“bura bura” - wandering (Japanese)
Wow… I want a 30″ Cinema Display! 
Only $5,278.90 from the Apple Australia Education Store! Ouch. Pity I don't have a G5 to run it, though. Maybe I can con Mat into getting one (or two!) for the Dual 2.0GHz G5 he got yesterday. A 20-inch would do me nicely, though, but I'd have to get a VGA - DVI converter for my lowly rev A 12″ PowerBook.
Now, onto Tiger… It's looking pretty good!
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According to CNet, Sun is expected to release some of the code for "Project Looking Glass", a 3D desktop coded in Java.
The article also mentions that J2SE 1.5, code-named "Tiger", will introduce a 40-50% speed increase, as well as 'generic types'. I learnt Java this semester at Uni, and was learning Cocoa at the same time. Generic types were something I missed from Java, so it's good to see that it will be added.
From Robert Scoble: According to MacMinute, Apple has placed banners advertising Tiger on show at the WWDC. Quite funny, really, taking a not-so-gentle-stab at Microsoft.
Also of interest are the screenshots posted to MacRumors, post one and post two, and the article at ThinkSecret, which confirms that the screenshots are real…
I like the Dashboard concept, but it's probably stepping on Konfabulator's toes a bit too much, as can be seen by Arlo Rose's reaction in the Konfabulator forums. Hopefully the gadgets look a lot better than they do now when Tiger is released!
I finished reading another Dan Brown book last night, "Angels and Demons". I found it quite enjoyable, and I liked it as much as "The Da Vinci Code". It's definitely one of those books that makes you want to constantly turn the page and not put it down!
I thought "The Da Vinci Code" portrayed Opus Dei and the Catholic Church in a very negative way, and it would be easy to say that Dan Brown comes across as anti-Catholic. However, this novel is different from the other book, in that the protagonist, Robert Langdon, helps the Church and tries to save it. The cardinals and other members of the Vatican are all portrayed as very noble and honourable people, unlike some of the characters from "The Da Vinci Code". Perhaps just to stir people and cause a bit of controversy, there's a twist in the end that perhaps reflects the sentiments from "The Da Vinci Code".
There are a couple of large twists at the end of the book, which I wasn't expecting. One twist happens, which you don't expect, and then another, while you're still in shock. I'm not sure about all of the content of the book and whether it's based on fact, but it's a novel, so who cares?
I think I'm going to have to buy the other books by the author, when I've got some money…!
Courtesy of Mat: PowerPC G5 to go mobile
A PowerBook G5 would be very nice. Probably not until MWSF, though.
The NYTimes has a review of Bill Clinton's autobiography, 'My Life'. Looks pretty interesting. Might just have to get it!
Mat sent me this link: NSW makes open source move - Sounds like a good plan. It'll probably turn out cheaper in the long run, too.
Interesting article over at Macsimum Perspective, where Dennis Sellers asks if we really need a video iPod.
I would tend to agree with him. I basically don't have any movies on my computer, and if I had them on a portable video player, when would I want to watch them? Not while driving in the car, obviously. In the bus? Probably not. [City] Bus trips are too short to sit through an entire movie. I'm also perfectly happy zoning out while listening to music anyway. On a plane? Perhaps, but many airlines have in-flight entertainment anyway.
There's also no easy way to (legally) download movies at this point, so that's a problem, too. Ripping movies off DVDs is illegal too (I think), so you shouldn't have those anyway.
The only thing I would like in a next generation iPod is perhaps photo support. The rumour of video out of some sort, where you could plug the iPod into a TV and have a photo slideshow, sounded very useful. But… that isn't likely to happen without video playback features (which would probably include video out as well).
I wonder what Apple's going to pull out of its magic hat around September? (When the new Toshiba drives are released.)
Wired magazine has an interview with Will Smith, who is one of the actors in the upcoming movie, "I, Robot".
I've never been a great fan of Will Smith, but I did like this question and answer:
"What's your technological soft spot?
The iPod is the gadget of the century. I have every model. My CD collection from my entire life is on them. I probably have 52,000 songs."
Will the Inducing Infringement Act kill the iPod? If this does happen, then it's going to be a big problem for companies like Apple…
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