Interestingly the first (Windows) machine I installed it on,
the default browser was reported as being FireFox 1.07.
Suffer no more. Thanks to our fellow iBlogger, Robt
from naafront.com; you can now put the standard iBlog template set aside and use
“Max“.
Max is
Robt’s latest masterpiece; which features full screen width with fluid blog body
and fixed side column; 7 color schemes and lots of CSS goodies to spice up
paragraphs & images. To make sure anybody can use his design, he created a
tutorial site: Blog By Numbers, which covers the design’s
background, all the features and a quick start guide. Check it out!
I hope a few people think it’s worth promoting Robt’s work by “word
of blog”, ( I certainly do,) as he put a lot of effort into it to benefit all
iBlog users & iBlog. Do you know anybody that still uses the default
template set? Give ‘m a nudge in the right direction 
There is now a 30GB iPod Photo at $349 (instead of the 40GB model)
and the 60GB now costs only $449. A nice $150 drop on the 60GB model (providing
you didn’t buy one of these in the past weeks). One has to wonder if the
downgrade from 40 to 30GB is solely to drop the price on the base model, rather
than introducing a 20GB iPod Photo, or if there’s something more.
An
interesting accessory will surface: an iPod Camera Connector for direct transfer of
digital images from your camera to your iPod. Sweet. That was my #1 complaint
when the iPod Photo was announced. Now, as the proud owner of a regular iPod, it
would be nice to have that cable work too, just without viewing ability; but
that’s probably asking for too much.
Among
plenty of new & updated digital camera announcements last week; Canon
introduced an 8MP Digital Rebel XT (also known as 350D outside
the U.S.) last Thursday! Who would have thought?
The Digital Rebel
XT is reportedly a bit smaller & lighter and has more creativity options
than the Digital Rebel. With it’s black look instead of silver it looks a lot
better. (note that all reviews & previews show black models, while Canon’s
product page shows a silver model) There are too many updates to mention: custom
functions, selective metering & AutoFocus, improved flash metering, DigicII,
USB2, better battery life, etc. … it really inches close to a 20D, for quite a
bit less money (roughly 2/3rd). I could and likely would have settled for the
Rebel XT, had it existed a few months ago and saved me … Oh well.
Yesterday at Costco, I saw a young guy (early 20’s) ready to buy the
Digital Rebel (6MP) saying “Yes, that’s the camera. They have it.” to his
parents. While they were all looking at it and clearly ready to make a purchase
with parent’s approval; I informed them “You may like to know there is a new
Digital Rebel with 8MP which was announced just 2 days ago, and it’ll be the
same kit and price.” He and his parents thanked me several times. 
I love
it when you can stay close on technology’s heels and help someone. Granted,
Costco has a good return policy for it’s members; but don’t you hate it when you
buy something and the next week they announce something new? Or as in this case
the newer model is already out but hasn’t hit the shelves yet and you didn’t
know?
Anyway, for those using Windows XP. You may want to have a look at
the:
- Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware (beta)
For the non-XP users and more paranoid XP users among us; I still
stand behind AdAware from LavaSoft.de who’s SE Personal
edition is free for home use. It’s easy to use, gets frequent updates and
performs well.
You can now print
entries, next & previous buttons have been updated and publishing to .mac now uses the
latest
.Mac SDK (version 1.1) – which may be of interest to those with
certain publication issues.
Update: because bandwith limitations the
page has moved here
( little peek in the back yard, which
actually doesn’t look too bad )
After
a big half hour of digging around this morning (and several clearing sessions
yesterday (morning, noon, afternoon, night), I had cleared the driveway again.
The only question was how tough it would be to drive through the snow pack on
the street. It didn’t look like the city came around since yesterday afternoon.
Luckily there came one of the big trucks with two plows. Right on time! Oh, wait
a sec, … no, he’s not going to plow us right back in, right?! (happened every
time yesterday) I ran back to the street with my shovel and the driver was nice
enough to lift the side plow a little so we only got a quarter load of all the
snow that was on the street. The rest of the folks in our street were out of
luck, with a super-sized at least knee-deep 2 foot wide mound of packed snow all
along their driveway. Happy digging!
( little peek in the back yard, which
actually doesn’t look too bad )
After
a big half hour of digging around this morning (and several clearing sessions
yesterday (morning, noon, afternoon, night), I had cleared the driveway again.
The only question was how tough it would be to drive through the snow pack on
the street. It didn’t look like the city came around since yesterday afternoon.
Luckily there came one of the big trucks with two plows. Right on time! Oh, wait
a sec, … no, he’s not going to plow us right back in, right?! (happened every
time yesterday) I ran back to the street with my shovel and the driver was nice
enough to lift the side plow a little so we only got a quarter load of all the
snow that was on the street. The rest of the folks in our street were out of
luck, with a super-sized at least knee-deep 2 foot wide mound of packed snow all
along their driveway. Happy digging!
Testing sideblog integration.Should the sideblog not be displayed properly – as in
aligned to the right above messages, or not shadowed right – please refresh the
page in your browser. Safari is known to not automatically get the latest
style-sheet.
Thanks!
Update: Minor bug arose since I modified
some CSS. The updated category & entry pages (where the Messages now appear
on the left – LOL) are being published.
Green eyes (by F)
Pledge of allegiance (by C)
This romantic comedy is a sweet feel good
movie that’s worth a look. We thoroughly enjoyed it and give it 4 stars.
Danny Deckchair – 2003 – English – PG13 [ Netflix - Walmart ]
PS: I don’t recommend
watching the online trailer, as it is like a 1 minute synopsis of the entire
movie (duh!).
I ventured out in the cold to capture some of winter’s beauty. See ” Winter 2005 ” in the gallery.
The G4 CPUs are now running up to 1.67 GHz. AirPort Extreme +
BlueTooth 2 + 512MB RAM + 5400RPM hard drives + improved track pad + better
graphic cards are standard on all machines. The 15″ & 17″ model have a 10
times brighter backlit keyboard (now you’ll finally see the keys in the dark).
8x SuperDrives replace the 4x models. Brand new is a sudden motion sensor on the
motherboard which instantly parks the hard drive in case your notebook is
dropped. There are audio-in/out improvements as well, with optical in/out on the
17″.
G5 PowerBooks you say? That won’t be for a while. Even though
they managed to squeeze them in the iMac G5 , those iMacs are quite a bit thicker
than a PowerBook.
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