Long time away...

It's been a while since I last posted to this blog.... a lot has happened. I started a new job with neudesic llc. A great consulting company based in Irvine, CA. Founded by exMSFT folks and lots of exMCS people like me there. I'll try to be better being more timely.. I noticed that my hits have dropped a bit, but not much.

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Gold-plated MacBook Air

World's 1st 24kt Gold & Sapphires Macbook Air. For the initial price, I thought it should have been gold plated from the start... or at least have a few sapphires sprinkled around.

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iPhone Unpacking Like You've Never Seen Before

This. is. brillant! Look for more of the same.

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Save the Date: Apple's next event is scheduled for March 6th

It'll be a Town Hall event; obviously new MacBooks and MacBook Pros aren't to be expected

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Apple Store Status

I added a widget from pingdom to the page that will show the status of the Apple Store. This is in big anticipation of what will be announced on Tuesday. In the past, the store goes down for a bit, then comes back up with the new products. From the pingdom site, some recent downtimes....

ust in case you are wondering how often Apple actually does something like this, here are the most recent US Apple Store downtimes:
US Apple Store downtime:

Date	Downtime	Products released
January 15, 2008	4h 35m	Macbook Air, Time Capsule etc
January 22, 2008	2h 25m	Pink iPod Nano
February 05, 2008	2h 15m	iPhone and iPod touch changes
February 12, 2008	2h 15m	Aperture 2
February 19, 2008	1h 56m	Xsan 2, iPod Shuffle changes

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Never Mind: - AT&T To Offer iPhone Tethering Plan

It's a rumor as of now but it might be true. Very interesting. I previous had a Motorola Q phone and loved! PDANet that allowed me to tether my laptop to the Verizon network. It was great and the speed was adequate. I'm not expecting the high speed but the ability to tether in a pinch would be great.

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UPDATE: Engadget states this is false... seems that I agree with their logic. Tethering in AT&T speak means using the USB connector to activate the phone.

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Leopard 10.5.2 Update is Live, here's what it fixes

Leopard finally gets its second patch, and boy does it fix a lot of stuff. The first patch hit back in November, with test builds of the second making it out a month later. Here's a list of the major things the 10.5.2 patch fixes (including menubar transparency and Stacks).

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iPhone 16GB and iPod Touch 32GB Now Available for $499

The iPhone 16GB and iPod Touch 32GB are now available for ordering at the Apple Store. Same specifications, no 3G, just more space so you can put double the music, double the images or double the non-authorized applications.

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