Minus

To their credit, if that’s the right word, you can now purchase some music from the iTunes store that is unencrypted and plays anywhere. Apple calls these songs “iTunes Plus”, because it sounds so much better than calling everything else “iTunes Minus.” Mark Pilgrim

On installing an iPod

Today I got my iPod mini, and Magnus got his Mac mini. It was probably the same TNT guy who delivered them.

After putting it in my pants and taking a picture, just like Magnus did (yes, that’s an insider joke), I proceeded to plug it in.

So here are the steps required to install an iPod [...]

The One True iPod

So I finally ordered that iPod mini I’ve been drooling about. I was hoping that Steve would pull a new iPod mini model out of a body orifice during Macworld, but sadly he didn’t. So it appears that me and the rest of the world said “screw it” and ordered an iPod mini at the [...]

Headhunter

Someone at Apple must like Front 242. Can you spot it?

Answer: The headlines. “Lock the Target,” “Spread the Net,” and “Catch the Man” are lyrics from Headhunter by Front 242.

iTunes for Windows

First impressions of iTunes for Windows.

Ho ho ho, now I have OS X

Looks sweet. Works on my G3 233MHz, albeit it won’t be breaking any speed records. But at least it’s up and running. Netnewswire Lite is the news aggregator for OSX, although it doesn’t appear to want to import OPML data.

The mail client looks really good. I’ll be using it for a while instead of my [...]

Ho ho ho, now I have a Mac.

Bought a 233MHz G3 plus monitor from the school today. Cost: 500 SEK.

…so. Now I have a Mac. Any idea what I should do with it? It runs OS 8.5 at the moment. I force fed it with 256MB of additional memory, so now there’s a total of 320MB.

MindControl is a nice application launcher. Sure [...]