Update: This is now no longer required when using OS X 10.4: noted here Well, I’ve given up sulking about iPhoto 5 not supporting my G3 RAW files, fixed it myself, and am now really annoyed at Apple for being so lazy. Basically, the fix means changing the camera ident string in each .CRW file [...]
The Infinite Matrix | Cory Doctorow | I, Robot: http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/i-robot.html Very well worth the time to read, and not at all offensive if (like me) Asimov was one of your main reads whilst growing up. Sort of Asimov-meets-Matrix, but that’s belittling the story immensely.
Two-Finger-Scrolling with pre-2005 PowerBooks and iBooks: http://www-users.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de/~razzfazz/ Wow – works a treat on my 12″ PB. No more uctrl so I get my Fn key back, and can exprience the whole new world (?) of one handed scrolling… (Thanks Ben !)
Apollo 11 – 17 Missions: Fullscreen QTVR photo from panoramas.dk: http://www.panoramas.dk/fullscreen3/f29.html Now these are stunning – the new scans of the originals are excellent quality, and the scale of things becomes much more apparent (even on a tiny 1024×768 display).
BBC NEWS | Technology | Reboot ordered for EU patent law: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4232971.stm Round 1 for common sense, but the battle will drag on as long as there’s money for corporate lawyers. Hopefully, there will be time to gather more opposition now that things have to be restarted: my fear is that this win will relax [...]
Cable Forum: Major ntl budget cutbacks threatens service for customers: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/137/major-ntl-budget-cutbacks-threatens-service-for-customers Only Network Masters/Outages affecting more than 30 telco subs are to be attended out of hours. Power Outages will be attended until 11pm, then cab will have to run on batteries until 8am. No CATV/BB Outages to be attended out-of-hours. No Service Refferals to [...]
BBC NEWS | News Front Page: http://whitelabel.org/wp/wikiproxy.php Browse the BBC News website, and for each article an extra side box will appear linking to all blogs (from Technorati) that have an item about the story you’re browsing. So, for all those times you wished that the BBC News had the quality of discussion, argument and [...]