The open source Eudora is (hopefully) about to be unleashed onto the world. Sadly, after being lied to for literally years about a new, Cocoa-based version of Eudora in the works, the Eudora community has been left sniffling with the task of doing it themselves. And Qualcomm can’t even release the damn thing without making us wait. The announcement was made on October 1, 2006, and we are still waiting. And I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon. Fuck you, Qualcomm, fuck you in your lazy asses.
Archive for January, 2007
cabel.name: Apple’s Next-Generation Themes
Read this, it’s interesting. Cabel Sasser’s my boy.
Excited and a little scared I headed over toward Apple.com after school today to meet a very unfamiliar gadget gawking at me: iPhone. The black, touch-screen PDA-esque toy looks a little different from simple and white Apple things we’ve seen in the past. But as an entering college student, what do Apple’s announcements mean to me?
Initially, not much. Steve Jobs said little about the future of the Mac, but rather focused on new Apple entertainment products such as Apple TV and the iPhone. What about iLife ‘07 and iWork ‘07? I’ve seen the Amazon skeletons, so they must be in the works. But I have always expected a fresh new version of iLife/iWork at the beginning of the year. After reading an article on Macworld, the editors made a great point that the next edition of the iWorld could be Leopard-dependent, and since Steve was using things in Keynote that are clearly not present in the ‘06, then that means he must have been using a Leopard machine. Good news for any skeptics.
But what about Apple TV and iPhone? The iPhone looks like a major seller and will definitely help Apple, but I probably won’t be picking one up since I really don’t have that kind of money to spend on cell phones. But Apple TV is a much different story. $300? A decent price in my opinion. But if I can somehow figure up a way to rig up my TiVo to do all these things (it can already do the photos and music), then there will be no need.
And the Beatles on iTunes is pretty cool. But overall, merely mediocre announcements that have made me even more antsy.
Hootrah 1 924 points away from a $5 Red Lobster gift card.
Hussein Execution and Effects, with Video!
Published January 1, 2007 Bush , Politics Leave a CommentAny American that has read the Iraq Study Group Report, which obviously not too many U.S. political leaders have, should have a partly clear idea of the repercussions that will follow Hussein’s execution. While I do not know too many who will argue in his favor in terms of being allowed to live, his death will certainly create more and more controversy in the Middle East, and–in my opinion–will in many ways heighten our likelihood for another major terrorist attack. I think it is very important as a nation to not kid ourselves and celebrate his death to the point where we ignore the dangers that very well could arise from Saddam’s death. Even more, we should definitely not see the execution as the end to our problems in any sense, as (undue) difficulty almost certainly lies ahead.
And for dramatic effect, here’s a video of the fucker dying.
