Linked List: September 28, 2007

Friday, 28 September 2007

Inman vs. Cornell 

Layer Tennis is live.

BusySync for iCal 

This sounds damn cool:

BusySync lets you share iCal calendars with family and coworkers on a local area network without a dedicated server and with full read/write access.

(Via Gus Mueller.)

iPhone Update Tip: Plug Directly Into Your Mac’s USB Port 

MacJournals asks “Did the 1.1.1 update ‘brick’ your iPhone?”:

Even if, like ours, it wasn’t hacked in any way?

We promise nothing, but here’s a tip: make sure the iPhone dock is plugged directly into the USB 2.0 port on your computer, not into a hub or keyboard (even a USB 2.0 keyboard).

Acorn Scripting Using Python 

Frederik De Bleser adds an embedded Python scripting panel to Acorn.

Thieves Steal New Coppola Script 

Daniel Schweimler, BBC News:

It was reported that five armed robbers raided Coppola’s house in a wealthy neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, and took computers and camera equipment. Saved on one of the computers was the script and pre-production work for his forthcoming film, Tetro.

Layer Tennis Match Preview 

From my match preview at the Layer Tennis site:

All-American baseliner Chris Evert Lloyd vs. Czechoslovakian net-rusher Martina Navratilova. Graceful, dancing Muhammad Ali vs. power-puncher Joe Frazier. Bird vs. Magic. Nicklaus vs. Palmer. Contrasting styles, which, when brought together in head-to-head competition, snap together like puzzle pieces and produce spectacular, unpredictable results.

We now add to that list Shaun Inman vs. Kevin Cornell.

FileSpot 

My thanks to FileSpot for sponsoring the DF RSS feed this week. FileSpot is a nice searching and organizing utility that provides its own interface to the underlying power of Spotlight, allowing far more complex queries than the system’s built-in search UI. Buy FileSpot this week and get $1 off using the coupon code “DARINGFIREBALL”.

iPhone 1.1.1 Breaks iPod Hi-Fi Integration 

Todd Ditchendorf:

Before updating to iPhone software 1.1.1 (which was released today), my iPhone basically worked with my iPod Hi-Fi…