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As many of you know, I am a huge Apple fan. I feel strongly that they are the best computer maker out there, that there OS is far superior to others, and that they develop great consumer products. Although I do feel at times Apple's business model (aka greed) causes them to "miss the mark", and that today's announcement of the iTunes Movie Rental service is one of those moments.

If you have upgraded to Apples new OS Leopard (10.5) then you have probably already used QuickLook. It is a cool utility that allows you to view the contents of a file without even opening it.

After spending almost the entire year running on the WordPress platform I decided to switch back to MoveableType today.

I have been wanting to get back into photography for a few months now, so have been looking for a new Digital SLR camera. After going back and forth on a couple of different models I decided to go with a Canon EOS Rebel XTi. I had heard a few negative things about the standard lens it ships with, so I opted to only purchase the body only and then pick up some better glass elsewhere. I ended up getting a 28-105mm and a 70-300mm lens for now. So far I am very happy with the camera, the pictures are excellent, and it has all the setting I was looking for. I haven't done much with photography for several years, so am hoping once I get back to shooting again things will come back to me. I am heading out to San Diego next week, and am very excited about bringing the new camera with me. For now you can check out a few sample photos on my Flickr account.

I just got back from the Apple Store at Lenox Square, where I picked up a new iPod Nano. This brings my iPod collection to three, a 3rd generation iPod, an iPod Shuffle, and now an iPod Nano.

I am sure all of you have heard that Opera is giving aware free license's of Opera 8 until Midnight tonight(Pacific Time). If not head on over and grab yourself one, just don't go expecting to find a free version of their mobile browser.

We just finished development of our MAX Conference Guide Dashboard Widget. The widget provides a countdown to the conference as well as the itinerary for each day's events. We are also working on a MAX Flash Lite Conference Guide that should be released in the next few weeks. Until then enjoy the Dashboard Widget!

A coworker directed me to DONTCLICK.IT, an Institute for Interactive Research this past week. The site challenges users to navigate around without the use of a mouse click. The site combines a nice UI, a good use of Flash, and explores alternate means of interactivity! Three plusses in my book! Check it out and enjoy...