PedoBear, the extraordinary Internet meme has its own online store. http://www.pedobearstore.com/
Day of The Palm Pre
“Captain’s Blog, June 6th 2009. It is the Saturday where the fate of one company hangs on a product. Palm Inc. is is hoping to have a hit on their hands to ensure their survival. This is a do or die. This could make or break the future of Palm.”
Palm Pre is set to be unleashed today to the Sprint Network.
Palm is sure to bask in glory, until Apple introduced the next version of the iPhone; and it could be just a few days away till Apple’s WWDC on June 8th, 2009.
Working with Windows Migration Assistant.
Here I am reading through the manual on Windows Migration Assistant. Currently I have been having trouble making this work. There are a few options that I have to configure.
iPhone OS 3.0 Beta: What happened to the icon?
I’m pretty sure it’s one of the bugs in the iPhone OS 3.0 Beta 5. For some reasons, the Calculator icon is permanently replaced with Yahoo! App icon.
I tried uninstalling Yahoo! App and restarting the iPhone but it remained. It’s not a showstopper, but it just a little bit bothering me. So I restored my iPhone Software.
Dream Theater: “Odyssey” is Available on Amazon and iTunes
Dream Theater’s third cover song, “Odyssey” is now available for download on Amazon MP3 Store and iTunes Store.
The six cover songs included in Dream Theater’s “Black Clouds & Silver Linings” special edition CD set.
- “Stargazer” – Rainbow
- “Tenement Funster/Flick of the Wrist/Lily of the Valley” – Queen
- “Odyssey” – Dixie Dregs
- “Take Your Fingers From My Hair” – Zebra
- “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic Pt. 2” – King Crimson
- “To Tame A Land” – Iron Maiden
Get it from:
“Odyssey” originally appeared on Dixie Dregs’ 1978 album “What If.”
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“Black Clouds & Silver Linings” | June 23rd, 2009
01. A Nightmare to Remember
02. A Rite of Passage
03. Wither
04. The Shattered Fortress
05. The Best of Times
06. The Count of Tuscany
“Black Clouds & Silver Linings” is available on:
- Vinyl LP
- CD – album only
- Three-disc, special-edition CD – includes the full album, a CD of instrumental mixes of the album and a CD of six cover songs.
- Digital downloads
Click the artwork above for the hi-res version of the cover art.
Image courtesy of Dream Theater and Roadrunner Records.
The Road Left Behind: May 2009
May 2009 has been a busy month and I’ve been posting less on this blog. I figured that I should post the stuff I’ve been meaning to post here.
- Google Wave
If you ain’t a developer, probably this won’t interest you for now. - Microsoft Bing
It’s definitely prettier than Google‘s homepage.
John C. Dvorak’s take on the name behind Microsoft Bing.
TechCrunch points out what “Bing” means in Chinese. - Muslim Clerics wants to regulate Facebook usage in Indonesia.
Seriously, they should regulate Google usage too, since apparently it can be used to find some naked pictures. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world. - Palm Pre to hit the street on June 6th, 2009.
Welcome to Sprint Network. For $199.99 after rebate and service agreement.
Sprint Press Release.
Boy Genius Report reviews Palm Pre. - Palm Pre syncs Media with iTunes.
“DVD” Jon Lech Johansen’s take on this matter.
John Gruber weighs in on Palm Pre and iTunes syncing.
……. to be continued.
Apple Releases GarageBand 5.0.2 Update
Along with iTunes 8.2 and QuickTime 7.6.2, Apple also releases GarageBand 5.0.2 update today.
GarageBand 5.0.2 | 108MB
This update addresses general compatibility issues, improves overall stability, and fixes a number of other minor issues. The issues addressed include:
- Improved purchasing experience for Artist Lessons in the GarageBand Lesson Store
- Accessing installed Jam Packs in the loop browser
- The update is recommended for all users of GarageBand ’09 and required to use the Lesson Store.
June 01, 2009
GarageBand 5 is a part of iLife ’09 suite. Buy iLife ’09 from Apple Store.
- iLife ’09 @ Amazon.com
- iLife ’09 Family Pack @ Amazon.com
- Mac Box Set @ Amazon.com (includes Mac OS X Leopard, iLife ’09 and iWork ’09)
iLife ’09 requires Mac OS X Leopard.