April 2003 Archives

I've been using the "legal" tabbed version of Safari for a few days now, and it is quite nice. They've fixed a few of the annoying tab-related bugs that existed in the v67 beta. So I've been told anyway; I wouldn't know from first hand experience, since that version was not officially released to the public. ;-)

Were it ported to Linux, I could certainly see Safari being a serious contender against Mozilla and the other Gecko-based browsers on that platform. And Konqueror too, for that matter. Assuming, of course, that it performed as snappily as it does under OS X.

Yes, I really do look like this.

*shudder*

By the way, you may have noticed that my eyes look somewhat unnatural in this picture. That's because I used iPhoto's Reduce Red Eye function to, well, reduce the red eye. So now my eyes look way too blue (which is odd considering that I don't have blue eyes). Oh well.

I was going to post another long rant about the annoyances of tech support, but as I was writing it I realized how redundant it was. The entire would-be post can be summarized in three words: People are stupid.

So instead of another rant, I'm posting a link to The Joy Of Tech, a very entertaining online comic to which I was recently introduced. Hop on over to http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/ and take a look.

Just got my copy of Mac OS X Hacks tonight.

Of particular interest is an article about installing Debian GNU/Linux on an iBook, which in turn pointed me to another resource on the same topic. Have a look at http://people.debian.org/~branden/ibook.html if this interests you.

I've grown quite exasperated with people calling about their silly little problems with iMovie. Without fail, it will be some jackass who has created a project in iMovie, exported it to iDVD, and is not pleased with the results.

It's just unbelievable. People will import video from devices that are not on the iMovie compatibility list, and then have the nerve to wonder why their project doesn't turn out the way they expect.

Sometimes it's just ignorance; they didn't know about the list or didn't bother to check and see if their device is on it. But every once in a while, I'll get a call from someone who knows that their camera is not on The List. And why do they call, you ask? Because they created a little project with footage imported from their incompatible device, and now they want to know why the finished result is not a professional quality movie.

There are two reasons for this: First of all, iMovie is not a professional grade tool, it's a free program for heaven's sake. Secondly, because the video footage came from an incompatible DV camera. This makes perfect sense to me. I don't know why more of Apple's customers can't understand it.