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For a technology company, going on offense with software patents seems like an act of desperation, relying on the courts instead of the marketplace.
From the article “Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal” by a former Sun CEO 

Starting at 4:07, and more specifically at 4:20 of the above interview from 2007, Steve Jobs basically confirms the Apple Tablet while on the subject of the future of computing form factors. Remember that this is after the iPhone was announced, so unless there’s another revolutionary something that he’s talking about, it’s cool to see the words come from Steve himself and not an anonymous source.

All just a bit of fun while waiting for next Wednesday’s announcement… and you can watch the entire Jobs/Gates interview starting with part one here.

How to Turn Off the Countdown or Flash in Photo Booth

The “flash” in Apple’s Photo Booth, where the whole screen goes bright white to ‘improve’ your webcam pictures (it usually doesn’t), can be pretty annoying to me, especially when trying to take a photo like this. Thankfully, a little searching around found me this fix from MacSupport.ca, which also shows how, with a single key, to also disable the 3-2-1 countdown on a photo-by-photo basis.

The most important one:

  • To turn off the flash, press the Shift key while clicking the Shutter button.

    • Bam.

    I’ve been excited for this movie since I heard about the cast (expect plenty of TV spots for it between The Office + 30 Rock in the coming months), and, featuring two of my favourite comedians in terms of Carell & Fey, it’ll be difficult for me to be disappointed. I can say that this is not at all the kind of film I expected, and it’ll likely be pretty formulaic, but I am there nonetheless. Some scenes, much like many in last year’s Get Smart look waaaaaay too ‘video’ to me - Stu Maschwitz could explain exactly why in terms of shutter, etc., and I really wish certain DPs could get that figured out for low-light/kinetic situations as it cut’s the look of the budget by about 75%. Happened in District 9 once too, but that was a low-light, smoky, small location with a lot of stress on the production crew already. This is Steve Carell and Tina Fey in an alley. Enjoy the trailer nonetheless, and let me know what you think

    I’ve been excited for this movie since I heard about the cast (expect plenty of TV spots for it between The Office + 30 Rock in the coming months), and, featuring two of my favourite comedians in terms of Carell & Fey, it’ll be difficult for me to be disappointed.

    I can say that this is not at all the kind of film I expected, and it’ll likely be pretty formulaic, but I am there nonetheless.

    Some scenes, much like many in last year’s Get Smart look waaaaaay too ‘video’ to me - Stu Maschwitz could explain exactly why in terms of shutter, etc., and I really wish certain DPs could get that figured out for low-light/kinetic situations as it cut’s the look of the budget by about 75%. Happened in District 9 once too, but that was a low-light, smoky, small location with a lot of stress on the production crew already. This is Steve Carell and Tina Fey in an alley.

    Enjoy the trailer nonetheless, and let me know what you think

    I hope Apple HQ actually looks like this (from the new iPhone 3GS ad)

    I hope Apple HQ actually looks like this

    (from the new iPhone 3GS ad)