Getting Ready for Mac OS X Leopard

It’s that time of the year Mac OS X upgrade again. It’s been more than two years since Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) was released. Mac OS X Tiger (10.5) is waiting in the wing, ready to pounce.

Incarnations of Leopard Developer Preview have been around for a while, but the “finish” version will finally reach the Mac masses.

I myself am getting ready for the official Mac OS X Leopard. My trusted first generation MacBook Pro Core Duo is in need for a little hardware upgrade. At this moment, it has 2GB of RAM and 100GB of Hard Drive. It is currently having its screen replaced at the Apple Store. I have ordered a new hard drive replacement, double the capacity of the current hard drive. I know that I’ll be needing all the storage space once Leopard arrives, but not for the sake of installing Leopard per se. I might need to have a Boot Camp partition, and more drive space for all the apps I’ll be using.

I ordered HITACHI Travelstar 7K200 HTS722020K9SA00

  • 200GB
  • 7200 RPM
  • 16MB Buffer
  • Serial ATA150

As soon as I get my MacBook Pro back from The Apple Store, I’ll be performing the upgrade myself. I’ve done a lot of MacBook Pro upgrade, and this would take me roughly 1 hour or less.

Can’t wait for the hard drive and Leopard. Now I’m waiting for: a call from The Apple Store for my MacBook, UPS to deliver the hard drive, and Friday October 26th for Leopard.

South Park: Season 11 Episode 11 – “Imaginationland Episode II”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 11 – “Imaginationland Episode II”
Original Air Date: 2007-10-24

Note:

  • All Season 11 episodes will be available uncensored @ iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox.
  • Part two of a trilogy.
  • The preview seems to have shifted color cells, not sure if that’s intentional. The download version looks fine.
  • Appearances by Luke Skywalker, Jesus, Morpheus (from The Matrix), The Stargate, etc.
  • Special appearances by “Manbearpig” (see Season 10 Episode 6)

Preview Imagiantionland Episode II here.

From South Park Studios: (announced on October 21st, 2007)

Stan and Kyle are being held in the bowels of the Pentagon until they tell the government how they got into Imaginationland. Meanwhile, Cartman simply won’t rest until he finds Kyle and gets him to make good on their bet to suck his balls.

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From today’s Comedy Central Press Release:
IMAGINATIONS ARE RUNNING WILD IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK”
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 10:00 P.M.* ON COMEDY CENTRAL

“Imaginationland” (Part I) Was The Most Watched Program In All Of Television
Among Men 18-24 And 18-34 And Ranked #1 In Cable Among Persons 18-49

Stan and Kyle are being held in the bowels of the Pentagon until they tell the government how they got into Imaginationland in an all-new episode of “South Park” titled, “Imaginationland: Episode II,” premiering on Wednesday, October 24 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central. Last week’s episode, “Imaginationland” drew over 3.4 million total viewers and was the most watched program in all of television for Wednesday night among Men 18-24 and 18-34 and ranked #1 in cable among Persons 18-49.

Last week in Part I, terrorists launched an attack on Imaginationland and this week our imaginations are spinning out of control. The government needs to find a way into Imaginationland and Stan and Kyle are the only two people known to have been there. Meanwhile, Cartman can’t rest until Kyle fulfills his side of the court-ordered agreement to suck his balls.

Airing Schedule on Comedy Central:

  • Wednesday, OCT 24 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday, OCT 25 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Thursday, OCT 25 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Friday, OCT 26 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Saturday, OCT 27 2007 – 12:30 AM
  • Sunday, OCT 28 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Sunday, OCT 28 2007 – 11:30 PM
  • Monday, OCT 29 2007 – 03:00 AM

South Park Season 11 Episode 11 on:

  • iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – October 27th, 2007)
  • Amazon Unbox (available on Saturday – October 27th, 2007)

South Park Studios and Comedy Central would like to remind you if you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store or Amazon Unbox instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. Please forget that you can find high quality South Park episode links at mrtwig.net because Comedy Central would like you to purchase them.

South Park – The Complete Tenth Season

South Park Season 10 DVD

The tenth season of South Park includes the instant classic and Emmy Winning “Make Love, Not Warcraft” – one of the most ridiculous South Park episodes ever.

Firefox 2.0.0.8 is Out

Mozilla Foundation has just released Firefox 2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 security and stability update now available

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 Release Notes

Fixed in Firefox 2.0.0.8
MFSA 2007-36 URIs with invalid %-encoding mishandled by Windows
MFSA 2007-35 XPCNativeWrapper pollution using Script object
MFSA 2007-34 Possible file stealing through sftp protocol
MFSA 2007-33 XUL pages can hide the window titlebar
MFSA 2007-32 File input focus stealing vulnerability
MFSA 2007-31 Browser digest authentication request splitting
MFSA 2007-30 onUnload Tailgating
MFSA 2007-29 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.8.1.8)

Firefox 2.0.0.8 is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://getfirefox.com.

http://www.mozilla.org/
http://www.mozilla.com/

Apple Announces SDK for iPhone and iPod touch

Apple announces that iPhone Software Development Kit (SDK) will be made available sometimes in February 2008. It is not clear if the SDK will be Mac OS X only or will be available for Windows OS also.

From Apple Hot News:

Third Party Applications on the iPhone
Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February. …….

It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once—provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. …….

……. We are working on an advanced system which will offer developers broad access to natively program the iPhone’s amazing software platform while at the same time protecting users from malicious programs.

We think a few months of patience now will be rewarded by many years of great third party applications running on safe and reliable iPhones.

