New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

http://shrineofapple.com/emate-300/

so lol

that website is creepy

lol why do you think it's creepy

well for starters the logo is a butt lighting a fart on fire

lol gbx

inconsolata for text editing, proggy clean for terminal, the latter of which is like a more open and readable monaco

my favorite thing about the emate is that it wouldn't have looked out of place in any of the Aliens movies

as ALIEN tech

my beef with proggy clean is that it is one size only!

well technically you can have any size you want, as long as it's that one

bitmapped fonts always look EXACTLY like they're supposed to

true, but 11 is just a wee bit wee for me

that's not what she said

http://creativebits.org/interview/interview_rob_janoff_designer_apple_logo

http://gawker.com/5838855/cbs-freaks-out-the-internet-with-steve-jobs-death-tweet

http://gizmodo.com/5838845/why-everyone-just-thought-steve-jobs-died-updated

who knew Apple owners were lusting for death tweets

https://twitter.com/#!/Adrianchen/status/112256737557491713

i'm beginning to think he's wrong

hmm

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Apple-Founder-Ronald-Wayne/dp/0615517420/

I'm not feeling much lust right now for Ronald Wayne

here we go: http://allthingsd.com/20110921/apple-to-hold-special-event-on-october-4/

photoshop?? http://allthingsd.com/files/2011/09/Tim_cook_by_Adam_Tow1.png

no. iPhone 5 has iAdhesive to suction to your palm. If you need to use your fingers to hold it, you're doing it wrong.

also instead of apps it just has a big 5

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/09/21/apple-board-member-al-gore-speaking-at-conference-confirms-iphone-5-in-october/

lol al way to stay on message

I would laugh my ass off if Tim Cook boots him from the board for leaking :D

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/27/apple-may-discontinue-the-ipod-shuffle-and-classic/

Just bought a 160 Gb classic to replace my 3yo 120 Gb classic. Fuck an ipod touch imo.

So what's the chance of Apple basically announcing:

- 32 Gb Nanos without cell
- iPods Touch, all with cell and constant iCloud (possibly called "iPhones")
- no other iPods of any description

...because for a while I've been wondering whether the iCloud announcement + no iPhone announcement in June/July + this September/October announcement = all iPods Touch acquiring 3G guts and just becoming the same thing as iPhones

http://www.tuaw.com/2011/09/27/apple-may-discontinue-the-ipod-shuffle-and-classic/

Just bought a 160 Gb classic to replace my 3yo 120 Gb classic. Fuck an ipod touch imo.

― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:30 (6 hours ago)

I want to get a Classic to replace my old 8GB Nano as at the moment I find I'm just using my iPhone for music. However I've heard the latest build is a bit flaky and problems around 12 months are common. Plus here in the UK apparently they are volume restricted which means even on full volume they can sometimes be hard to hear if there's a lot of background noise around you

Are they volume restricted everywhere now? Used to be you could download the US firmware and flash an iPod to remove the volume limit, but that seems to have stopped.

My iPod classic is definitely quiet. iPhone seems better, interestingly.

I don't think we're restricted.

Think it's just a European Union thing after some French lawsuit

just one more reason to get a nice portable pre-amp

The screen on my first gen Intel Macbook finally bit the dust. The whole machine was on its last legs anyway.

So.... new computer! I think it's time for a desktop machine, since I actually moved my laptop probably three times total last year. I wish I could afford the Pros, but frankly I don't need the power.

Torn between iMac and Mini + monitor.

I love my Mini/monitor setup but I would.

I guess it comes down to.... what, connections?

imacs r rad machines fwiw

From what I understand the mini has an upgradeable HD (and room for two?)... so I could stick an SSD in there?

Any thoughts on Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6630M?

apparently yes / radeon, intel graphics = poop

hmm

I'm not a desktop gamer and will probably only be driving a 21" monitor

that said I know the iMac displays are faaaaahbulous. (though I don't like the gloss!)

iMac owners are like the happiest people i know

my work loaned me an imac and love it

its a 2007 model and its run fantastically since i maxed out the ram for like $50

Basically my temptation is to get the bare-bones Mac Mini, take it apart and stuff it with RAM and an SSD, and get a cheap monitor to go with it..

yeah the intel graphics will do stuff that's not games w/o problems

my santa rosa 2.3 ghz MBP 15" has a scratched display, a full 120 GB HD, a busted optical drive and two missing keys (r and +).

still, i am wondering whether it would be more cost-effective to "rehabilitate it" vs getting a new MBP / macbook pro air (if and when that happens)

it seems like lion is built for a different machine, no matter what i try to do to tune it up lion just crawls.