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10.5 delayed on account of iPhone

General Geekery

[Appleinsider reports that Leopard won’t ship until October.]((http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/04/12/apple_delays_leopard_release_until_october.html) The reason? The iPhone stole the time of too many developers.

Those of us who were concerned that Apple might be devoting more time to iPods that Macs appear to have some further justification for these concerns…

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inik: I love Dropbox because it's indispensible on an iPhone. Was the top of the list of things I recommended to my bro. http://t.co/AnMAp1K4 >
inik: RT @alexismadrigal: Yup, @Salon cut the number of stories they post, increased their quality, and got a 40% traffic boost. http://t.co/X ... >
inik: RT @mikememoli: "The NFL: We're working on that whole brain injury thing." >
inik: I am a sucker for dog ads. Add Ponda Baba and it's like bliss. >
inik: Live stream only available to Verizon customers. Wonder how much that cost them. Anyone know? #superbowl >

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I love Seth's quote at the top. I think that's my new motto.. ; )

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Griping about OS X Lion? Here's two nifty tools that replace a variety of poorly supported third party tools: Command-line and Automator access to video and audio conversion. Super easy to use, and very flexible and supports any format that Quicktime can encode/decode. (So Perian is a must-install if you want to handle DivX/3viX, etc.)

Yes, ffmpeg, Handbrake and... >
Fix Google Reader's horrible new interface with this user script! Now it fits nicely on my MacBook's small screen. >
Happy 11/11/11 11:11:11! >
What makes this ad awesome is not the true-to-life irony, because the idea is hardly innovative, but rather the excellent execution. Reminds me a bit of that excellent Nutri-Grain spec commercial. Quick delivery, good actors, hit all the high notes. Love it. >

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