Well, I shan’t be rushing out for iLife ’06, since the System Requirements make it apparent that a G3 just won’t cut it. I’d like to buy a new iBook, but Apple isn’t making one. Poor timing, Apple.
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Airfoil 2.0 – Time to get another Aiport Express!
January 10th 2006, 06:01pmRogue Amoeba have just announced the new version of their software which allows you to send audio from any OS X app to your Airport Express (not just iTunes’ AirTunes). But this time you can send the same audio to multiple AEs, hurrah! Send audio all around the house! Time to get a new AE…
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Come on, Jobs
January 10th 2006, 06:01pmHmmm. This sucks. Jobs has been going for an hour, and so far the only new things he’s talked about are a device to turn £200 of iPod into £4.99 worth of FM radio, and a web publishing tool. Very nice and everything, but where’s my hang-on-the-wall macTV?
More importantly (because I actually want them) where’s my intel Mac Mini? Where’s my ultra-thin iBook? Where’s my Airport-Express-with-video-output? Come on, Jobs!
6.13pm Update: The iMac again!
6.39pm Update: MacBook Pro? I know the PowerBooks are due an update, but… I want an iBook! And a Mac Mini! And anyway, what’s wrong with “PowerBook”?
6.55pm Update: Hmmm, 0 out of 3. That sucks.
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Centrist Party in Chaos
January 5th 2006, 08:01pmThe future of this centrist party was the source of much speculation before the revelation of a tragic illness put what might have been a bright future in jeapardy.
Following Sharon’s stroke, the future for Kadima looks pretty bleak. But although his personal prospects are brighter, the future for Kennedy’s Liberal Democrats looks almost as bad after he announced his drinking problem and called a leadership contest. The drink revalation is not fatal, but the leadership contest will be, and that’s bad news for the party.
Kennedy may not have the outlook of a potential prime minister, and some of the more power hungry Lib Dems may not like that, but the party has a record number of MPs, frankly far more than they deserve. Kennedy is better than his party and while he may not be telling his party to prepare for power, he could do a lot to keep the Tories getting their claws on his seats.
Cameron must realise his party will never gain power unless the number of Lib Dem seats is more than halved, and he’s kept his focus on regaining the centre ground – it’s often been the Lib Dem’s he’s targeted rather than labour. He may not have designed this situation, but the Lib Dem infighting is his dream come true.
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