Jen and I are both at home, sitting on couch using our laptops. I have a goal to learn how to write an iOS application. The deadline for that goal is roughly some day before I die. I want to install the development tool kit onto my MacBook Pro, but I have to upgrade my OS first. As I sit here waiting for the download to finish, it occurs to me that I have never submitted the cat to Photo Booth.
That oversight has been taken care of.
I read that when you purchase an apple developer program enrollment it can take up to 24 hours for them to send you an activation email. I laughed out loud because I thought that was a silly joke, harkening back to the days of dial up modems and call in message boards.
Now? (Robbie looks at his watch)… I guess they weren’t pulling my leg.
I tried out iOS 7’s integration with Flickr last night. Success. The other new service tied into the new OS is Vimeo. I didn’t have a Vimeo account until this morning. I’d be curious to see how the release of iOS 7 affects their account stats over the next few days. Anyway, I don’t have any video to upload at the moment, so I poked around for something to try to post here.
I found this cool Throwing Muses video from their tour of Europe a couple of years ago.
https://vimeo.com/32507394
And for fun, here is the Wizard of Oz set to Dark Side of Moon.
https://vimeo.com/11673067
The Apple iPhone event is happening right now. They are unveiling the new iPhone 5S and the new, cheaper iPhone 5C. The 5C seems to be a slightly souped up 5 in a plastic case.
The 5S has a 64 bit processor, which is cool. The camera has been upgraded again and now will include a burst mode. When I use a real camera, be it the D90 or the point and shoot, I always keep it in burst mode. So if I upgrade to a 5S you can expect EVEN MORE PICTURES!!! >insert maniacal laugh here<
The 5S also has a finger print scanner built into the home button. No more passcodes. No more entering passwords for purchases. Also, no more slide to unlock. I think I'll miss that. It's a quaint little tidbit.
iOS7 comes out on 9/18 and it's free. I am not really looking forward to the new look and feel. It looks cheesy, like what a five year old would design. Maybe I'll like it once I see it up close. Who knows.
The Apple event is still going, and the said there is another hardware upgrade on the agenda, but I might have to end my lunch break before they do. Hold on a second…
Maybe not. The iPhone presentation is over. Were they calling leather phone cases a hardware upgrade? I don't know.
They also added a new chip that can be used for motion tracking, as in fitness apps. Being a fat sloth, that doesn't interest me all that much. Maybe if I start working out again, but not today.
I'm still following the CNET.com live blog. Just being patient, waiting for that last big reveal…
And the big reveal is… Elvis Costello. Not quite what I was hoping for, but what can you do.
Back to work, fat boy!
When I am working from home I like to listen to music. For some reason, Richard Thompson (with and without Linda, and with and without Fairport Convention) seems to work for me while I work. Not sure why.
Anyway, I have gotten into the habit of sitting at the dining room table while I work. I don’t like wearing headphones for long periods of time so I don’t like to wear them while working all day. I have a sweet Bose iPod dock that I had been using, but it isn’t something I can leave in the dining room and frankly I’m too lazy to hook it up and take it down all the time.
What to do?
I thought about streaming my iTunes Match account through our Apple TV. Why not, the television goes through what is by far the best sound system in the house. Unfortunately, it’s not in the same room as me when I work, and if I get a call I would have to run into the next room and shut it off before answering. That’s a pain.
Ahh… but iTunes Match, plus Apple TV means… Airplay!
What I did today was send the music app (formerly known as the iPod app) on my iPhone through the Apple TV via Airplay. That means the control of the music (volume, track, ect) is here in the dining room with me. It also means that if the phone rings, the music is automatically paused! Two proverbial birds, one proverbial stone!
Apple, you so cool! Thanks!
I consolidated every GarageBand file I’ve ever created onto one machine tonight. Some came from my iPad 2, others from my New iPad, a few from my iPhone, many from my Mac mini, and many more from my MacBook Pro. My MacBook Pro now contains a folder for finished songs, including sub folders for the last two RPMs, a folder for songs I would like to finish within the next month or so, and a folder for song ideas that I don’t know what to do with. I was especially looking for two ancient songs that I know I have unfinished recordings of somewhere, but after coming up empty across all of my various Apple devices, I think I know where they are. On SVHS tapes in ADAT format. Yup, definitely going to start those over again. My 8-track days are over.
I am king nerd. Bow before my uber nerdliness.
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