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Nick Hodge is a professional geek and digital diplomat for Microsoft in Australia. More info lives underneath the About Box...

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• Nic Filingham - Fellow Aussie Enthusiast Evangelist, in Singapore
• Nick Hodge, Excel MVP - Mr Excel, not me. I am MINI me.
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Apple I Basic as MacOS X / Unix Shell

Apple I Basic, recently recovered from an old Apple I has been recompiled to run on MacOS X as a Unix Shell.
There is something perversely wonderful about bringing a modern language such as Apple I Basic to an older OS (Unix) <grin>

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It's nearly a week since I upgraded my iPod from a generation 3 to one of the cool, uber-geek iPod Touch devices. As a 99.5% Windows Vista user, I am impressed.
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You know you are getting older when…

You know you are getting older when you read stories about history, and have played a very minor part in them.

Apple sales staff were in Hawaii in 1996 when Gasee came to visit Gil Amelio (it was the Asia-Pacific Sales Conference). We didn't see him as he "flew in under the radar" of the media [...]

Gates and Jobs. No, not that pirates movie

Oh, and not that Pirates movie either. I just cannot see Bill Gates as Capt'n Jack.
Thanks to Michael, who passed on this link, (Sir) Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are going to talking at the same conference: Wall Street Journal's Fifth Annual D: All Things Digital Conference. (May 29 to 31 near San Diego, CA
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Smartest Accountants in the Room

Mac Geeks vs. Apple Accountants. Fight!
According to The Inquirer, Apple is "blaming" an Enron-inspired US Federal Law Sarbannes-Oxley (SOX) for the need to charge US$2.00 for the 802.11n update to MacOS X 10.4. Following the link at the bottom of the page, there is a slightly longer article on iLounge.
SOX? Probably more important than the [...]

Additional iPhone Thoughts and Notes

The "Apple" icon sits in front of the iPhone and tv. (yes, lower case). It seems Apple in deeply committed to rebranding as a consumer brand. New iPods, when they announce this year, will also be dramatically changed.
The iPhone is most likely a platform on which future high-end iPods will be released. The OS, as [...]

Apple, Inc: The 2007 Agenda Setting Week of Keynotes

Steve Jobs renamed his company to Apple, Inc. Renamed the iTV to Apple TV and the iPod to iPhone. Well, not quite. However, the iPhone is an iPod with a new OS: a baby MacOS X and lots of connectivity. If you live in the US.
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Microsoft, Inc: The 2007 Agenda Setting Week of Keynotes

Took the opportunity to watch Bill Gates and team present at CES 2007. The theme of the Microsoft show was Connected Experiences.
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Geek and Roman Toys

Apple finally releases Intel Core 2 Duo versions of the 15 and 17" MacBook Pro. The concept of 200Gb of disk space and 3Gb of RAM is attractive, but we'll have to see ... I don't think Santa is that generous. Unless someone wants a 5 month old 15" MacBook Pro.
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Choose your iPod Retailer Wisely

Tim Kleemann, Managing Director (no less) of NextByte, responds to my post on "iShonky"
Tim's reply goes to show that you must buy from a retailer who cares.
So, armed with the facts from the horses' mouth: one must ask what data Choice has used to determine their "shonky-ness"?
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