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  • Must-Install Mac Software

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    This is mainly a list for myself, so I know what to download the next time I need to reformat. I’ll be adding to this, I’m sure. Perian: Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats.

  • Use my iPod?! Are You Nuts?!

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    I love the iPod. Its sleek design, its shiny and unbelievably vivid color display. Just looking at the marvel of consumer technology sends me into daydreams: caressing the clickwheel, my thumb ever-so-gently navigating through 30 gigabytes of music and movies and photographs, rocking out to Belle and Sebastian, showing off home movies and snapshots of…

  • The Apple Store Forces Man to Jump Through Hoops

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    As a follow-up to my heartwarming tale of the $500 MacBook, I am sad to say that the online Apple Store has failed me. I mentioned in that post that the MacBook was slated to arrive a few days after we left for vacation. So, as I hinted, I was toying with the idea of…

  • The $500 MacBook

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    I’m very excited about my new toy, which we ordered online last night after a failed attempt at reaching the Apple Store before closing. Here’s how it works: Natania’s dad needs a notebook, so we’re selling him my G4 iBook for $800. I’m taking that money and putting it toward the MacBook, and then giving…