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Linked List: October 4, 2006

Wednesday, 4 October 2006

El Macalopo on the latest from Hadley “Desert Island” Stern.

Steve Jobs Aware of Options Backdating, Fred Anderson Resigns From Board ★

Apple PR announcing the findings of its special committee investigating stock-options-backdating charges against the company. Former CFO Fred Anderson has resigned from the Apple board, and the PR has this to say about Steve Jobs:

In a few instances, Apple CEO Steve Jobs was aware that favorable grant dates had been selected, but he did not receive or otherwise benefit from these grants and was unaware of the accounting implications.

OhMiBod ★

Music-powered iPod vibrator; moves “to the beat and rhythm of your music while you listen”. The price: $69 (of course). (Via Amy Gruber.)

HP Ex-Chairwoman Dunn Faces Charges, Suffering From Ovarian Cancer ★

Getting indicted is the least of her worries. At the end of this brief article in The New York Times, Damon Darlin reports:

Representatives of Ms. Dunn said Tuesday that she would begin six-months of chemotherapy on Friday for recurrent advanced ovarian cancer.

That’s terribly sad news.

Aperture 1.5 Color Control ★

James Duncan Davidson on the new Color adjustment tool in Aperture 1.5; includes a UI comparison to the same panel in Lightroom beta 4 (spoiler: this time, Aperture wins).

Make.text ★

JavaScript bookmarklet by Trevor Jim; translates any web page into Markdown syntax. Neat.