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20040105 Monday January 05, 2004

My Predictions for MacWorld Announcements MacWord 2004 Tomorrow is a big day for Mac enthusiasts. Steve Jobs will announce the next big things from Apple. I predict we'll get a $100 iPod (1000 songs), a 2.5 GHz Power Mac G5, and the one that'll blow everyone away - a 2 GHz PowerBook. I can dream, can't I? My 1.33g/1r PB easily feels 3x slower than my 2.6g/1.5r XP machine....

Honestly, the iPod and the PowerBook are the best Mac products - products that even PC owners gawk at. The $100 iPod is a must, the 2 GHz PowerBook will take the world by storm. My other fantasy is that the 23-incher's price drops to $1000... Posted in Mac OS X at Jan 05 2004, 04:48:30 PM MST 1 Comment

[IDEA 4.0] Favorite Feature = Package View IDEA 4 Package View My favorite feature of IDEA 4.0 is the package view. Since I keep my src and test trees separate, but their package structures identical, this is the view I've been longing for. Hopefully it's possible with Eclipse and I just haven't figured it out. What it does is allow me to see tests right next to my classes. In Eclipse, I have to constantly navigate between the two trees to edit tests and such.

Does this mean I like IDEA better than Eclipse? No, it simply means that I wish Eclipse had this feature, and I appreciate IDEA for adding it. Posted in Java at Jan 05 2004, 12:18:42 PM MST 4 Comments

3° F It was so cold this morning on the way to work, that when I sprayed the windshield with wiper fluid - it froze to the window and I couldn't see. Luckily, I was able to crank the defrost and only lost visibility for a few seconds. The car's thermometer read 3° F. My laptop's WeatherPop icon currently reads -1° F. Brrrrr... Posted in General at Jan 05 2004, 11:49:37 AM MST 5 Comments