Linked List: May 1, 2008

Thursday, 1 May 2008

ATPM Review: Apple Keyboard 

Serendipity — Christopher Turner reviews the new aluminum super-thin Apple Keyboard in the new issue of ATPM:

Moving from a keyboard like the SmartBoard, which uses mechanical key switches — think of the loud clackety-clack of keyboards of yore; those used mechanical key switches — to one using the now more-common rubber membranes to control key function can take some getting used to, and it was an odd couple of days at first. Now, I can’t imagine going back. You don’t have to press very hard on these keys, meaning less finger travel, which saves wear and strain on your digits’ muscles.

Prune Your Time Machine Backups Selectively 

Interesting Time Machine tip from Matt Neuburg.

New Movies Now Available for Purchase on iTunes Same Day as DVD Release 

Apple:

Apple today announced that new movie releases from major film studios and premier independent studios are available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. New releases and catalog titles will be available from 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, Image Entertainment and First Look Studios.

Next step: work on moving the rental availability up.

Update: Ends up they’ve also enabled purchasing movies directly from Apple TV — prior to today, all you could do from Apple TV was rent.

CSS Homer Simpson 

Wow.

Do Web Sites Need to Look Exactly the Same in Every Browser? 

Agreed.

Architecture Astronauts Take Over 

Joel Spolsky on Microsoft Live Mesh:

It’s Groove, rewritten from scratch, one more time. Ray Ozzie just can’t stop rewriting this damn app, again and again and again, and taking 5-7 years each time.