Just a few random notes re: things shown in the Keynote. This isn't commentary on every single point, just the ones that matter to me--mostly with regard to UI.

Apple has released a beta of Safari 3 for Windows. I will mostly talk about the UI compared to Safri on OS X and other Windows apps, but I'll also point out a couple new Safri 3 features.

I am soooo happy that Apple switched to Intel CPUs. Not because I care about x86 vs PPC, but because the new chips kick ass in general, and because they make one very cool thing possible.

Some people are complaining that Apple's new ads just spend too much time making fun of Microsoft. But a) Microsoft deserves it and b) Apple warned them.

One of my favorite quotes, ever:

"The aim is to 'commodotise the protocol'. By giving the stack away, maybe we can stop everyone obsessing over how to format the bits on the wire, and get them writing applications instead."

Craig Southeren, co-founder of OpenH323, 1998

OS X disables the ability to take screenshots when a DVD is playing. With the regular key commands, at least. It still works from the terminal. I wrote a little script that takes a screenshot and advances the DVD one frame.

Another day, another keynote. Phil Schiller told the crowd at this week's WWDC that Macs are not overpriced because a Mac Pro costs over $1,000 less than a comparable Dell. But...

Woo hoo! My new MacBook showed up two days early--July 3rd instead of July 5th. Here's my notes on setup (hardwre and software) and other observations.

Boot Camp is very cool, as is Parallels, but tech writers crack me up.

Here's a short tutorial of how to format video clips for some cell phones. Specifically, this covers how to make a very low quality movie that will play on phones like my Nokia 6820.