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Comet Unexpectedly Brightens a Millionfold

Oct 25, 2007
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Comet Unexpectedly Brightens a Millionfold: "swordgeek writes 'Comet 17P/Holmes, a relatively obscure and (until a few days ago) dim object, has suddenly flared to be literally a million times brighter, going from magnitude 18 to 2.8. It is just outside of the constellation Perseus, which puts it high in the sky and ideal for viewing at this time of year. The comet still appears starlike even in binoculars but should grow to several arcminutes across over the next few nights. The comet is now readily visible to the naked eye. This is a completely unexpected once-in-a-lifetime event, so get out your finest optics (even if it's just your eyes) and go comet watching!'

Wake Up America, The Government is LYING TO US DAILY

Jun 24, 2007
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Wake Up America, The Government is LYING TO US DAILY:

"Google Spider Goats A short film for all Americans to see"

(Via houston911truth.org.)

WWDC 2007

Jun 11, 2007
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Ok, so today I watched the Apple World Wide Developers Conference keynote speech; there was nothing to report. It was a recap of last year with the Leopard features and then the insult of the year telling iPhone developers that if they want to make apps for the phone they can do it with Ajax and Web 2.0 HTML standards. That was really like shoving a shit sandwhich down some peoples throats. But oh well. I think the iPhone is goint to be a flop.

Other than that there was no news. No new .Mac upgrades, no new iMacs, no new nothing. So that ends WWDC 2007. I remember my Apple rep saying this would the year of Apple. So far with the Leopard dealy this isn’t much of anything but a year of empty promises. They better start rolling out some crazy shit soon starting with Lepoard or they’re going to loose their momentum. Today alone their stock price dropped $4 a share in the last hours of trading. I expect it will drop even farther tomorrow and go below $100. Namely because they’re just sitting spinning their wheels on promises and the hopes of a cell phone that no one can afford.

Perhaps the biggest thing from the whole presentation was the announcement of Safari for Windows. I'm thinking that's going to go over like a wet towel though. If you're on Windows you're a fan and using a competing platforms web browser isn't really something you would pursue unless you were thinking of jumping ship and buying a new computer.

Well I may be wrong. But what I'd like to see is Leopard server with CalDev iCal server and new Xserve hardware and new Open Directory goodies along with Rendezvous tricks and new iMac's with LED back lighting as well as regular Macbooks and a widescreen iPod.

But I guess I'm going to have to wait until the fall. Here's to a summer of code for Apple developers.

MarsEdit

Jun 5, 2007
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Boy, just a few short months after mentioning that this needs to work with Ecto, MarsEdit comes out and supports all the blog engines I use including Vox. This might mean $24 is going to leave my wallet as it's a very nice app. I guess I can now post to all three blogs. Interesting.