Erik’s Blog

…I can honestly say I officially don’t give one quarter of one half of one rat’s ass about the iPhone. I used to care, I really did. Those days are over.

G’way.

This is awesome news. Folks, you need to support this. If EMI makes a killing this will transform the music industry. If this fails, you’ll piss away a prime opportunity to correct what’s severely broken about contemporary music distribution. Just a thought.

No, I don’t own any shares of AAPL anymore. I’m speaking as a consumer, not a shareholder.

^{This post has been translated from English to German and back to English. This post is so bad, it’s good. Don’t try to understand it. It’ll only hurt you.}

On applicable Maddox I explain way for the whole mass, which is this Mark Pilgrim ASS.

First away, Mark increased the Blödsinn of the text publisher wars to a complete new level, by persisting that all publishers everyone must have been at all already manufactured. O.k., fine. As over this is, Mark, Mr. dip in Pythonschlange: all operating systems, which are at all necessary, were already written. Or, all books on Pythonschlange, accesibility, XML and Greasemonkey even improve were already written. As, FAIR final letter IT, MARKING, o.k.? Cuz its it RÜBER, captain, and you is fair, wasting your time, by writing more.

Secondly he believes that everyone, that gives the donkey to a rat over letters everything has already a favourite text publisher, everything I estimates on the suggestion selected that the remainder of us over letter nothing is not serious. Over, rilly? I am that Mark selected its favourite publisher (emacs), but shoot me lucky, sometimes come somewhat better along and push out the office holder. Typical case: I still use VIM occasionally, but I find now BBEdit, in order to be more to my liking.

Thirdly „the new “publisher, who requested Mark’s invective (see http://diveintomark.org), is real a jewel: Writeroom, more beautifully, in disorder, on the whole screen publisher. No menus, no keys, no navigation of trees, nothing (if you this Misten wish, success ESC and her everything are it. Success ESC again and you are back completely screen fame). It is you and somewhat glowing text on a black background fair. I can do hypnotisiert, by its use to become me present, if you are in a dark area. How can someone, which writes and not in VI or in of emacs the mode is clung not code, hate this publisher? For this affair as you can hate a publisher? It is not alive, knows you. If you are not interested in it, USING Newsflash, HIM NOT.

A reference point for you, Mark: EVERYONE IS A CODER, AS YOU ARE. You unusually.

(By the way, I wrote this above in Writeroom. In honours of the Mark I can leave this virtual desk with Writeroom for the following week. Pffffhthtththththhhhh.)

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^{This post has been translated from English to German and back to English.}

I would like to be interested. I really. But, every time I hear telephone over Apples upcoming, is everything, which I would like to do to yawn. Mine only interest is here that Apple of a daily will only sell iPods and telephones can. It happened with PDAs handjumps (they are all Treos now, and them SUCKING). I doubt, which happens, but you never know.

Me not even keep begun on the rumors from Apple its own play console manufacturing.

(I communicate an update of the post Christmas life soon. At the moment I must go to work.)

…that Mac OS X 10.4.8 includes a CTRL-scroll zoom feature (hold down CTRL and roll your mouse wheel or do the double-touch drag if you’re on a Macbook)?

Probably not, but I’m going to guess I’m the only guy who cares. I really need a life.

Maybe when school’s out.

As I’ve probably mentioned way too many times across my multiple blogs and friendly spams (forgive me), I now have a MacBook. Naturally, my old G3 iBook pales in comparison. However, I don’t want to get rid of it because it’s still a cool machine.

Soooo… For no particular reason I decided to do the unthinkable: remove MacOS X from my de-commissioned iBook and try to install a free, open source UNIX.

At this point, folks whose eyes are glazing over and folks who are rolling their eyes at yet another UNIX on Mac story, I’m going to be merciful and let you continue with your lives without suffering the details of my journey. The rest of you, click somewhere on this page to get the rest of the story. (more…)

…is like watching the zucchini plant in our backyard die. I think it’s been dying for about a week. This installation has taken almost that much time.

It’s almost as bad as watching Windows98 install on a PC. What amazes me most is Microsoft’s definition of 20 minutes. Every Windows installation I’ve performed has been completed in 20 minutes according to Microsoft.

Those are like dog minutes: 7 for every 1.

WTF…

Those of you who glance occasionally at the stack of Flickr photos to the right of this post have undoubtedly noticed a poorly lit, creepy, Mr. Ed version of Yours Truly. I took that photo using an application called Photo Booth. This application is only available from one source: new Intel-based Macs. In my case, it’s a brand spankin’ new MacBook.

Would it be premature to say I’m in love?¹ Weird perhaps, but no, not premature.

I won’t bore you with poetry or any other homage to my new Mac. Suffice it to say my old G3 iBook and my mysteriously slow G4 iMac will be getting a nice, long rest now that this screamer is in my grubby little hands.

¹Give me some credit. I’m not THAT crazy. It is a very nice ‘puter, though.