September 18, 2003
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Why do so many OS X applications place data files that are not directly user-modifiable in the “Documents” folder rather than in “~/Library/Application Support” where they belong? This is annoying clutter. The Documents folder is for things that I WANT …
September 18, 2003
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I’ve been playing with the Flash zooming interface demo that is a part of Jef Raskin’s Humane Interface concept. As noted in the demo itself, it is limited and does not reflect the full capabilities of today’s rendering engines. With …
September 17, 2003
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September 16, 2003
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Good setting, pacing, and casting.
The only scene in the movie that I found lacking was the filming of the television commercial. The Japanese director would give about a minute worth of direction, which the translator would relay to Bill …
September 15, 2003
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I think David Caruso signed on for “CSI: Miami” simply because he can wear sunglasses in every episode. If the show were “CSI: Seattle”, he wouldn’t have even considered it.…
September 12, 2003
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Penelope from the album “The Infinite” by Dave Douglas
Uri Caine’s Rhodes playing is as tasty and funky as that on “The Philadelphia Experiment.” Clarence Penn is a pretty bad cat.…
September 10, 2003
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After removing PithHelmet from Safari due to the problems it caused with allmusic.com, I think I will be re-installing it. One can only take so many animated GIF or Flash ads. The exact same ad twice on the same …
September 10, 2003
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More holes in Windows?! Incredible! Who’d a thunk it?!?!…
September 7, 2003
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I play more freely when I know I’m not getting paid for a gig. I figure that since we aren’t being paid in return for a specific thing, I can play however the hell I want. Sadly, as many musicians …
September 6, 2003
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A recent Slashdot headline described a new filesystem/UI concept by Seth Nickell, GNOME Storage. Having looked at the screenshots and read the PDF describing the reasoning behind the project, I am very hopeful that such a system will be embraced …
September 4, 2003
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Should the 1.0 version (or later) of iChat AV include the ability to record voice and video chats? There are privacy issues, but at least by using a built-in solution, they could be accommodated. Apple could simply allow users to …
September 3, 2003
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Sort of.
I am happy to say that we have posted my friend Brian’s updated site. Brian is a very talented pianist/songwriter/singer (that is the order I encountered his talents in) who has been a good friend and musical collaborator …