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There are too many articles to note this week, so we've established a "Net Neutrality Index" which will list titles, and jump to the article burst.
Highlights this week include:
* Net Neutrality: "This is serious."
* Anti-Net Neutrality Cartoons
* Hillary chimes in
* For Consumers, Only Certainty of Net Neutrality Is Uncertainty
* Net Neutrality might kill BitTorrent
* Silicon Insider: Neutrality vs. Free Speech
* Net Neutrality vs. Internet Freedom.
You can start at the actual posting list: 0606-26_net_neutrality.html or browse the Net Neutrality INDEX Net Neutrality Issue Now Over The Top
Apple's latest baby is getting lots of press... some good, some bad, and some really bad... Apple MacBook Woes continue to pile up * What the heck is up with my MacBook's graphics * MacBook discoloration * AppleWorks on Intel Mac * Trackpad not registering * 28 colours of MacBook * Beware objects in hinge * MacBook Pro Light Sensor Secrets * Sudden shutdowns * Tilt sensor * Road testing * MacBook may be perfect and more. (Three pages full!) MacBook: Good, Bad, Ugly
Fred says: "I believe I'll stay with the current technology for a while yet ... after learning about expanding batteries, busting laptop shells, mysterious "moo" sounds, discoloring cases and other woes, I was happy I didn't buy the MacBook Pro last week. I got another Aluminum G4 instead. Whew.
Oh, by the way, for those of you who read my "Letter to Mr. Jobs" ... the third of the three iMacs has now suffered the melt-down fate, just like the other two. ... keep reading.
The Fink Binary Distribution 0.8.1 has been announced for Macintosh PowerPC and Intel processors. They have provided more than 1700 packages compiled for Intel and more than 1900 for the PowerPC machines. They do hedge and say that since the Intel programs should still be considered beta. Find out more
Here is a guy who took apart several iMacs and installed them into a case that allowed him to rack them. It is something to see. I have always admired people who understood hardware that well. I have done any soldering on a computer since my Apple II days and that one resulted in the replacement of a chip socket after I dropped some hot solder in it. See the details
Free Mac software. A web site that is dedicated to just that.
Fred Comments: This is a pretty clean, albeit slow, web site that you should try. Unlike the other shareware/freeware sites, this one has very little spam. (Although they seem to be begging for it on every page.) Let's hope they stay true to their philosophy:
"At FreeMacWare.com, we try to be just a little different from the other download sites. We only review freeware for Mac OS X, and we aren't trying to find all the freeware out there -- just the best." www.freemacware.com
This web site says it doesn't handle thousands of files, just the best of the lot for Windows computers. Check it out yourself and let us know what you think: www.onlythebestfreeware.com
A recent article in Forbes magazine claims that 50 Cent and his manager are negotiating a branding deal with Apple Computer. I heard about this even on the national network news programs. I really can't see how he will be able to get Apple to change its basic business model. But if he can get a headless iMac that hooks up to a TV, then it could work. But isn't that the Macmini? Read about it
Best Buy quit handling Apple's computers in the "fruit flavor" days when the only difference between the 5 different "Yum" machines was the colors. The story at the time was that Apple was insisting that they purchase the same number of each color.
But the real problem from Apple's side was similar to many other retailers. The sales people would try to stir the Apple customer to a PC where they could make better SPIFs.
These new sales people are actually trained in Cupertino. So maybe there will be a new strength to Apple sales in the stores. Sounds somewhat like the program at CompUSA. Hope it works. Full story
iPodBackup is a script-turned-application that backs up your home folder to your iPod using the open source backup utility rsync. iPodBackup will backup your home folder, wherever it may be, either to Users/username, as a folder, or to Users/username.sparseimage, as a disk image, on your iPod. The disk image may be encrypted or unencrypted. See and download it at: www.amake.us
I haven't been to the AppleLinks website in years. It is still a good place to get news and information on Apple products. See it at: www.applelinks.com/
Super Get Info 1.3 now allows customers to change folder and file permissions and ownership on AppleShare server volumes. This new version also includes maintenance fixes to reported issues. Update is available free (Read More)
SuperDuper! 2.1.2, the Intel compatible version of its insanely great disk copying utility for Mac OS X -- Shirt Pocket releases SuperDuper! 2.1.2 Heroic System Recovery for Mere Mortals - Now with Growl notification! (Fred and several members of SMUG have been using this since January and is more than enthusiastic about its performance -- and the fact that it makes a fully bootable backup) SuperDuper - Now with Growl
the color wheel doesn't always give you the colors you should have ... with the color picking tool GenoPal, developed by Genometri, the users are now experiencing a totally new way of exploring and matching colors (Read More)
But before you write off the Yellow Pages, you should do a bit of research... How To Multiply The Response To Your Yellow Pages Ad ( Or Any Other Print Ad ) (Read More)
ConceptDraw MINDMAP is your personal assistant when discussing ideas, making decisions and planning projects. It enables you to present information in a simple, visual way by building trees of ideas or Mind Maps. ... see the full story...
The Register's Developer section has an article telling how "William Henry Gates the Third's philanthropic work will one day lead to him being canonized. But that he could also be canonized ast he man who invented the PC.
In the book, "They Made America : From the Steam Engine to the Search Engine: Two Centuries of Innovators" the author points out that this isn't true. The article gives more detail, but it isn't hard to believe that CP/M has been forgotten as among the first of the operating systems. It is good that someone does fact checking, isn't it. Of course, not everyone may agree with these facts either. Read the article
Hints and Tips for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements" with Photoshop Guru Lesa Snider King, June 29 Washington Apple Pi
For director David Fincher, making a movie is an exploration. A discovery. And Final Cut Studio plays a lead role in that revelatory process. revelatory process.
"Only exceptionally rational men can afford to be absurd."
- Allan Goldfein
"When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty." - George Bernard Shaw
"Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I will understand."
- Chinese Proverb
"Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid." -
Lady Bird Johnson
Have a great week... (See last week)
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