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Archive: July, 2000

July 24, 2000

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More cool geek stories in Tales of Woz’s Genius. I really don’t have anything to add regarding this article, other than that you should read it. Woz never ceases to amaze me. Via rc3.org

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July 24, 2000

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I’m really starting to think that you ought to need a license to use Flash. People don’t kill startups. People using Flash kill startups. Not only does this particular company beat its users over the head with a lame Flash intro that seems to go on for slightly less than an eternity, it actually has … More

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July 24, 2000

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Opera browser becoming a quiet hit. Shhh! Stop rattling all those standards documents around. We’re trying to sneak up and scare the living crap out of Microsoft, remember?

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July 24, 2000

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The design of Susan’s weblog brings to mind another legal issue that surfaces now and again. How is the Mac OS X look-alike theme for Manila any different than the Kaleidoscope scheme that was summarily kiboshed by Apple a couple of months ago? As I’ve mentioned before, I think that the availability of any software … More

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July 24, 2000

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Has anyone else noticed the current title text on the home page over at Adobe.com? Yes, after months of speculation and rumor-mongering in the trenches, the shocking truth has finally been revealed. They use templates to design their pages. Who would have thought? In case they’ve actually looked at their site recently and changed the … More

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July 24, 2000

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Susan Kitchens has a fresh weblog covering Macster and is documenting her experience in getting the darn thing to work properly, as well as music related discoveries and rediscoveries. Of course, all of this may be moot if the hammer comes down on Napster, regardless of your platform allegiance.

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July 21, 2000

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Steve Wozniak is interviewed in Failure Magazine about Apple, the universe, and everything. Of interest are the series of “defunct computer company” questions. Via kottke

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July 20, 2000

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It never fails. You try something slightly off the curve, and suddenly people are trying to find hairline fractures in your corporate fuselage. Sound familiar? This article seems to think that the Apple’s new G4 Cube owes its existance to Steve Jobs in an attempt to relive the past. I’m sure that Stevie Wonderful holds … More

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July 20, 2000

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From the interesting statistics that really don’t impact you one way or the other department. The most popular news stories and images sent to others by Yahoo! users. I don’t know about you, but I’m seeing a consistant theme running through the photographs listed on the page. The world really does revolve around animals, beautiful … More

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July 20, 2000

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As The Apple Turns gets its own domain name, a couple of new site features, and a subtle design update. Questionable interface customization widgets aside, the wonderfully witty writing style is still there, currently commenting on the recent Apple hardware announcements. Did you know that every person attending the Macworld keynote yesterday received a new … More

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