Apple Otaku

Interested in experiencing Japan from the eyes of a foreigner? In this light read, Japan neophyte Dave Barry visits Japan for a few weeks and writes about his adventures.

This looks promising. Amazon is setting its sights on the Apple iTunes store by rolling out an online music store of their own. Key stats: a catalog of 2.3 million songs, 256 kbps variable bit rate MP3s, DRM free, and lower prices (most songs are $0.89 to $0.99 versus $1.29 for a DRM free iTunes [...]

Recently, I mentioned the Mac utility Quicksilver. Launchbar is a commercial program that functions in roughly the same manner as Quicksilver. Tap command-space, type in some characters, and choose from a list of possibilities.

Updating my iPhone to 1.1.1 was not an enjoyable experience. After downloading the 150+ mb file, the update decided to freeze during the extraction process. Reinstalling iTunes or resetting the iPhone did nothing. I kept getting an unknown error message -3204.

Quicksilver allows the user to tap in a few characters and quickly get access to the items on their computer. You access Quicksilver by tapping command-space.

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An iPhone software update is coming soon. It will include support for the iTunes Wi-Fi music store. As an added bonus, there’s a good chance that this update could also render your newly unlocked iPhone inoperable.