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Yes, Safari should provide these features. In the mean time you should check out PithHelmet. PithHelmet provides just the kind of image filtering you are looking for, and is seamlessly integrated into Safari.

Lee Joramo

And be sure to check outSubEthaEdit This is the renamed Hydra. Okay, the new name is kinda funky, wouldn't MagrathaEdit have sounded better? And be sure to read the interview the the Coding Monkeys behind SubEthaEdit at O'Reilly. It is really amazing what a small group of programmers have pulled off. Give these guys another six months and they may be nearly feature competitive with BBEdit.

Lee Joramo

About a year ago, I did a rough analysis of AppleCare on the value of a PowerBook. I did a search of EBay's closed auctions for PowerBooks with and without AppleCare.

As I recall, systems that came with AppleCare sold on average for $250 more than those without. Since AppleCare if fully transferable with the machine, prospective buys place a premium on systems with AppleCare. For someone like myself who replaces my PowerBook every 2 to 2.5 years, I believe that this boost in resale value nearly pays for the AppleCare.

Plus, I have used AppleCare three times over the years. In each case, Apple overnights a shipping box. I send the system back at my connivence, and have had the repaired system returned in less than 48 hours. Apple has also been very lenient about how they define "owner abuse" and "normal wear". While I am gentle with my PowerBook, the fact is that it is my primary system and I carry it with me everywhere I go.

Lee

I see a story at osopinion about Apple's use of the Unix trademark. This has been stewing for a while, but back then it did not look like it would come to a law suit. In fact at the end of the story there is an update that indicated that Apple was getting closer to the Open Group.

Lee Joramo

Reminds me of a nut case I met at a garage sale some 10 years ago. He was scavenging ZX80 Timex Sinclair in a effort to prove that clustered computing built around very cheap systems was the wave of the future.

I also complained about how he had been an EE for IBM who was not appreciated for his genius. He was very worried that once he released his ZX80 FrankenCluster, IBM would steal it from him due to his old employment contract.

Lee Joramo

I think a whole bunch of issues went into determining Apple's price points. From a marketing stand point, I think Apple wanted to start with a very simple easy to communicate message: $.99 per track and $9.95 per CD.

Even at $.99 per track the credit card costs on a transaction are going to be high. So Apple can't really reduce the prices much.

In the future, I suspect that Apple will provide addtional payment options. Maybe they will let you prepay a certain amount on your credit card (say $25) and then provide you will access to much lower track and CD prices. Doing so will vastly reduce Apple's credit card costs. But doing this at the start would make the system sound much more complex.

Lee Joramo

So Apple starts shipping new systems in January 2003 that only boot from OS X. Previously introduced systems that Apple continues to sell will still boot OS 9. At a minimum it will take six months to a year before Apple no longer sells a system that boots OS 9.

I would not be surprised if Apple keeps an older model that can boot OS 9 in the line up until 2004.

Lee Joramo

Any body who is knowledgeable about Ti and antennas care to comment?

Lee Joramo

Lee Joramo