http://www.mitchcohen.com Discussion about Douglas, America, and the World Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:46:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is cool: http://www.softconnex.com/products/storage/OXUFS936QSE.html Oxford's 936 chip supports a four-drive RAID5 set, no drivers needed. I don't know the price, but chances are it should allow for inexpensive RAID5 boxes in the very near future. FW400/800, USB, and eSATA in, supporting SATA drives. I'll guess we'll see empty cases in the $200-$300 ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/08/06/oxford-936-raid5-on-the-cheap-coming-soon/ I restarted my MBP for the first time in a week. It's amazing how much faster things run when my usual set of (roughly) 12 apps aren't open. I'm maxed out on RAM though, just 2GB in this first-generation MacBook Pro. The current model supports 4GB, but I'm hoping the next ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/06/29/must-eat-memory/ ★ The iPhone 3G Upgrade Question For the rest of us who lack such common sense and are considering upgrading — yours truly included — it’s not a sure thing. The only significant differences between the iPhone 3G and the original iPhone are the 3G networking and ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/06/16/iphone-3g-upgrade-the-app-store-question/ Lots to say about WWDC08 (for starters, I wasn't confused with the other Mitch Cohen this year). But I was able to get a decent video of Phil Schiller introducing the Barenaked Ladies at the WWDC party tonight. Well the audio stinks, as it was taken on my little digital ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/06/13/wwdc-phil-schiller-introduces-the-barenaked-ladies/ I've been meaning to get this off my chest for years. Header files are stupid. I view header files as abstractions of programming code. In Cocoa, they not only tell the compiler what lives in a class file, but also tells Interface Builder what objects and messages it can use. Plus ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/05/20/header-files-are-stupid/ WWDC begins three weeks from yesterday. So I think it's time to learn Cocoa. For real. I've attended the last two WWDC's. It's not like I'm totally ignorant on Cocoa/Objective-C. I know the Mac's innards rather well and can read ObjC/Cocoa code fine. I've messed around with all the intro examples ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/05/20/quick-learn-cocoa-in-three-weeks/ MacRumors says... Psystar Demos 'Open Computer' on Video What I want to know is, why does anyone care? Since the moment Apple shipped Intel-based Mac, folks have figured out how to run OS X on homebrew PC's. The only difference here is some folks are now selling those homebrew PC's. ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/04/25/psystar-shmystar/ So here's something I've been meaning to get off my chest. Why on Earth do I have to load iPhoto to import pictures from my iPhone? Bear with me a minute. To sync my iPhone, I need to launch a large application, iTunes. There's no need for that. ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/03/03/the-questionable-pairing-of-iphoto-and-iphone/ I've been on the hunt for a good screen recording utility, to produce occasional screencasts. Not so much for the blog (although one never knows) - more for client instructions on specific topics. I picked up Snapz Pro through the recent MacHeist bundle - it's just awful for ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/03/02/screenflow-a-screen-recording-and-editing-application/ At this very moment Apple is down for updates, rumored for laptop upgrades. They do this purely for the hype; not like an online store really needs to go offline for product changes. Everyone gets all excited when the store goes down. (Yes, Apple fanatics are happy when ... http://www.mitchcohen.com/2008/02/26/what-happens-with-the-fifth-ave-store-during-online-updates/