Steve

P.S.: The SDK will also allow developers to create applications for iPod touch. [Oct 17, 2007]

Back in July 2002, on TWiT 103 Leo Laporte mentioned a rumor he heard about the iPhone SDK. According to Laporte, he heard that Apple already had a “mature” iPhone SDK on Mac OS X, and Apple was still working on the SDK on Windows OS. It was immediately called “bogus”. Apparently Laporte received this info on his “The Tech Guy Radio Show” chat room from an anonymous person. Unfortunately, Laporte no longer posts any of the chat transcript to quote the info verbatim. In effect, the anonymous person told Laporte that Apple had a working iPhone SDK on Mac OS X and might be working on the Windows OS version. Despite of all conflicting news, the information is somewhat accurate.

The iPhone and iPod touch OS is based on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Most likely that the SDK will require Leopard, and there will be no Windows OS version. This means if you want to develop apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, you need to use Mac OS X Leopard.

Apple: Mac OS X Leopard – October 26th, 2007.

It’s official! After all of the rumors, Leopard, the sixth major release of Mac OS X is scheduled for October 26th, 2007 release. Apple Online Store is now taking pre-orders for Leopard.

Mac OS X Leopard - October 26th, 2007

Both Mac OS X Leopard Client and Server are available for pre-orders.

Amazon.com has been taking pre-orders of Mac OS X Leopard for quite sometimes now.

Mac OS X Leopard – $109 (sale price)
Mac OS X Leopard Family Pack – $189 (sale price)
Mac OS X Leopard Server 10 Client – $499
Mac OS X Leopard Server Unlimited Client – $999

South Park: Season 11 Episode 10 – “Imaginationland”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 10 – “Imaginationland”
Original Air Date: 2007-10-17

Note:

Preview Imagiantionland here.

From South Park Studios: (announced on October 14th, 2007)

When the entire contents of the world’s imagination lay open before them, Stan and Kyle step right in. Back in South Park, Cartman swears he’s seen a leprechaun.

From today’s Comedy Central Press Release:
CARTMAN SWEARS HE’S SEEN A LEPRECHAUN IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

The doors of a whole new dimension are thrown open and the boys of South Park walk right on in. It’s an all-new episode of “South Park” entitled, “Imaginationland,” premiering on Wednesday, October 17 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.

Finding Cartman’s leprechaun is just the tip of the iceberg when the boys are about to have the entire contents of the world’s imagination laid before them. The boys realize that what they know has become a valuable commodity to the U. S. government. Meanwhile, Butters is about to become collateral damage.

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Airing Schedule on Comedy Central:

  • Wednesday, OCT 17 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Thursday, OCT 18 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Thursday, OCT 18 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Friday, OCT 19 2007 – 12:00 AM
  • Saturday, OCT 20 2007 – 12:30 AM
  • Sunday, OCT 21 2007 – 10:00 PM
  • Sunday, OCT 21 2007 – 11:30 PM
  • Monday, OCT 22 2007 – 03:00 AM

South Park Season 11 Episode 10 on:

  • iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – October 20th, 2007)
  • Amazon Unbox (available on Saturday – October 20th, 2007)

South Park Studios and Comedy Central would like to remind you if you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store or Amazon Unbox instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net.

Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. Please forget that you can find high quality South Park episode links at mrtwig.net because Comedy Central would like you to purchase them.

South Park – The Complete Tenth Season

South Park Season 10 DVD

The tenth season of South Park includes the instant classic and Emmy Winning “Make Love, Not Warcraft” – one of the most ridiculous South Park episodes ever.

South Park: Season 11 Episode 9 – “More Crap”

South Park: Season 11 Episode 9 – “More Crap”
Original Air Date: 2007-10-10

Note:

  • All Season 11 episodes will be available uncensored @ iTunes Store and Amazon Unbox.
  • Bono of U2 must love this episode, NOT!
  • The song that Bono character sings is based on U2’s “Vertigo“.
  • The “Emmy Award Winning Series” is actually part of the episode, not an insert by Comedy Central.
  • South Park recently won an Emmy Award for the “Make Love, Not Warcraft” Episode.
  • The trophy awarded to Randy Marsh shapes like an Emmy Award.
  • The restaurant that Randy Marsh eats at is P.F. Changs
  • The excrement measurement unit: 1 Katie Couric = 2.5 pounds

From South Park Studios: (announced on October 06th, 2007)

Stan’s dad becomes South Park’s home-town hero when the guys down at the local bar see the size of his most recent crap.

Preview the episode here. (iPhone and iPod touch compatible – over WiFi preferred)

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South Park Season 11 Episode 9 on:

  • iTunes Store – UNCENSORED (available on Saturday – October 13th, 2007)
  • Amazon Unbox (available on Saturday – October 13th, 2007)

South Park Studios and Comedy Central would like to remind you if you are looking for South Park episode, you can get it at iTunes Store or Amazon Unbox instead of downloading the AVI or RM files off torrents from site likes mrtwig.net. Another reminder from the Good Ol’ Comedy Central that asks everyone to stay away from southparkfiles.com, because southparkfiles.com has every single South Park episode made available in one form or another.
Remember downloading TV episodes off torrents is generally frowned upon by the TV networks. It’d be very very very wrong to download South Park episodes off torrent sites such as mrtwig.net where you can find high quality South Park episodes in AVI and RM. Please forget that you can find high quality South Park episode links at mrtwig.net because Comedy Central would like you to purchase them.

South Park – The Complete Tenth Season

South Park Season 10 DVD

The tenth season of South Park includes the instant classic and Emmy Winning “Make Love, Not Warcraft” – one of the most ridiculous South Park episodes ever.