High Caliber Guns

CleanApp is just too much tool for the job, it listed several items using its Relics feature that would have been problematic to remove, and it was the most expensive solution I tried at $15. The Relics feature relies upon other users sharing their data with Synium Software via its CleanCommunity technology, and it is reasonable to expect that it will become more reliable over time. CleanApp also has lots of features the other solutions do not provide, such as the ability to remove unwanted language files and to monitor software installations to insure it gets every file when it comes time to remove it from your system. CleanApp is perfect for users that equate more features with more power.

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The big event is over and the chances that you read my thoughts on the release of the iPad are slim indeed, but I am going to put them out there anyway...for posterity.

So how did the event begin? Steve jumped right into demoing Safari by browsing a website that required Flash. Guess what happened? Nothing. That's right folks, still no flash support. You can say what you want about Flash sucking or not sucking, but the fact of the matter is that every day I follow links on my iPhone from my email or tweets that lead me to nothing because my iPhone (and now the iPad) lack support for Flash. FAIL

I new there wouldn't be enough memory in this new device and Apple did not destroy my prediction. The high end model has only 64gb and the low end has an embarrassing 16gb! Of course Apple can't include an SD card slot because that would mess up their price points. FAIL

The Home Screen on the iPad just looks goofy to me. I think it's because there aren't enough icons per row. While the device is a glorified iPhone, it doesn't need to look like they just pixel doubled the Home Screen. FAIL

In the midst of all the fun, someone had to remind me of one of the biggest negatives of the day. Not only are there not dual cameras on the iPad, there are no cameras on the iPad. DOUBLE FAIL

AT&T as the data provider? Is that a joke? FAIL

I'm not sure this is a bad thing, but it is at least a little disconcerting that the iPad using Apple's own silicone. As a friend of mine pointed out, this is probably just somebody else's chip branded by Apple, but it gives me the willies all the same.

It wasn't all bad. I am quite excited about iBook and the iBookstore. The mobile versions of iWorks are interesting, and watching movies on this thing would be very cool. Heck, as an ebook reader the iPad may be worth the price when compared to every other reader on the market. I would have liked to have seen iBook and iBookstore for the iPhone, but I guess that would pull people away from the iPad.
I guess the best thing about the iPad was the price. I would never in a thousand years thought that Apple would sell this thing for under $1,000 let alone $500. Sure, the $500 iPad is Wi-Fi only and sports a massive 16gb flash drive, but for Apple that price is amazing.

I am about as close to being an Apple fanboy as you can get without actually being 100% fanboy. Before I started writing this post I was fairly excited about the iPad, but when I look back on what I took away from the event I have to say that I'm a little more than disappointed. I'm fairly confident that this device (or at least its ancestors) will do very well, but I can't say I would buy one even if I had the $500 burning a hole in my pocket. Who knows, maybe it will FAIL? Doubt it.

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I stumbled across a very cool plugin for Mail.app today. WideMail is a plugin that brings the more familiar, and arguably more productive, vertical layout to Mail.app. I'm using the plugin with OS X 10.6.2 and have had no major problems thus far even though the plugin is still in beta. The plugin is free, however I encourage you to join me in using the PayPal link to donate something to the developer...because frankly, I would hate to see him give up on this project. The first screenshot shows the default view in Mail.app followed by Mail.app using the WideMail plugin.

   

Click here to download:

WideMail_Widescreen_Apple_Mail.zip (351 KB)

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I was surprised with this handmade humidor today from a guy at the cigar lounge. The inscription is of my choosing and says "High Priming". Primings are the rows of leaves on a tobacco plant...the higher the priming, the stronger the tobacco. I don't actually have any cigars to fill it with at present (three of the four shown are Christmas gifts for my Father-In-Law), but nobody needs to know what's on the inside! Note: the pics were taken with my iPhone so please excuse the low quality.

     

Click here to download:

High_Priming_Humidor....zip (1845 KB)

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I use the same image for my login and my desktop. Lately I've been using one from Samuel Adams. I wasn't impressed by the original and decided to play around with desaturation. I thought it might be cool to desaturate the entire image for the login and use the partially desaturated image for the desktop. You will need the following:

   

Click here to download:

Cool_Transition_From_Login_To_.zip (1250 KB)

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My Dad wrote this for the advent season at his church, and I really like it...

“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS , AND LORD OF LORDS.” Rev. 19:16 KJV

The only time when there was no King or Queen in Britain was when the country was a republic between 1649 and 1660. In 1649 King Charles I was executed and Britain became a Republic for eleven years. The monarchy was restored in 1660. So it was a challenge for us as a new nation to create a new system of government.

When our country revolted and broke away from Britain the question was what form of government would we create. Much debate ensued. Several plans were suggested. In fact Alexander Hamilton suggested a system much like Britain's system which would have a lower house and upper house as well as an executive whose title would be Governor and whose term would be for life! Of course it was decided that our government would have three branches. One of those branches would be the executive branch, but the question arose as to what title would be chosen to describe the executive. Should we call him King, Governor, or President?

The important factor that we need to remember this advent season is that regardless of what title the leader of any nation my have that individual will bow before the KING OF KINGS one day. Scripture says:

“Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow , every tongue shall swear” Isa 45:22-23 KJV

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People are getting more and more concerned with Google's ever present fingers meddling with their data. Fear not, "Google CEO Eric Schmidt told reporter Maria Bartiromo, 'If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.'" Source: Slashdot Let me just say, Wow.

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