My MacWorld 2008 predictions based on the slogan “There’s Something in the Air” on the banner:
I think it will be a bunch of announcements I don’t care about, unless iPhone is coming to Canada.
Merry Christmas!
I guess no one expected me to blog about a trip that happened two months ago, but it would be a shame not to, as it marked one of my UPs in 2007. Most importantly, I am on my way to Tokyo(where else?) and I still have N more hours to kill before arrival.
WARNING: This is a rather long post. It is 9-hour flight to Tokyo, remember?
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This is what happens when you give an AppleTV to a girl who is semi-knowledgeable about computers.
P.S.1 My Macbook Pro came with ComicLife, which I used to make this silly comic. I heard (from Jon) they don’t bundle third-party software anymore.
P.S.2 Yes, my AppleTV is called ChickenTV.
My 15″ Macbook Pro arrived last week and I named it ProChicken. I made a trip to Richmond Daiso to get a $2 cushion case for this $2000 computer. It feels great to finally own a computer that can run Windows smoothly. Ironic. My last laptop was bought in 2003 before I went to Japan for co-op. It was a Sony Vaio (named “PurpleChicken”), which is still functional today. It was the cheapest and most low-end in store when I bought it. Even the default Windows XP bevel interface made it choke. Now I can run Visual Studio and all kinds of boring bloated applications.
I haven’t had a chance to really enjoy Joost until now (Mac version doesn’t run on PowerPC, and PurpleChicken is too slow). Using Joost on a wide-screen laptop is awesome. I watched a full documentary about chickens on the “Off the Fence Documentary” channel. Did you know the US Air Force shoot chickens out of cannons to simulate high-speed bird crashes on aircraft windshields? Dead and frozen, of course.
For Linux->OSX switchers: There are apt-get open source software repositories for OS X!!! :cheese_ee:
Get Fink or DarwinPort, and their corresponding GUI front-ends: FinkCommander and Port Authority. Similar to Ubuntu and Gentoo, you can choose to install from binary packages or compile from source. Prior to running Fink/DarwinPort, the developer tools (Xcode, X11, X11 SDK) must be installed and they are available on the OS X DVD.