In Support of Writers

In support of the writers out there on the picket line, We at Beach Ninja Blues (okay, so it is just me) will be going on strike in support.

With one note, the studios and producers got out of paying writers their fair share for video sales, claiming that the market was "too experimental" and there was, at the time, no proof that there would be any profit.

They are still claiming that today, and saying the same thing about Internet distribution....yeah, there is no profit in on-line video...like from iTunes. Makes you wonder why NBC wanted to start their own net video store/service if there was no profit?

nuff said.

Leopard- It is the little surprises

So, I am recovering from a terrible hard drive crash, I got things up and running again and upgraded to OSX 10.5 Leopard.

And I have to say, there is a lot of great things I am finding...But some of the little surprises--

While my old drive was severely dying, I popped it into an external enclosure to see if I could save any of my docs or photos. So, while TIme machine was backing up, software was updating and spotlight was indexing, I plugged it in.

Now, I knew a lot was going on, so I was only slightly concerned about how slow everything was going....And then I got a little more concerned....

and then suddenly a message pops up.

"We were unable to repair the disk Mac Sapphire. You have limited access to it. We suggest you back up your data immediately."

Wow! That was cool...I was able to yank off all my pics and all but a couple docs that were corrupted in the crash.

The new activity status in Mail is nice. Also, the streamlining for saving attachments -- Clicking save, saves to your folder without opening the directory menu. Same for clicking download from the context menu. Adding RSS feeds to mail is great too.

Of course, spaces and stacks have already become a natural part of my use, and I am even thinking of adding .Mac for the added functionality of remote access to your home computer. Apple may have actually made the serves worth the money finally.

Well, as I discover more little tweeks, I will keep you updated. I am sure every other tech news writer has gone on and on about the big changes, so I will spare you the yadda-yadda.

And as for problems and bugs, I have not had any major problems. I think they need a new flash player plug-in to address some problems (A few myspace pages will crash Safari and the warning points the finger at Flash), but I haven't had the problem consistently.

Until later.