Refresh Your Windows Or Mac Wallpaper Automagically
I never used to be a big wallpaper kind of guy until I started using John’s Desktop Switcher. It’s a seriously cool app that has a ton of features like rotating your wallpaper as often as you’d like, or make a collage or photobook from your pictures. I found another app today called ‘Desktoptopia’ that is similar, but a bit more stripped down and straightforward.
The main feature I loved about it was it came preloaded with RSS feeds to their site which is a wallpaper submission site. Now John’s DS can do this too, but this one just works out of the box. It’s nice to get fresh desktops without having to search around and find them, then download them to your computer and then put them in the correct folder. You can also tell it how often to switch the wallpapers on your desktop and it understands dual monitors so you can have different wallpapers on each monitor.
Introducing the MacBook Wheel…
The guys over at The Onion have a breaking story on the revolutionary MacBook Wheel. Why does this product remind me of the iPhone in so many ways? I could try to explain the video…but you really just need to watch it.
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
"At Apple our philosophy is to create products that are simple to use. And nothing is more simple to use than a single giant button."
"Everything is just a few hundred clicks away."
"At Apple, we give customers features they don’t even realize they want yet."
"I’ll buy almost anything if it’s shiny and made by Apple."
"I like how the email automatically says ‘Sent from the MacBook Wheel’ that way people know you have one."
"The Hummingbird battery which can power the MacBook Wheel for a full 19 minutes before needing to be recharged."
First Impressions On the Amazon DRM-Free Music Store Beta
Finally.
I can’t express how happy I am to be typing this right now.
I just got done downloading my first DRM-Free MP3 from the Amazon DRM-Free Music Store. I already have most of the music on there, but I settled on John Lennon “Imagine”, Remastered.
This is finally going to put the screws to Apple’s proprietary, locked-down, DRM ridden store some refer to as the iTunes Music Store. A while back Steve Jobs released a statement talking about how he really wanted to get rid of DRM which was a great marketing ploy. Those of us who aren’t zombified Mac users knew it was all just him blowing smoke.
Well Amazon has finally done it…and brilliantly I might say. The process is dead simple. You get a DRM-free 256kbps MP3 that you can put on any of your computers or mp3 players. What a concept! The prices for a single track are usually around $.89 - $.99 or around $6.99 – $9.99 for an entire album.
iPod Touch Update
If you read my post earlier in the week ripping the new iPod Touch to shreds (which hurt me more than it hurt it since I really want to like it), I figured I would post an update.
Apple recognized the problem and admitted it was a quality control issue (just like all their products have so get used to it) and they said the problem is fixed. The only thing is, the fixed Touch’s were made in the 38th week of production.
This means that it’s basically a grab bag if you want to get one that actually works. Who says Mac’s can’t play games? Happy hunting!
Another Brilliant Post From Valleywag: "If Everything Were Sold Like iPods"
McDonald’s:
“Hi, can I have a Big Mac?”
“Great, that’ll be $2.99.”
“Can I get bacon on that?”
“You can have our bacon cheeseburger with no lettuce.”
“But…but I want both.”
“I’m sorry, we don’t have that model; it’s too much clutter. What color would you like your Big Mac?”
“Wha…what color? Look, I’ll just get the bacon cheeseburger.”
“Ohhhh, I’m sorry, we just discontinued it and replaced it with a tofu burger. And the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger is now a chicken nugget.”
“But I liked the old one.”
“Sorry. On the upside, the Big Mac is now $1.69.”
“It was $2.99 one minute ago.”
“We changed them. One minute ago was the wrong time to buy a Big Mac. Now would you like some fries or would you rather wait a week until we have onion rings?”
Want more? There’s three more at Valleywag.
Why Macs Suck
I know this video isn’t new, but I can’t help but laugh every time I see it.
Apple Admits iPod Touch Screens Are Faulty
Forget the fact that the iPod Touch screens are faulty, did Apple just admit to something being wrong with their products? Wow. Amazing.
Anyway, if you’ve been surfing around in the blogosphere, you’ve seen countless number of stories saying that the screen on the iPod Touch is faulty especially with how it displays blacks (you bunch of racists Apple).
Well, after all the complaints, Apple has officially announced that the screens on ’some’ of the iPod Touch’s are in fact faulty. But honestly, are you surprised? I have yet to see a 1st gen product come out of Apple that hasn’t had some type of major bug or flaw. I enjoy letting all you ‘dipshits’ (see Bill Maher below) spend your money so Apple can screw you over while anyone with a brain waits two months for the price to be cut and the product to be upgraded to at least semi-usability status.
Bill Maher On iPhone Idiots, I Mean Owners
And when he says “dipshits”, he means Apple users. Because let’s be honest with ourselves, you are the only kind that are big enough douches to stand in line for a phone.
Reason #756 Not To Buy An iPhone
Just in case you fanboys who have anus’ in the shape of an apple needed another reason that the iPhone sucks, other than that it sucks at being a phone…
If Operating Systems Were Houses
What if Unix, Windows, Linux and OSX were houses?
UNIX is the old Victorian Mansion that was the first of it’s kind and set the standard for all things to come.
It is still considered one of the most solid and stable houses ever built since it was build by compliant construction practices.
It’s incredibly solid foundation allows it to be expanded upon and added to. This foundation has led to many other houses being built the same way and with the same compliance and care.
Windows is the government housing.
The houses are built quickly, cheaply and go up anywhere and everywhere.
Unfortunately since they were all built so cheaply, you end up spending twice as much later to keep the place standing.
The foundation is shaky at best and anytime you hang a picture, you worry about knocking the entire house down.
