ReidBurke

So, how about that iPhone? I watched the keynote last night and I was amazed at all of the features. Who couldn't be? If only it was available outside of Cingular... When I'm at work, blasting Red Hot Chili Peppers when I get a call is a bit annoying to other people, so I use the standard ring sound. It sounds pretty boring though. In contrast, when Steve was demonstrating receiving a call during the keynote, I thought the ringtone that ...

Daring Fireball presents a Conjectural Transcript of the Upcoming Negotiations Between Apple and Universal Music. Hilarious. Reminds me of DF’s equally funny conversation between Safari and Brushed Metal.

I stumbled across Scrivener yesterday from a blog post I can no longer remember. I downloaded it today and I found the interface so initiative I'm already using it to write my college essays. This Mac OS X app is great for efficiently writing. I am able to separate my writing into sections which have their own meta-data, such as notes and tags. I can also annotate and highlight my work. In addition, a live word count is always visible ...

Google Earth is now available for Macintosh! This is going to become something I will use all the time. If you have a Mac, go check it out... So how about the new iMac and "MacBook"... I have no plans on spending my money on flocking to the new Macs for awhile, but they look nice... I wish I had one, especially because they can also run Windows... but I don't really need it or have the money to. My mini ...

Macworld Expo really kicks off tomorrow... and the main event is Steve Jobs' keynote at 11am local time (which is Central over here). Many have speculated what Jobs will announce during the event, including possible Intel-based Mac minis or Powerbooks (the former of which is more likely). Myself, I think an update to the ROKR phone is due, given the recent disappearance of the current phone from Motorola's online store eariler today. Also set to be featured tomorrow is a ...

I'm sorry, but I am disgusted with Apple's support of my computer. Now I like Apple, I have recommended them to others and have 3 in-use Apple computers in my house (among several idle ones). But I learned the hard way that they don't really like supporting their in-warranty product for those who aren't a stone's throw away from an Apple Store. Here's my problem: I bought a Mac mini from the newly-opened St. Louis Galleria Apple Store in January. I've ...

This weekend I went to the St. Louis Galleria mall with my family. That was mostly boring... but I did get to head to the Apple store: Where was attracted to the new iPod with video... the screen looked huge compared to my mini I have now. My grandma eventually came in and asked if I wanted it for Christmas and decided to buy it there! So now I have a new 30GB iPod! I took it out of the box to ...

I was given a copy of Front Row recently and decided to try it out on my Mac mini. It's really nice and fast considering it is designed to run on the faster iMac G5. Music, Videos, and Picture functions all work great with the exception of the DVD player. Still, its pretty impressive to show off to friends and to use when I have people over. However, I did have a problem come up. The strange issue with Front Row ...

Wow! I'm on the front page of Hackaday! My recent article on Linux on the 2G iPod mini was accepted as a Hackaday post... very nice. Thanks guys! Check out the Hackaday post if you haven't already.

Update: (2005-08-17 5:05 pm) This story has made news on Hackaday! WARNING: This procedure is unsupported by Apple, the iPodLinux project, or myself. I, Reid Burke, can not accept any responsibility for any damage this procedure may cause to your iPod, your computer, or your sanity. I hosed my firmware the first time I tried this (used the wrong bootloader when testing this procedure), and although I recovered my iPod, you lose all of your music and settings on the iPod. ...