Now that my (still awesome) 15″ MacBook Pro is 2 generations behind the latest and greatest, I wonder:

What would be the cheapest way for me to get a new Mac?

13" MacBook Pro

Would it be with my ADC student membership? Or would it be with the standard student discount?

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I just saw a program on TV that said scientists are puzzled about the Coelacanth, a creature they thought was extinct. It has been found to be alive in the deep sea. They compared this to dinosaurs, saying that this discovery was even more surprising than if a dinosaur walked out of the woods. Well, who knows if small dinosaurs aren’t living in the unexplored forests? How do you define a dinosaur?

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It’s surprisingly hard to find these defined anywhere, so here they are.

SVN Letter Codes

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For the iPhone programmers out there:

If you copy a Localizable.strings file from one project to another and it turns into gibberish (lots of question marks), change the File Encoding to Unicode (UTF-16).

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I’m here in San Francisco for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. Lots of stuff is hidden behind an NDA, but the keynote is public, as are my photos of the preparations around Moscone West, the convention center where the conference will be held.

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  • Google Chrome for Mac is stunningly fast :) #

6/6/2009 by admin | No comments

  • Packing for my flight to OAK - Oakland Airport. I’m going to the Bay Area for the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference from June 8-12. #
  • Arrived in OAK, now staying with relatives in Alameda. It’s comfy here. I’m about to try a CALPICO drink. #
  • Signature line of an email I just received: “Sent from my iPhone. Sorry about typpos.” [sic] #

6/1/2009 by admin | 2 comments

  • “Making Work Pay Tax Credit”? If the government REALLY wanted to make work pay, they’d eliminate the income tax. #
  • I love Microsoft’s Laptop Hunters comls. So far, they’ve shopped in Fry’s Electronics & Best Buy. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/ #

5/30/2009 by admin | No comments

“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.”
—Warren Buffett

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