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• A Historical Look At The First Linux Kernel

  Published: July 27, 2007, 7:49 am

  with source code and photos of Linus Torvalds as a young man attending the University of Helsinki. Torvalds originally planned to call the kernel "Freax," and in his first announcement noted, "I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones." He also stressed that the kernel

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• Macworld: Mac Gems Picks

  Published: July 24, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Productivity, Elsewhere, Applications, Macs, Macworld

  location. apple macs os x, applications, elsewhere, macs, macworld Featured 43f Job: Ruby/Rails Developers at ThoughtWorks Post your job to the 43f Job Board today, and get 43% off with checkout coupon 43OFFTHRUJUL. Offer ends 7/31.

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• Quicksilver proxies for fast, easy printing

  Published: July 23, 2007, 9:29 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Tips, Quicksilver, Productivity, Mac Law Students, Macs, Os X, Printing

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• MacBreak Minute: LiteSwitch X

  Published: July 16, 2007, 10:56 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Tips, Productivity, Elsewhere, Liteswitch, Macbreak, Macs, Os X

  functionality of OS X and adds some handy features, such as the ability to quit (or force-quit), relaunch, hide, reveal, Get Info, and more. Once you get used to this new power under your fingers, you’ll never go back.  MacBreak (iPod video) - MacBreak 82: Minute: Lite Switch apple macs os x, elsewhere,

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• MacBreak Weekly 47: Merlin's picks

  Published: July 6, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Productivity, Elsewhere, Podcasts, Apple, Apple Macs Os X, Audible Com, Its All Too Much, Macbreak Weekly, Macintosh, Mozy, Os X, Peter Walsh, Twit Tv, Vox Populi

  Our Shooby! Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay Universal challenges iTunes, iPhone hacks, and our software picks of the week… Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 47. This time we did our usual weekly software picks, but I also got to choose our Audible.com audiobook of the week.

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• Featured links for July 4th

  Published: July 4, 2007, 10:25 am

  Tags: Daily Links, Apple, Business, Dashboard, Del Icio Us, Email, Hacking, Iphone, Links, Macintosh, Mbwideas, Os X, Retail, Seth Godin, Via Waxy Org, Widgets

  links we’ve run across recently that you might enjoy: apple_evolution.jpg 3435 2280 pixels - Very cool graphic that charts the 31-year history of Apple hardware products, from the Apple I to the iPhone. Would make for a fun poster. Math Problem Ask MetaFilter [Arby’s is better at math than me] - “Arby’s has this

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• Vox Pop: To-dos on your iPhone?

  Published: July 3, 2007, 12:50 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Getting Things Done, Productivity, Vox Populi, Action Based, Iphone, To Do Lists, To Dos

  support for “to-dos” — even the modest task support that’s built-in to OS X’s iCal. While this is difficult for me to understand (I know it’s something I’d expect in even a Gen 1 smart phone), it’s cool to see that web- and Mac-based developers are stepping up to the plate in the absence.

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• Merlin on MacBreak Weekly: iPhone Release Show

  Published: June 30, 2007, 6:42 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, San Francisco, Productivity, Elsewhere, Gadgets, Iphone, Macbreak Weekly, Podcasts, Twit Tv, Video Podcasts

  Weekly 46: iDay Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay iPhones in hand our MacBreak quartet gives you their first impressions of the latest from Apple… Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 46. Believe it or not, this week’s episode was about Apple’s iPhone. Yes, the

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• Michael Buffington: iGTD + Quicksilver + subversion

  Published: June 28, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Getting Things Done, Quicksilver, Unix And Cli, Productivity, Guests, Igtd, Michael Buffington, Ruby, Subverison

  you loathe). Luckily for most of us, iGTD makes database backups upon starting up the iGTD app and for a couple of other events, and luckier still, most of us don’t suffer from SSD very often. But I often do, and don’t leave anything to chance. Rather than risk losing my entire brain to an episode of SSD I employ a SMP (scheme

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• MacBreak Weekly 45; iPhone release night; Quicksilver mouse triggers

  Published: June 20, 2007, 9:39 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Productivity, Apple, Iphone, Macbreak, Macbreak Weekly, Quicksilver, Twit Tv

  Weekly 45: Talk Time Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, and Alex Lindsay iPhone gets a better battery and screen, MacGPS rumors, and Safari holes… Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 45. Gotta tell you: I’m really excited about the imminent arrival of the iPhone for an unconventional reason: the

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• 43f Feature: Michael Buffington's How I use iGTD

  Published: June 19, 2007, 2:55 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Tips, Features, Getting Things Done, Quicksilver, Productivity, Igtd, Michael Buffington, Os X

  consultant, Buffington most recently served as the Community Advocate for Values of N, makers of Stikkit and iwantsandy.com. He’s now secretly building games for the masses. apple macs os x, features, getting things done, igtd, michael buffington, os x, productivity, quicksilver, tips Featured 43f Job: Ruby/Rails Developers at

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• MacBreak Weekly: WWDC Special Edition

  Published: June 12, 2007, 12:13 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Productivity, Andy Ihnatko, Apple, John Gruber, Leo Laporte, Macbreak Weekly, Scott Bourne, Twit Tv, Wwdc

  WWDC Deconstructed Hosts: Leo Laporte, Merlin Mann, Scott Bourne, Andy Ihnatko, and John Gruber We run down the WWDC announcements, and John Gruber explains why Safari for Windows makes sense… Here’s a direct MP3 download of MBW 44. Comments are open for your own thoughts on the WWDC keynote. andy ihnatko, apple,

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• OmniFocus in SF, WWDC

  Published: June 6, 2007, 8:30 am

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Productivity, Apple Store, Ken Case, Omnifocus, Omnigroup, Wwdc

  Hotel, one block from Moscone. (Please note the change in venue!) This should be a lot of fun. If we can wangle A/V equipment. we’ll do a demo of the latest version or OF, plus we’ll be available to answer any questions about OmniFocus and just generally hang out. Nota bene: I believe that this is for WWDC pass holders only.

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• Getting ready for OmniFocus

  Published: June 4, 2007, 1:38 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Getting Things Done, Productivity, Kgtd, Kinkless, Omnifocus, Omnigroup

  wields it. In my next post on OmniFocus, I’ll go over what I consider to be some best practices that come out of my own experience using OmniFocus for a couple months now, including how to avoid fiddling, how to not get wrapped up in taxonomy, and, how to stay focused on action. apple macs os x, getting things done, kgtd, kinkless,

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• New iPhone ad: Release on June 29th

  Published: June 3, 2007, 7:36 pm

  Tags: Apple Macs Os X, Productivity, Apple, Engadget, Iphone, Macrumors, Youtube

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