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@monkchips @mattgemmell ha! wife is already a MBP and ipad user, but need/want a desktop machine for photos, videos, and other shared media.

@monkchips @mattgemmell James, how you mistrust me! It's for the wife, not me.

Hearing about the new iMacs cough @mattgemmell cough has me wishing I could pick one up. Need to consolidate all the family media.

Back from a "quick" lunch jaunt to IKEA, one sofa and 5 chairs richer, and $$$$ poorer.

@quuxly good guess. why does it do that?

ok, so now the AppStore's "storeagent" process is in a crash-and-launch loop. great.

Yeah, so I completely forgot about DigitalColor Meter, free on every Mac.

(Apologies to @codelinesoft, who just started following me, for being a cheap bastard :-) )

oh, there it is: http://t.co/fjSLuyV - wonder if there's a free, less-featured app?

anyone remember the art director's app that apple used to ship with their pro machines? anything like that still available?

@bitprophet Can't speak to other systems - love our TV though. We use it for itunes, netflix, and eyetv (OTA HD) recordings.

No, I can't believe I misspelled bassline either. Oh wait #damnyouautocorrect

PIcasa is an ok image management tool, but it's a shit OS X app. No drag-from-app, printing is teh suck.

Started learning the baseline to Weird Al's "Fat". Seems familiar. Oh well.

My record with the Coen Bros films is spotty; True Grit is a masterpiece.

The Dude is killing it in True Grit. Absolute brilliant casting.

Brilliant UI on @redbox -- slide the iconic disk box off the screen to the right just as the movie is dispensed. Delights every time.

Reading others' code is like watching a clever assembly line in action. Understanding it is your brain being rewired. /cc @rands

Helping a veloci-wiki user debug her install. I love this part of OSS. I've benefited from many authors' help #community

@rands it's the miracle of watching a process in action, with every step visible. Same for watching manufacturing videos.