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Linked List: October 17, 2008

Friday, 17 October 2008

Newer Technology Universal Drive Adapter ★

Even better than a drive enclosure, this adapter lets you use just about any naked hard drive (like, say, one that you’ve taken out of a new MacBook) as an external USB 2 device. Here’s Dan Frakes’s review for Macworld. For just $30, this seems like a no-brainer.

Chicago Tribune Endorses Barack Obama for President ★

The first time in the 161-year history of the Tribune that it has endorsed a Democrat for president. (Via FakeJohnMcCain.)

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the New MacBook ★

The regular MacBook no longer offers FireWire, and therefore no longer supports Target Disk Mode (which does not work via USB). The only solace in this regard is that the hard drive is so much easier to access on the new MacBook. If I bought one, I’d invest in a standalone 2.5-inch drive enclosure to have handy for all the situations where I’d normally use Target Disk Mode.

Investing Advice From Warren Buffett ★

Warren Buffett:

A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.

AppleInsider: Next-Gen 17-Inch MacBook Pro Due in a Few Months ★

I heard the same thing a few days ago.

Halloween ‘The Shining’ Party at the Timberline Lodge ★

Sounds like a fantastic party:

In 1980, Stanley Kubrick came to the Timberline Lodge to film one of the all-time great horror classics, The Shining. In the film, Jack Nicholson slowly loses his grasp on reality and loses himself in a hallucination of a 1920s era ball. Twenty-eight years later, Nike Sportswear and Fantastic Fest have joined forces to recreate the very same ball at the very same lodge.

Check out the photo of the Timberline Lodge on the about page, and compare to the composition Kubrick used in the film for this shot (and this storyboard).

Update: To be clear, Kubrick only shot exteriors at Timberline; the interiors of The Overlook were shot on a custom-built soundstage in England.