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Be wowed by the horror of Microsoft programmers designing web pages in 1994 - the Deathstar - a friendly face to customers. useit

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Apple are not above the same tricks as the rest of the software industry. You want QuickTime for Windows so you head over to Apple’s QuickTime page. However, if you’re using a browser on Windows and you follow the download link on Apple’s QuickTime page you can only download QuickTime and the wretched iTunes for Windoze. Does this remind you of anything? There is a standalone download page but Apple does not link to it. Google knows all.

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

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Our twins (Audrey and Samuel) were born Friday 23 September about 3:45pm. So far all is going well, mother and kids are fine.

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Cringely has more thoughts on Apple/Intel...movies.

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Brian Whitman over at MIT fed his program lots of Christmas music then asked it to generate new standards. Marvelous stuff. Move over Brian Eno.

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Flickr: London 7 July 2005

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The June 2005 issue of IEEE Spectrum (membership required) is all about China. As with all such coverage read with hype filter turned on.

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Some video bits filmed at Live 8 by Ricky. 

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So today is July 1 and I just received January’s bank statement and Q Magazine. The envelopes look a little worse for wear - like they’ve circled the globe a number of times. I wonder where they’ve been. Looking forward to receiving today’s mail in six months time. 

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The IDEAs for 2005 are available here idsa.org Relax, have a coffee, marvel at the curves, groovy colours and black polo shirts.

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