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• Tivo HD vs Apple iTV Jen and I talked about Baby Tivo recently. It’s a paltry 40gig, single-tuner. But, sans-cable, it serves us well. Today, Apple announced their iTV, shipping sometime next year. Priced at $300, plays HD video, HDMI ports, wifi, Front Row (or something like it), everything you’d expect (maybe a DVD drive?). Then later today, I received an
• Backing Up with rsync, iCal, and Applescript This morning marks the completion of the first full backup I’ve done in quite a while. But not the last. For the past 3 months, I’ve been working on an automated backup system - so I no longer need to wonder if things are backed up. They are. In at least two places. A little background: I
• Finally - Multiple Speakers in iTunes AirTunes  Spent a few moments over lunch refining my wireless network, while making sure everything worked as expected, I noticed a ‘Multiple Speakers’ option in my iTunes v6.0.5 (20). About Frigging Time! When we first set up the Airport Express, I was baffled why I couldn’t have the same music playing in the room with the laptop as
• Apple iPhone: The Mobile Widget Web Calls 1. It’s not extensible by third parties, only Apple. The means at the moment no RSS readers, no Slingplayers. - Michael Gartenberg Seems to directly conflict Apple’s own messaging…especially the notion that OS X / Safari widgets can be used on the phone. RSS or otherwise. “That it’s a cell-phone, so what?” - Rex Hammock Yep. Which comes
• Solving PowerBook Trackpad Dead Zones For about a week, the half inch on the far left and far right of my Powerbook’s trackpad were completely dead. Basically, it turned my 17″ Powerbook trackpad down to a 12″ Powerbook trackpad. These dead zones caused extremely flakey and erratic cursor behavior not to mention my mental image of the trackpad’s size was