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Wednesday, September 08 2010 @ 11:26 pm EDT

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U2 manager thinks music drives the net

PolicyA speech given by U2's long-time manager Paul McGuinness details his take on the music industry and the internet and computer/device hardware industries. I think the synopsis is provided by a single question he asks: "Who's got our money and what can be done?" Stay tuned after the jump for the story of a complainer who charges 75% of a months salary for a performance and still wants to have more.
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Duncan Davidson puts Time Machine to the test for full recovery

General NewsThanks to Daring Fireball for the pointer to an article by Duncan Davidson describing his experiences with Time Machine for full recovery of a lost hard drive.
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Review: Meet the Spartans

MoviesSend-up of 300 falls on its sword. Short form: at matinee prices, you still feel like you were ripped off for the full price of the film—thankfully it's barely an hour and a half long.
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Intel XServes and intolerance

MacintoshSome of you know that I run a small fleet of Apple XServes. There are some in two-post racks at the house, and some at our super-secret hosting center in four-post cabinets. We're going to talk about what we've found with rack mount hardware and the older and newer generation computers.
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TaxCut upgrades and Time Machine

MacintoshThis is a warning for those using TaxCut (a pretty good Macintosh Tax program) and possibly other installers and upgraders.
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TomTom: When a paid upgrade is a downgrade

TechnologyStick this one in the extremely shady business practices category. In order to add more revenue to the coffers, a paid upgrade from existing TomTom 910 and 510 maps that currently include locations of Starbucks will result in losing the locations of said Starbucks! Hey, that's darned good service for all us long-standing customers.
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Edward Tufte muses on what's right and wrong with the iPhone

TechnologyEdward Tufte, one of the preeminent authors and speakers on effective visual communication and design has some things to say about Apple's iPhone. Much of his commentary on the iPhone is complementary, but he has some suggestions, which seem pretty reasonable. If you have a chance, take a look. Thanks to Daring Fireball for the pointer and the reminder to look at Tufte's site more often.
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There Will Be Blood: Don't Bother

MoviesIf you're seriously considering watching this 2:38 monstrosity, then, please rethink. Carol and I would have walked out an hour in, except that we were trapped in the middle of the theater (with at least one immediately-adjacent theater goer asleep) and were trading looks of disbelief because we couldn't figure out why this was so critically acclaimed.
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Yep! Find and organize those PDFs

Useful Mac SoftwareAt the beginning of the year, it's nice to think that we're all starting off with a clean slate. I hear regularly that people are interested in going "paperless," so this entry is for those folks who are interested in this goal, or who just have too many PDF documents to keep straight.
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Securing your private data on the Mac with Disk Images

MacintoshMany of you Macintosh users out there are concerned for the safety and security of your data. This article will describe how to use the built-in disk image capability of the Macintosh to create a secure file storage location for your important documents.