For some reason, I thought I wanted a new look for my desktop. So I went ahead and did this:
I dunno about you guys, but I really like the simplicity of it, plus the general darkness of the wallpaper is better for the LCD’s lifespan. I put the dock to the right and made the background transparent… and finally set the application arrows to grey instead of black.
I remember the time when I bought stuff and didn’t really care about warranties with the notion that “in the Philippines,” warranties won’t matter since the service, in general, sucks.
But as my gadgets grew more complex, I noticed the need for them and made sure that certain stuff I buy needed warranties because
I guess I’m just posting this now because my powerbook ordeal today reminded me of how warranties have saved a lot of moolah. I’ve already had a bunch of equipment covered by warranty one way or the other. Off the top of my head, I already had my 20D, PC power supply unit, pc motherboard, powerbook, ImageTank, speakers, and earphones fixed/replaced under warranty.
I just got the bottom case of the powerbook replaced for the second time today. And the fact that it was under warranty made it a very joyous occasion considering the situation…
Ok now I’m testing Ecto to post once more. According to MovableType.org, the internal error problems have been resolved by their own developer working with the DBD::MYSQL author to resolve the problem.
Other topics in this post (for the heck of it)
LCD Calibration
One of the obvious additions (or probably the only addition, save for some bugfixes) of the iTunes update is the explicit provision to handle Podcasting. I’ve never discussed it before like I did with RSS, and I won’t today.
Suffice to say, it’s a great thing to have, and either you’re down with it or not. Obviously I am 😉
What this post is about however is not about Podcasting per se, but some design/UI flaws I saw with the iTunes interface when it comes to the said feature. No life-threatening stuff at all, but still quite irritating… and I hope they fix/correct them on the next update.
There are mixed feelings about the whole Apple-Intel marriage. It’s pretty clear now that Apple is indeed switching to Intel processors by June 2006
So there’s no use in speculating what their intentions are: whether it was a sincere move in the spirit of innovation, or a simply marketing move to ensure stock/market growth are all beside the point at this juncture. Instead, it would be better to think about what possible benefits/consequences/implications this development entails.
