O'Reilly Network: Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X: Part 3 [Jan. 04, 2002]

Before you know it, it's seven in the morning and time to show off your efforts. You're confident, feigning a yawn of boredom, not sleepiness. As the morning sun glints off the silver of your glorious G4 tower, you smile privately -- as has been typical since time began, doing something amazing on the Mac has been incredibly simple. Your boss is impressed, your coworkers are disbelieving, and you're signing a purchase order for the newest mystery item from MacWorld. Oh, life is good.

MacInTouch: Mac news, information and analysis

Last evening, the Canadian edition of Time Magazine prematurely posted the web version of this week's stories, including the cover feature about Apple's new iMac. An accompanying photo showed Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, chief of Apple's ID lab, with the new iMac on the cover. The company later changed the site to redirect all queries to the US site.

Also in the same news story possible details of the new PowerMac G4 Series as gleaned from a Paris reseller - Powermac 1.2 Ghz et 1.4 Ghz!

Glad to see that Joel has days like mine ;-) Which he expands on in his Joel on Software - Fire And Motion piece.

TIME.com - Apple's New iMac. What a cool looking machine. Not bad specs either. Heather likes the look of it too. I can see it appealing to her generation.

I'm listening to the MacWorld keynote just now. No video since I'm on a modem connnection at home B-(.

I suppose I'm a little disappointed since the keynote and launch of the new product(s) was so heavily hyped. There's no doubt that it's a beautifully engineered device but it seems an evolution rather than a revolution. Looking forward to the reviews once the dust has settled.

I also like the new 14.1 inch iBook although I'm more than happy with the 12.1 inch vesrion I'm using right now. Nice to know when my eyesights starts to go I'll be able to upgrade ;-)

There's lots of talk about the 'digital hub' in the keynote. I wonder how Apple's strategy/products will hold up against the Microsoft vision of a digital hub.

No doubt I'll be linking to lots of coverage about the MacWorld Expo over the course of the next few days.

Later...

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I'm standing in a supermarket checkout queue. Well, that's my Saturday night off to a good start!

Blackboard employee Greg Ritter in a recent Ten Reasons Why Rants and Essays is

... trying to encourage the blogging community (and my employer) to take a look at ways blogging might integrate with Blackboard for educational purposes.

But in doing so has upset Adam Curry with his comments in an earlier post.

It was with a heavy heart tonight that I laid out my (best) clothes for work tomorrow. Gerry's funeral is tomorrow morning at 10am. There's sure to be a large turn out from the department as Gerry had worked with many of us for many years. Gerry was just 51 - only 4 years older than me. He died on New Year's Eve. RIP Gerry. I will miss you and your wicked sense of humour. God bless.

via SiT - Usability of Internet discussion forums

To create a really usable forum one have (sic) take into account many small details, which all together will create an impression on a visitor. It is easy to forget some of these details; therefore I will try to explain basic features one by one.

I'll bear some of the points in mind when I redesign my discussion forum on DJ.

Thanks to Tom, Gordon and Scott for their feedback about DVD players in the Netflix.com thread. Much appreciated guys.

I must dig up some quotes to contribute to the Programming Language Quotes page maintained on http://lambda.weblogs.com/

This page is dedicated to quotes that I think are worth discussing. I want to keep them seperate from any discussion held on this site, so that others (and myself) can use them for teaching or other purposes.