I HATE APPLE

Oh, the bottom 80% of that picture is awesome. It's the top that makes me stabby.

no I just meant re. the Helvetica thing that on macs w/o Office Ariel's not available (though Helvetica is & is more or less equivalent), so that MS is looking to make sure there's no easy way to kludge together readability of ppt docs w/o installing Office. I dunno! But I know the problem you mean & it sucks; whenever someone uses my macbook to give their pc-created ppt presentation this is a concern (esp. since these are usually mathematician types with lots of math symbols therefore, which makes things look horrendous sometimes).

I hate Apple for making Mac Pros pretty awesome. That used one I got a couple months back is turning into a money sink since it's too damn addictive to upgrade it.

Latest Gruber podcast, 40 minutes in:

Dan Benjamin: What do you say to somebody when somebody says "I'd love to get a Mac but it's just too expensive, they're just so much more than a PC"?
John Gruber: I don't know, I just feel good about myself.

ugh

Do a little bit of research, buy the cheaper PC with well-supported kexts, and turn it into a dual-boot Hackintosh. You can have it even better than Mr Feel Good About Myself!

so my imac now does this thing where after it starts up the keyboard doesn't work and the mouse can move but can't click anything. after about 5 minutes, tho, it's fine - but what a pain in the ass! can't seem to find a solution online.

anybody got a rec for a good ipad case (original ipad, not the ipad2)?

orig apple ipad case is simple and pretty out-of-the way. thin, sturdy, nothing too fancy.

It's pretty cheap-looking and gets grubby.

I've been eyeing up these:

http://www.goincase.com/products/category/iPad

I will rep for most all incase products

I actually build these cases
http://mygoflight.com/shop-all-product/
I'm just a call-in so I can't give you a "sweet deal" or whatever but ppl seemed to be generally satisfied despite the admittedly steep prices. We get a lot of international orders, mostly be CEO's and flight-schools.

did the pdf problems in 10.6.7 ever get fixed? still haven't updated because i'm totally dependent on pdf, but i've run into a (confirmed) bug with time machine in 10.6.6 that i would rather not deal with any more.

I think no, & I've not updated for that reason also. My worry is that Apple doesn't think It a bug, but rather an intentional reworking of PDF but I don't really know enough about the situation to be sure that's plausible.

derp

What is this bug

http://www.macworld.com/article/158968/2011/04/bugsandfixes_font_problems.html

that article is wrong in a few particulars. the bug doesn't just happen with PDFs, it happens with EVERY app that uses the apple printing system (because the printing system uses PDF as an interim step in creating a print job). the only apps exempt from the bug are apps that use their own printing system (like some adobe design apps). it also appears not to be just limited to postscript opentype fonts, as the article says.

if you want to live dangerously you can try this hack:

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/04/21/possible-fix-for-font-issues-in-10-6-7/

oh man. guess i'll wait for 10.6.8.

the apple i phones are pretty good

apparently you can also convert OT PS fonts to get around the issue:

It's been confirmed by many now that the security patch relating to fonts in the 10.6.7 update is the cause of the Opentype Postscript font issue, particularly in the fact that 10.6.7 will no longer render the glyphs correctly in Opentype Postscript fonts for PDF creation, printing, and in screen display using certain programs. For those who have had issues with other fonts they are likely related to corrupt font cache, which tends to occur over time and/or with system updates like this one. For those without this problem, you are either lucky as **** or you aren't using an OT PS font in the manner which causes the issue. Regardless, this problem exists and is directly related to the 10.6.7 security path to fonts.

If you absolutely do not want to revert to 10.6.6 and you must be able to create PDFs or print with Opentype Postscript fonts from applications other than Adobe (minus Flash Pro), use the free workaround of X11 and Font Forge. We have used Font Forge to convert needed OT PS fonts to TrueType format to work around this issue until Apple provides a fix. Install X11 from your Mac OS X install disc or download from Apple's website, then install Font Forge (just Google it!). Open the fonts you need converted from OT PS to TrueType and then select File>Generate TTC... This will easily convert your font to TrueType and it will then work in ALL applications with PDF creation and printing. I'm as ticked as many others since YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO THIS! However given the fact that Apple has not addressed this issue yet and there's no word on a fix coming soon, this will solve your issue for now. Hope this helps!

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/896/cpsid_89637.html

Fucking bug; Portal 2 needs 10.6.7.

the font bug is fixed now:

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1377

Providing mobile users with fast and accurate location information while preserving their security and privacy has raised some very complex technical issues which are hard to communicate in a soundbite. Users are confused, partly because the creators of this new technology (including Apple) have not provided enough education about these issues to date.

/pr/library

Seems reasonable. Broadcom and Atheros (WiFi chipset makers) also maintain databases like this for AGPS (assisted GPS) functionality. Everyone is trying to avoid paying SkyHook big licensing fees.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

It's actually paint on glass!

Apple acknowledging that Apple doesn't communicate properly? Did I wake up in Lindsay Lohan's head?

Gruber will be such a smug arsehole this morning. No I'm not going there to check.

so why was it delayed?

The two cited reasons I've seen were both related to quality control and the white paint. Apparently the appearance was so-so, and the original batch had an issue where light could actually leak through the paint and cause the proximity sensors to malfunction. Or so they claimed.

From Apple's Phil Schiller:

"It was challenging," Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller said during a joint interview with CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday. "It's not as simple as making something white. There's a lot more that goes into both the material science of it - how it holds up over time... but also in how it all works with the sensors."

i would imagine that white shows stress cracks more over time. w/black you don't see it.

That mlb.tv crap is STILL all over my Apple TV. Not impressed.

It's like if you buy a bag of carrots and it goes carrot-carrot-carrot-carrot-JUSTIN BIEBER DOLL-carrot-carrot

http://www.macstories.net/news/inside-apple-reveals-steve-jobs-anecdotes-apples-little-known-facts/

hey everybody, guess what, steve jobs is a control freak

also apple is going to shit after jobs leaves

Not surprised by the MobileMe hiding tbh, that thing was a disaster.

I imagine anybody executive who fails gets the Darth Vader treatment a la empire strikes back

i am going to go out later today to see if the new issue of fortune w/ the big apple story is out

\(^o^)/

also, the new new yorker has an article about pixar in it. i might get that too

you can get it on your ipad, nerd.

shaame

full disclosure: i had the same two thoughts

http://i54.tinypic.com/scb0wi.gif

http://uk.gizmodo.com/5801275/you-cant-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-the-new-imacs

thats what external drives are for i guess. as a mbp user i have 3 external drives - 1 500GB, 1 1TB and I just got a new 1TB. its pretty ridiculous but it does get you in the habit of saving your docs externally so if the thing dies im not going to cry over lost data.

i should back stuff up one tof these days.

nothing shocking in that macstories / fortune article to me, that just sounds like how a successful company should be run, frankly.