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Dear Steve,

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:37:00 +0000

You win.

While it wasn't my "first" Apple, the first Apple I voluntarily used (and loved to pieces) was my 12" G4 Powerbook. Not all that long ago, I know.

Since then, I've converted whole heartedly, replacing pretty much every device in my life with a shiny Apple product.

Tonight was probably the last straw though. I bought a nano just for the gym.

RobM suggested I start noting on the Apple stickers (that come with many of the products) what it was and when I bought it. Creating sort of a scrapbook of rabid fanatical consumerism. I think I am going to have to take him up on it.

The list so far

12" G4 Powerbook
13" Macbook, white
Macbook Air (ATA)
24" iMac (glass/black)
Mac Mini (this server in fact)
Airport Extreme Base Station
Airport Express
iPhone 8gb
iPod 4th gen
iPod 5th gen, 30gb
iPod 5.5 gen, 80gb
iPod Nano 3rd gen, 8gb
Apple TV 40gb, 1st gen
iWork
iLife (twice)
Tiger & Leopard
.Mac

Which of course is not to mention the several gift iPods, a gift laptop, the dozen odd machines I've evangelized until friends/family/employers purchased, a couple of mice, keyboards, DVI dongles, random accessories, so on and so forth.

As soon as my MINI gets here, I am even installing a Mac Mini in it.
And when I return stateside, I will finally order my Mac Pro.

I am (almost) at the point where I walk by the Apple store, frustrated. I already own all that.

So, you win Steve. I've collected them all. I am at the point where I will be hard pressed to justify another of your shiny products in my life. Simple product refreshes will not tempt me. I need something new.

Stupid Windows

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:46:00 +0000

Why-oh-why do I see nearly double the sustained network throughput in Windows (under Boot Camp)?

There has to be a reason my network connection is so slow under OS X. Perhaps an MTU tweak?

All I know is, Jed, that ain't right.

iPhone updated to 1.1.1 - Unlocked users born with extra chromosone

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:41:00 +0000

Apple warned us not once, but twice, that a pending update would likely break unlocked iPhones and Third-Party functionality.

The news beat the horse until it was dead. There was simply no way an unlocked iPhone user would be caught off guard when the update came.
To be extra certain, the update installer even WARNS you yet again that it will likely break unlocked iPhones.

People still did it. Lots, and lots, and lots of people. After the update hit, I decided to hang out in #iphone (the iPhone dev teams IRC channel). At one point there were more than 650 people in the channel, a large, LARGE portion of which updated their iPhone and then..suprise...it locked up tight.

They were further surprised that they couldn't re-activate it, much less unlock it again.

Some peoples kids I tell you. Me? I didn't update. I am quite content with 1.0.2 for the time being. And if you are reading this, and you updated despite the warnings, all I can say is:

Idiot.