Alibris :: Part II
Alright! My first book from
Alibris arrived today! It's the right edition, so I'm stoked. Boy, it was packaged like it was a collectable. Which, I suppose it is, because it is a first edition. I decided to get the first editions of the six book series because I already had four from that year.
My Asimov collection is almost complete, aside from the other hundred books he wrote.
Apple - PowerBook G4 12-inch
Well I can finally admit to it:
“More.” It’s the word that best describes the new 12-inch PowerBook G4.
It has more speed: it’s 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 processor and 167MHz system bus provide impressive performance gains. It offers twice the video memory — 64MB, to be exact — resulting in a noticeable boost in graphics performance. It provides more storage, coming standard with a 60GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive. It’s available with a 4x SuperDrive that delivers double the DVD burning speed. And, the pièce de résistance, it ships with AirPort Extreme built right in.
I didn't get the SuperDrive but it's still been a great thing, compared to my Gateway Solo 5300 (PIII 900Mhz 256MB PC133 RAM 10Gb HD). I think it needs a little bit more RAM, but the PowerBook has kept pace with my Athlon box, GeForce 4 Ti 4600 aside.
So about the things I've already installed:
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Firefox with the respective web development plug-ins
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Camino
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UT:GOTY Demo and UT2004 Demo to check out performance
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Quicksilver
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Reiner Knizia's Samurai
* The aforementioned
StepMania
That's about it so far. I'm waiting for the 1.1.1 release of
OpenOffice.org, which requires XDarwin, which I'm having trouble installing.
Needless to say, Quicksilver is the app of choice. Justin Blanton's
review is what originally got me hooked on the concept. It works really well, aside from some problems I had with it running in the background during games or the key combination I setup and OS X's default keys for switching input methods. (Japanese support in OS X is a dream come true!)
Did I mention the battery life is excellent and the speakers are great? You'll probably be seeing more of this Apple stuff, but here's a few places I frequent in regard to Macs and development:
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DrukenBlog, don't fear the name, it's a great blog
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Justin Blanton's Blog: Life. Technology. Politics. And I think he's a local!
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Daring Fireball: Mac Nerdery, Etc.
StepMania
It's only a temporary fix, but it's close enough until I can get the real thing. Yes, DDR.
Here's a few songs from DDR MAX 2 that I enjoy:
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Kind Lady
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Buring Heat (3rd Option Mix)
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Break Down
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Afronova
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Graduation
I hope to sell my gaming desktop and relpace it with a PS2 for DDR, DVDs, and all my favorite games that were co-released on PSX or PS2.
