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March 5, 2005
Daring Fireball's Apple News
Like any1 who's seen their stock almost quadruple in the last year I read a lot of Apple computer news. And stories about Apple seem to get passed around like... well, I'll let you fill in the analogy. But there is one blog that really seems to stand alone with unique, thoroughly investigated articles - John Gruber's Daring Fireball
He recently wrote a very insightful article about why something as simple as the removal of firewire cables from iPod packages has caused such a spark in the Apple community:
Daring Fireball: Nerve Touching
Like any1 who's seen their stock almost quadruple in the last year I read a lot of Apple computer news. And stories about Apple seem to get passed around like... well, I'll let you fill in the analogy. But there is one blog that really seems to stand alone with unique, thoroughly investigated articles - John Gruber's Daring Fireball
He recently wrote a very insightful article about why something as simple as the removal of firewire cables from iPod packages has caused such a spark in the Apple community:
Daring Fireball: Nerve Touching
March 4, 2005
Links Section Updated
CK Links:
I finally found a format that I like for my Links section! I've been working on this one for awhile, and yes it seems really simple, but it had to meet my criteria. I wanted something where I could export my links from Mozilla's Firefox browser, and through a few conversions get a nice looking page that I can update easily. The key is "update easily," since I've noticed that most of the links on my old Links page were dead. So if you find any links that don't work please let me know. There are a lot of good resources in there that I've found over the years, so enjoy!
CK Links:
I finally found a format that I like for my Links section! I've been working on this one for awhile, and yes it seems really simple, but it had to meet my criteria. I wanted something where I could export my links from Mozilla's Firefox browser, and through a few conversions get a nice looking page that I can update easily. The key is "update easily," since I've noticed that most of the links on my old Links page were dead. So if you find any links that don't work please let me know. There are a lot of good resources in there that I've found over the years, so enjoy!
March 2, 2005
Gehry Building = Giant Magnifying Glass
Disney Concert Hall to Lose Some Luster
Oops, guess they never factored in the sun when they built the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles! Seems the reflected light from the building heats up the sidewalk to 140 degrees! - "enough to melt plastic and cause serious sunburn to people standing on the street." So the building that cost $274 million is going to have some of the reflective steel panels sanded down to look more like brushed steel. I was surprised to learn that the exterior is in fact steel and not titanium like many of the other Gehry signature buildings. Originally the building was to be clad in limestone, but was changed because of the cost and potential earthquake damage to limestone.
Disney Concert Hall to Lose Some Luster
Oops, guess they never factored in the sun when they built the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles! Seems the reflected light from the building heats up the sidewalk to 140 degrees! - "enough to melt plastic and cause serious sunburn to people standing on the street." So the building that cost $274 million is going to have some of the reflective steel panels sanded down to look more like brushed steel. I was surprised to learn that the exterior is in fact steel and not titanium like many of the other Gehry signature buildings. Originally the building was to be clad in limestone, but was changed because of the cost and potential earthquake damage to limestone.
