Archive for July 7th, 2008

CaliBrate - Make batch iCal changes

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The macosxhints Rating:

[Score: 9 out of 10]

If you’ve ever wanted to modify a number of events in iCal, you’ll soon find it’s basically not possible. That’s where CaliBrate comes in, which I discovered last week when it was written up as a Mac Gem on macworld.com. I’d never heard of the program before, so I downloaded it and gave it a trial run.

Over the years, my iCal calendars have become something of a mess. There were near-duplicate calendars (Personal and Home, for instance), as well as calendars that contained events that I’d originally placed on one calendar but really wanted to have on another. CaliBrate m…

Brand Obama

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CHALLENGER BRAND. Barack Obama during a debate with Hillary Clinton. Like Apple Mac, Obama is perceived as the challenger brand attracting a niche market while Clinton is seen as the old-style, dogged and ruthless rival

Young Activists Camp Out for 1st iPhones in New York

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Then again, I don’t have a sustainability agenda to push, as do a quintet of twenty-somethings calling themselves alternatively TheWhoFarm and Waiting for Apples, who began queuing up in front of the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in

New Zealand Midnight iPhone Launch and U.K. Pre Orders [Sold Out]

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Vodafone sent out an email (screenshot) announcing that the iPhone 3G will be launching in New Zealand at a 12:01 am on the morning of Friday, July 11th at three Vodafone stores (Queen St, Lambton Quay, Columbo St) nationwide. Meanwhile, New Zealand…

Leaked Aluminum MacBook Pro Case Photo?

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A blog entry (in Chinese) claims to have a photograph of prototype case housings of the upcoming redesigned MacBook Pro. The photo depicts what appear to be top and bottom housings of a Mac laptop sitting on a box. The housing resembles th…

Apple Ad "Mac" Guy Justin Long Buys $2.4 Million NYC Condo

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New York Sun: Actor Justin Long, best-known for his starring role in a series of Macintosh computer commercials, has purchased a [$2.4 million] apartment at the high-rise Blue luxury complex at 105 Norfolk St., on the Lower East Side.

Apple Ad "Mac" Guy Justin Long Buys $2.4 Million NYC Condo

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New York Sun: Actor Justin Long, best-known for his starring role in a series of Macintosh computer commercials, has purchased a [$2.4 million] apartment at the high-rise Blue luxury complex at 105 Norfolk St., on the Lower East Side.

Intel Recommends Developers Plan for Massive Multi-Core Processing

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Intel’s research blog recently discussed the direction that developers should plan for in the coming years.

Intel’s Anwar Ghuloum describes how developers have been listening to Intel’s announcements that they are increasingly heading …