My Kaossilator arrived today! Here are some unboxing pictures:
I’ll throw up some video/audio later tonight, probably.
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I was all set to upgrade to Leopard tonight, but M-Audio hasn’t updated their drivers yet. Whisky Tango Foxtrot. Is M-Audio so broke they can’t afford to join the ADC and get the developer seeds? Hell, grab a bittorrent client and your favorite tracker and ANYONE could have them. It isn’t like the announcement of Leopard’s release came as some big shock to the developer community. I don’t understand why at least SOME progress could not have been made on the drivers.
So, basically, I could update my MacBook Pro, but then my UC-33, Axiom 25 and FireWire 1814 could quite possibly be rendered useless. As I have some music I need to work on, I can’t exactly take that risk so I’ll just have the shrink wrapped Leopard box taunting me until M-Audio pulls their head out of their ass. My next gear purchase will certainly be Korg.
Also, I can’t find the totally awesome mask I was going to make my cats wear.
I’m going to go watch a movie or late-night television or something and feed the cats some treats. Then back here to record an angry evil psytrance mix.
As I previously mentioned, my Super Drive on my MacBook Pro had stopped burning CDs. DVDs were fine, and it would read any media. It just wouldn’t burn CDs. I found out Friday when I went to pick it up from the Genius Bar that it wasn’t the Super Drive but the logic board that had gone bad. I just got a call from the Apple Store saying my logic board is in, so I need to drop it back off.
I’d do it tonight so I could pick it up tomorrow, but I actually have work I need to get done tonight at home, and I haven’t actually left the office yet. I’m thinking I need to buy AppleCare before January, just in case I have any more issues. My warranty expires on January 9, 2008.
In other news, work has been hectic, and more is coming in. This is good though, as I don’t really like to be idle. It just happens to come at a time when there are a lot of personal projects I want to be knocking out as well. Which is kind of a bummer.
And now, a random article on Wikipedia
Apple said in a press release today that programs like iPhoneSIMFree used to unlock iPhones to run on carriers other than AT&T will “will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed.” and goes on to add that “he permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty.”
I haven’t unlocked mine, as I’m fairly happy with my service on AT&T. I have installed third-party applications, however. Thankfully there is no indication that this refers to those programs, but only to the programs that modify the firmware to allow the device to operate on a different carrier’s network. I should be ok. I will say however that I’m really seriously hoping that an SDK is released to help improve the quality of third-party applications. The web applications are useless without data, and I have definitely seen a drop in stability with my device since I installed a few applications. A full restore takes me back to factory settings so I am not to concerned about it, but I’d like to see improvements.
I received an email from the Apple Developer’s Network today about some new Tech Talks regarding developments for the iPhone. It only mentioned web applications, so I’m not sure the SDK is any closer at all. It could be that Apple just wants to let someone else deal with it via crowdsourcing that they aren’t necessarily supportive of, but not overtly against either. They’ve kind of taken a “do it if you want but we make no guarantees” stance with the third-party non-unlocking applications.
Apple gave all the early adopters a $100 Apple Store credit. I’m having a little trouble deciding how to spend mine.
Some options:
- $100 Credit + $29 = Apple’s Bluetooth Headset. My current earpiece is old and busted, doesn’t hold a charge very long, and has miserable sound quality. This could be a good option.
- $100 Credit + $29 = Leopard, the next update to the Mac OS is set to drop next month. Getting that for $29 out of pocket could be a good thing.
- $35 of the credit on an Incase Multifunction Sports Case for my iPhone still leaves me with $65 to buy an iTunes gift card or save towards Leopard or the bluetooth headset. There is a $30 Belkin, but I tend to trust the Incase stuff more.
- $100 Credit = .Mac account. I’m currently running a trial that will expire soon. I’m not exactly using all the features, but they are handy and maybe I would use them all more with the 10gb of space. I do like the Web Galleries in iPhoto, and you need .Mac to use those..
Thoughts?
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