By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: August 17, 2006
Thursday, 17 August 2006
- Apple: Report on iPod Manufacturing ★
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Apple has published a report on their investigation regarding charges of poor living and working conditions at a Chinese factory where iPods are manufactured:
In response to the allegations, we immediately dispatched an audit team comprised of members from our human resources, legal and operations groups to carry out a thorough investigation of the conditions at the manufacturing site. The audit covered the areas of labor standards, working and living environment, compensation, overtime and worker treatment.
(Thanks to Jesper for the link.)
- VoodooPad 3.0.2 ★
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Bug fixes and minor feature upgrades to Gus Mueller’s innovate wiki-style notes app.
- Flame 0.2.1 ★
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Free Bonjour discovery tool by Tom Insam and Paul Mison at 2lmc Spool.
- Macworld: MacBook Wi-Fi Hack Didn’t Use Apple Drivers ★
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Jim Dalrymple:
“Despite SecureWorks being quoted saying the Mac is threatened by the exploit demonstrated at Black Hat, they have provided no evidence that in fact it is,” Apple Director of Mac PR, Lynn Fox, told Macworld.
- Lenovo Teams Up With Novell for New, Pricey Linux ThinkPads ★
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Can someone explain why these cost more — as in like $800 more — than similarly equipped ThinkPads with Windows XP? Shouldn’t the Linux ones be cheaper?
- More ‘Leaked’ Zune Details at iLounge ★
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The “wheel” isn’t actually a scroll wheel, it’s just four buttons arranged in a wheel. (WTF?) The Wi-Fi features aren’t operational yet.
- John Siracusa: LLVM in Leopard and Beyond ★
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LLVM as an eventual successor to GCC as the default compiler for Mac OS X? The LLVM-powered World of Warcraft demo at WWDC was impressive.
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75.6 percent share for Apple, followed by 9.7 percent for Sandisk, 4.3 for Creative, 2.5 for Samsung, and, embarrasingly, a mere 1.9 percent for Sony.
- The Windows Apps You Never Need To Install ★
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Anil Dash on frequently-recommended Windows apps that are in fact either unnecessary or outright harmful. Useful advice for Mac nerds dipping their toes into Windows via Boot Camp and Parallels.
- NSA Eavesdropping Program Ruled Unconstitutional ★
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CNN:
The government argued that the program is well within the president’s authority, but said proving that would require revealing state secrets.
- Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown ★
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A little bit of the old ultra-violence, Charlie Brown-style. (Via Andy Baio.)
- FlexTime 1.0 ★
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Daniel Jalkut’s $19 utility for setting alarms and scheduling repetitive tasks is out of beta. It’s hard to categorize FlexTime, as it’s not really like any other app I’ve ever seen.
- Time Capsules ★
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How come no one told me Douglas Coupland was writing a weblog for The New York Times?
- Low End Mac: PowerBooks and the Mac Portable ★
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Low End Mac’s index page for 68K-based PowerBooks. Apple shipped over 20 different notebooks using the “PowerBook” brand before the switch to PowerPC processors. The “Power” in “PowerBook” did not stand for “PowerPC”.
- Tim Bray: Back on the Mac ★
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Ubuntu toe-dipper Tim Bray’s PowerBook is back from the shop, and so he’s back on Mac OS X. His thoughts on the switch are, as usual, interesting.
- Parallels ★
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Dave Shea, on using Parallels to run Windows for browser compatibility testing with IE:
I’m becoming more and more convinced that the new Intel-based Macs are the ultimate web designer’s companion […]
- Bob Barker’s First Episode as Host of ‘The Price Is Right’ ★
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September 4, 1972. One of my very favorite TV shows as a kid. I’ve always been a fan of Bob Barker — the guy knows how to host a game show, and you can tell from this clip that he had it down pat right from the start. The fact that stuff like this is on YouTube is just amazing. (Via Digg.)
- David Young on the WWDC Moscone Security Staff ★
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David Young (not the same David Young who’s the CEO/founder of Joyent):
Holy smokes, the security staff at Moscone West are assholes. They’re a blemish on the otherwise pleasant experience of WWDC — imagine, you are busy talking about some new idea and some fat woman, smacking her gum, leans into you and yells USE THE OTHER DOOR. TURN YOUR BADGE AROUND. YOU CAN’T USE THIS ESCALATOR.
Why were they keeping people from using the up escalator right by the front doors?
- Never Check Your Email First or Last ★
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I’m going to try this. (Via Wolf Rentzsch.)