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This bug still exists in Mac OS X 10.6.2. I thought for sure they'd have fixed that one.

A few days ago I mentioned a book that was more expensive on Kindle than in hardcover. They've since updated that pricing, but that's not the point.

The point is that the book - which I've had for awhile now thanks to Barnes and Noble's disregard for what may or may not even be an actual release date of November 12 - has a lot of illustrations in it. It has some pulled quotes and a lot of other little side notes and other things as well.

I think I'll scan a few pages and do a direct comparison, and post the results here. I think the Kindle may disappoint in this area. 16 shades of grey might not really cut it… For most books, clearly, that's not an issue.

I'll link back to this post when the comparison is up.

Zzzzzzzzzzz. The recurring joke about the inability of the Yankees to win a World Series while paying one player more than the entire Pirates payroll has come to an end, but the argument remains the same: baseball needs a salary cap.

Doesn't mean we'll see one in the next 10 or 20 years, but it's needed.

If you've heard about the one finger discount, you'll be pleased to know that Cynical Peak is honoring the coupon code.

But you didn't hear it from me, mmmkay?

Y'know, I should have known better than to read the Canon 7D review at DPReview. Now I'm trying to figure out how I can get one to replace my 5D.

Since getting the 5D Mark II, I haven't used the 5D much. It's come in handy when I've needed to use two lenses without having time to swap them, but the last time I needed that was May or June. It's still a great camera and it's still in great shape.

For $1700? I can wait. I'm not all that serious about getting this, but 8 FPS and another camera that can do video would be nice. I like the 19-point AF sensors. APS-C, eh. Don't much care for that.

It compares favorably against the Nikon D300S and the Pentax K-7.

Anyone want to buy a 5D? OK, I'm kidding. Kind of. Maybe. Mostly? 🙂

Oh, silly FSN and their prepared graphics… But they were right to wonder: who is is better?

Fortunately, an even better image came as a result of this game.

You'll have to read Pensblog to see the original. And you'll have to have already read Pensblog for a long time to really get it.

Funny, isn't it, how the "see who searched for you" ad on the right side of about 1/4 of the Facebook pages I look at always shows some 19-year old semi-trampy looking chick with cleavage and minimal clothing, isn't it?

C'mon, Facebook. Are people that dumb?

Please don't answer that.

I'm really interested in one or the other of the Spider Holster or Cotton Carrier. Their individual pages are at CottonCarrier.com and SpiderHolster.com. They're both very similar systems. Here's a video of the Spider Holster:

This is broken. It used to work. Script Editor complains about a missing value…

tell application "Safari"
    set myJS to "self.moveTo(8,8);self.resizeTo(1100,1000);"
    repeat with thisWin in every document
        do JavaScript myJS in thisWin
    end repeat
end tell

Any ideas? This type of script comes in handy when a site resizes your browser window. I hate that…

I'm going to be using my Canon 5D Mark II to build first YouTube videos and eventually a DVD. As such, I found this quick tip to create droplets to convert to Apple's 422 format enlightening.

I should probably pick up (rather, have the client pick up) an external hard drive to store all the video I'll be creating. Even with H.264 from the 5D Mark II a 2:00 video was over 700 MB.

The YouTube videos will require a good deal less editing, so I may not even bother with the conversion so long as iMovie or Final Cut Pro doesn't crash.

Some other good links: Apple docs here and here.

Next up: figuring out how to animate the pieces of an EPS file. I think Motion can do it but who knows…

I never encountered any of the problems he's had - though I have had instances where my images get thumbnails from an entirely different image - but my library is small compared to his (12,500), and I agree with him about "existing bugs that never get fixed." I think camera support has gotten better and faster, but the rest of his issues remain:

• Ridiculously slow update cycle
• Long wait for new camera support
• Small bugs left unfixed for years
• Adjustments not improved in dot version upgrades
• Previews unusable in practice (must be disabled for reasonable performance)
• No XMP sidecar support (adjustments and keywords trapped in Aperture forever)
• SQL Lite database is terribly slow and can take Aperture down
• Frequent database corruption

Today Vinay Venkatesh lost control of his motorcycle after he hit a rut. He was airlifted to Stanford hospital and died in surgery a short while later.

I hadn't talked to Vinay much in the past few years. He was very busy (and very in demand) at VMWare. I came to the Mac development scene shortly after Vinay well over a decade ago, and he was one of the first Mac devs I called a friend despite the fact that we hung out only a few times.

Please take a moment to consider your friends. Tell them the next time you talk to them how much you appreciate having them in your life. Hug them if it's appropriate. I think Vinay would appreciate it if his last act, of sorts, would be to make people appreciate each other a little more.

Vinay, you will be missed.

Of the first 50 of 100 things on this list, I particularly like the following ((All of the ones dealing with wine never come into play with me - I'm not much of a drinker.)):

7. Do not announce your name. No jokes, no flirting, no cuteness.

8. Do not interrupt a conversation. For any reason. Especially not to recite specials. Wait for the right moment.

10. Do not inject your personal favorites when explaining the specials.

15. Never say "I don't know" to any question without following with, "I'll find out."

18. Know before approaching a table who has ordered what. Do not ask, "Who's having the shrimp?"

20. Never refuse to substitute one vegetable for another.

32. Never touch a customer. No excuses. Do not do it. Do not brush them, move them, wipe them or dust them.

34. Do not have a personal conversation with another server within earshot of customers.

41. Saying, "No problem" is a problem. It has a tone of insincerity or sarcasm. "My pleasure" or "You're welcome" will do.

43. Never mention what your favorite dessert is. It's irrelevant.

48. Do not ask what someone is eating or drinking when they ask for more; remember or consult the order.

JPG is back (Issue 20 is now available). They're going all digital with print-on-demand for an extra fee.

The stupid site now lists me as a "Subscriber since October 2009," which isn't right at all, but I don't care enough to bother their support people to have it corrected.

I took advantage of a special to buy a year (now four issues) for $6 with four issues added free, but I was already paid up through issue 31. Fortunately, my account status says I have 20 issues left, so that seems to be right.

I gave a gift subscription to someone - I hope he got it as well.

I still haven't uploaded any photos since I removed them all when they supposedly went out of business. I didn't want my rights potentially sold to another company. That said, I still plan to take my time uploading photos and considering their "Plus" option.

I read the other day that Obama has played as much golf in eight months in office as George W. Bush played in eight years.

Remember how Bush was forced to give up the game by the media because there was a war going on and it looked silly to play "so much" golf?

And now what do we hear? How great it is to have a President who enjoys staying active?

Hypocrisy much?