Well I changed my Blog from word-press to Rapidweaver. I got rapid weaver for free for doing a job for someone (he had two licenses). This is a desktop application so this helps me manage my content in a better way and I can edit stuff offline before uploading it. I don't like the fact that you have to pay for some of the extras for RapidWeaver but it is a solid program and a lot of people use it.

Anyway I enjoy learning about these things since they can come in handy when I need to build a church website etc. and it is nice to know how to work with different alternatives. Even though I have 0 HTML skills I still am familiar with building websites with programs like Wordpress, RapidWeaver and iWeb. Anyway enough geeking around.

No, it’s not my new pet. It is actually the new cat that Apple released yesterday. I have been using it for a good day now and I say it is maybe worth the $130. There aren’t any big features that stick out but it is the small little improvements that make the overall computing experience so much better. One thing that I like the best is spaces. Now I know that there were/are 3d party applications for Tiger that will do a similar thing but Apple just makes it so much better and since I only have a 12″ screen it is perfect to have iTunes, Mail, iCal on a separate space. You got to see it to appreciate it. Anyway overall Leopard is just a little bit smoother with a lot of small tweaks….it still wont wash your dishes so don’t expect a huge difference between Tiger and Leopard.

In conclusion if you get a student discount on Leopard go for it….if you have to pay $130 for it I would say just wait till you get a new Mac or try it out before you buy it.

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Now I understand Apple is a business company. They want to be profitable and make money. They want you to buy their products! But despite of them being a company I still love them! And here is one of the reasons why: As you all know 61 days ago Apple on June 29th introduced their iPhone. For $600 you could get the 8Gb model iPhone. The early adopters went ahead and cashed out $600 for one. Yesterday Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple) had a big press event and introduced a whole new line of iPods and after that he announced a $200 price drop for the 8GB iPhone.

Now everyone that spend $600 on an iPhone seemed to be upset even though they agreed to spend $600 on it. Now Apple as a company has no obligation to show any sympathy towards those people (Only the people that bought it within the last 14 days are able to get a refund on it). But Steve Jobs himself wrote an open letter here basically saying he will give back a $100 store credit for anyone who bought the 8GB iPhone. Now I understand that people can only use that $100 in the (online) Apple store and people will probably spend more then that but nonetheless Apple is not obligated to give any money back. And do not forget that Leopard is coming out sometime next month and a lot of people are planning to buy that anyway so why not save a $100 on something you were going to buy anyway?

To conclude my long post here. I don’t own an iPhone (yet ;) ) cause 1. I still have a contract with verizon and 2. I didn’t have $600 for an iPhone and I still don’t have $400 for an iPhone :P. But nonetheless, it is still one of the many reasons why I love Apple :).

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One feature I like to see in iTunes is the ability to select a song and make it play next after the current song is done playing. Not that hard to implement that feature! So Apple if you’re listening please give me that feature in the next iTunes release.

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So we all know that I’m crazy about facebook. It’s the best social network out there and a great way to stay in touch with your friends. facebook recently opened up their API so that 3d party developers can develop applications for facebook. I think this will help open up facebook and let people have a little bit more freedom. Personally I am not to impressed and it kind of makes facebook more cluttered like myspace (ug!). And a lot of applications will work great if everyone has the same application. It just creates a little disunity.

Anyway that was my rant and I do still enjoy facebook. lol

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