not upgraded to QT7 because Apple has bundled it with iTunes by default now. They’ll be happy to know, this is no longer the case.

    So, if you’ve held off on upgrading to QT7, I urge you to reconsider… being able to watch MOV files that use the H.264 codec is more than reason enough to upgrade…

  • Brief Observations on the Oct. 12 Apple Event

    the new iMac G5John Gruber had a lot of interesting stuff to note aboot yesterday’s Apple Special Event:

    • The new iPods do not support FireWire. Not just no FireWire cables in the box; no FireWire, period. Such is the price of smaller and thinner, I suppose.
    • Highest capacity iPod is still 60 GB. There certainly exists a market of people who want larger capacity iPods (I know at least four people personally who can’t fit their entire libraries on a 60 GB drive … and I don’t have many friends), but I don’t think Apple sees this as a significant selling point. Thinner and lighter seems to be what Apple thinks will sell … and judging by the Nano’s popularity, they’re almost certainly right.

    Keep reading…

  • One More Thing…

    What’s Apple got up it’s sleeves now? Rumors are flying about a possible Video iPod, a Video-enabled AirPort Express, and more… What do you think it might be?

  • Make the Switch

    Yeah, yeah, yeah. I own a Dell. I also own 2 iPods, a PowerMac G4 and a PowerBook G4. I love Macs. Apple just relaunched their Switch site. It’s very cool. Check it out, why don’t ya?

  • “You’ve got to find what you love.”

    This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.

    I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories.

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    Amen, Steve. Amen.