Ryan Gardner on January 10th, 2006

I thought I was just crazy when I remembered the high-powered showers from my youth. Turns out, I was right – they did exist – until the government took them away from me.
In a funny, well-written article, a fellow from Mises explains how to hack your shower-head to circumvent government-imposed flow rate limitations.
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Ryan Gardner on January 10th, 2006

MacBook Pro has got to be the lamest name for the PowerBook I have ever heard of. When I hear the phrase “MacBook Pro” it feels oudated. It feels like a name that came out of 1980 or something. I think of a dusty, dinged-up box in the corner of an abandoned office with the [...]

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Ryan Gardner on January 10th, 2006

Todays news from MacWorld was good to hear – but nothing super exciting. Here are some of the things that were announced:

A $49 FM tuner/remote for the iPod (works on current models)
Mac OS X 10.4.4 Trivial updates. New widgets. Biggest reason to update is for Intel compatibility
New iLife update Trivial updates to the programs – [...]

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