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iPhone Apps

I was thinking recently that, when the iPhone was released, it was a closed system and the stated reason was that Apple wanted to ensure stability. Well, that didn’t stop people from hacking and making their own apps anyway (apps that go mostly in the way of customization). Well, none of those apps seem to have created instability in the device, so I was glad to see that Apple is working on an SDK for iPhone. Not that I have an iPhone to use. But still, if I were to get one… good to know.

iPhone

In case you’ve been living under a rock (even my mom knows from a source other than me), Apple announced an iPhone on Monday. We talked about it at work today, and the two questions that popped up were about the keyboard and other apps.

Will it run Photoshop? If it does, my boss has claimed that he will divest himself of his fancy, but troubled MacBook Pro. And the keyboard? Even Steve Jobs himself encountered some problems using it. Just watch the keynote and pick out the smattering of “Oops” and mis-pressed keys.

I see there is some trouble brewing as well.

Startled out of my Skin

I am sitting here at my computer, working away, when this awful noise startled me out of my skin.

It was my MDA, Melvin. The sound is one he makes when he completes synchronization with my desktop computer. The sound is not supposed to be so loud.

This has happened before, but it is not predictable and therefore startles me every time. I would like it not to happen, but since I can’t pinpoint the cause, I doubt that tech support could be of any help.