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June 22, 2009

Dream Theater: “Black Clouds & Silver Linings” has been shipped.

I just got an email notifications from Amazon.com. They are shipping Dream Theater’s “Black Cloud & Silver Linings” Special Edition CD out. Since I opted for standard shipping, I won’t be getting it on Tuesday.

The following items have been shipped to you by Amazon.com:
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Qty Item Price Shipped Subtotal
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Amazon.com items (Sold by Amazon.com, LLC):
1 Black Clouds & Silver Lini… $14.49 1 $14.49

I’m still thinking about getting the DELUXE COLLECTOR’S EDITION BOX SET ($132.00), but don’t really want to spend that much money.

Dream Theater: Black Clouds & Silver Lining

June 22, 2009

Anything Goes: June 22nd, 2009 Edition.

It’s Monday and I feel fine. It’s not even close to the end of the world.

News from the series of tubes:

Source Code to UAC Injection Flaw Released (OSNews) | Bad news for Windows 7. Microsoft better get this fixed quickly if they think that this i important. Ah well, I’m gonna stick with Windows XP. Take that Paul Thurrott (a.k.a. Microsoft P.R.).
Apple Sells Over One Million iPhone 3GS Models (Apple) | Is that iPhone 3G S or iPhone 3GS? More importantly, the press release quoted Steve Jobs who is due to be back at Apple this June. The news about Steve Jobs’ liver transplant was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Apple’s ‘Find My iPhone’ works great, but thieves can easily disable (CNET) | I submitted the same concern to Apple via http://www.apple.com/feedback/.
Iran’s Web Spying Aided By Western Technology (WSJ) | It’s a double edged sword.
U.S. Climate Legislation Won’t Regulate Cow Burps (GreenBiz.com) | Seriously, can you threaten those cows so they’d stop burping? Funny headline though. Quoted article from Washington Post.

to be continued…….maybe

June 22, 2009

Apple adresses MacBook Pro SATA transfer rate issue, somewhat.

macbookpro sata_logo

Apple to day releases MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 to address the SATA transfer speed issue. As previoulsy reported by many, the new generation of 13-inch and 15-inch Unibody MacBook Pros support 1.5Gbps SATA interface instead of 3Gbps as present in the previous Unibody 13-inch MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro. (Mac Rumors article)

According to Apple:

About MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 | 3.35MB
MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 1.7 addresses an issue reported by a small number of customers using drives based on the SATA 3Gbps specification with the June 2009 MacBook Pro. While this update allows drives to use transfer rates greater than 1.5Gbps, Apple has not qualified or offered these drives for Mac notebooks and their use is unsupported.
(June 22, 2009)

What does this mean?
Are the new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro natively supporting 3.0Gbps SATA interface?
It seems that the MacBook Pros are capable, but Apple does not officially support it.

June 22, 2009

It’s in the mail: American Dad, Family Guy and South Park.

After waiting for quite a while, I finally ordered the DVD set that I have been wanting to purchase. I noticed that the pricing for South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season was at $18.99 instead of $33.99. That’s what prompting me to make the purchase.

South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season is also available on Blu-ray.

If you feel like watching any South Park episodes, all you need are decent computer and decent Internet connection. Go to South Park Studios, and you can watch every single South Park episode.

You can also watch many episodes of American Dad at Hulu.com. Hulu is not available in many countries though.

In addition to that, a limited amount of Family Guy episodes are also available at Hulu.com.

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Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy these DVD’s, I can buy this Canon Vixia HV40 HDV Camcorder” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

Images are courtesy of South Park Studios and Comedy Central.

June 22, 2009

Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Apps that no longer work.

Some apps are not compatible yet with Snow Leopard.

Cyberduck | Probably because the Finder is rewritten.
iStumbler | Probably because the AirPort Software is different.
folder.qlgenerator | Once again, that’s probably the Finder is rewritten.
Apple Remote Desktop Admin | The built-in client in Snow Leopard is version 3.3, the current release is 3.2.2.

June 21, 2009

Anything Goes: June 21st, 2009 Father’s Day and Summer Solstice Edition.

Happy Father’s Day and Summer Solstice!

Iran asks BBC reporter to leave (BBC) | This is no surprise because Iranian Government is running out of ideas and excuses. Iran is about to implode. Something similar happened about 11 years ago in another country.
Apple issuing $30 iTunes credit for AT&T activation issues (9to5Mac) | A lot of people opted to do online order instead of lining up at the stores.
Regarding the WSJ’s Report That Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant (Daring Fireball) | As usual it’s a good read from John Grubber.

The day is not over yet.

June 21, 2009

Facebook App is Now iPhone OS 3.0 Compliant.

It’s almost morning and I’m still awake. Lo and behold, Facebook App is now iPhone OS 3.0 compliant. OK, there’s nothing else going on before the dawn. Apparently it is some kinda Father’s Day today.

OK seriously, I need to get some sleep!