John Siracusa
Apple Technology Specialist, ars technica
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@BenKuchera Fee URL?
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Things that are making me feel old today: #7 Explaining to people why radio buttons are called radio buttons.
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"Know your audience?" Sigh. http://www.marco.org/870877006
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Macworld has a picture of the Magic Trackpad's clicking feet: http://bit.ly/9xuejD (From http://bit.ly/8X1OcK)
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Instead, folks walk out of Apple Stores with 3rd-party external 3.5" HDs. Not enough money for Apple to bother? Two words: battery charger.
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I'm still surprised that Apple doesn't offer a cheaper/better backup device than the Time Capsule. 2.5" disk really drives up the price/GB.
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The best part of Apple's charger is their battery sheath design. http://bit.ly/byMa02 (The worst part is everything else.)
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The long-rumored Magic Trackpad can finally be paired with my earlier tweet about it: http://bit.ly/c1UhFS
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I really hope the video cable on the new 27-inch Cinema Display is longer than the one on the 24-inch model…
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(Note for Paul Graham's continued) For many people, the iPad is closer to your long hikes than a hip flask.
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One more note for Paul Graham: the relative "quiet" of the single-task-centric iPad is part of why people are drawn to it.
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What you're doing "on the Internet" can encompass a huge range. "Hip flask" and drunkenness vs. procrastination don't acknowledge this.
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My objection to Paul Graham's latest http://bit.ly/cMgg8d is his characterization of the Internet as a monolithic thing.
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"the entire surface is a button that clicks" Does it physically depress like on a MacBook? Hard to see how it could: http://bit.ly/dyDYsn
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The new iMacs have "discrete graphics processors from AMD." Is this the first time Apple's used "AMD" instead of "ATI?" http://bit.ly/9qEjqW
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Is it real or is it Miyazaki? http://bit.ly/cRTBFt
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I'm pretty sure I saw @jmspool at the @jonathancoulton concert. I wonder what he though of the "usability" of the sound mixing.
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Actual good news about DRM! http://bit.ly/9CdgqT
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Fast-forwarding through my seventh unskippable preview on this blu-ray disc…urge to kill rising…
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Emblems of Belief for Placement on Government Headstones: http://is.gd/dEEZy (via @timbray ) WTF with the atheist emblem? Rude on many levels
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The person sitting in front of me in the theater tonight had a sword. Just your typical @jonathancoulton concert.
