Wes Meltzer writes the Bloggable column for About This Particular Macintosh, a monthly magazine about Macs by users like you. Son of Bloggable is supplemental, with material you won’t find in the monthly column as well as more detailed links, commentary, photos, and everything else you can imagine. Send links, tips, photos, IM conversations, commentary and anything else you think is relevant to wmeltzer@atpm.com, with the subject “Son of Bloggable.”Tumblr (3.0; @sonofbloggable)http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/<a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/take-that-google-no-ads-from-apple/">Take That, Google: No Ads from Apple</a>: Apparently, some people don’t get it. NYT’s Saul Hansell thinks Apple could make more money from ads than charging for services. But we buy, and pay for, their products and services to avoid…http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/37797344http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/37797344Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:41:07 -0400<a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2008/05/28/samsung-l870-s60-slider-features-mobile-safari-browser/">New Samsung Slider Features Webkit-Based Browser</a>: Engadget Mobile says that the new Samsung slider phone will use a WebKit-based browser. But not true mobile Safari — that’s not open-sourced. Still interesting.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36808223http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36808223Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:44:29 -0400<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13509_3-9947329-20.html">iPhone 2.0 FUD-o-rama</a>: The Macalope catches Rob Enderle telling iPhone users not to upgrade because, well, computers are complex. … That’s it. Just move along, folks.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36227638http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36227638Tue, 27 May 2008 13:04:31 -0400<a href="http://www.betalogue.com/2008/05/20/word-2008-how-to-assign-command-g-to-find-next/">How to Assign Command-G to ‘Find Next’ in Word 2008</a>: Who would ever have thought that it would be so hard to bind a good shortcut to a commonly used command? Ah, Microsoft.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36227633http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/36227633Tue, 27 May 2008 13:04:29 -0400<p>I got a panicked call from a friend of mine this morning. She couldn’t figure out how to get her newly-issued work MacBook Pro to wake up from sleep.</p> <p>After doing a little troubleshooting, I said, “OK, it’s hung for some reason. We’re just going to have to reboot it.” So I told her to just force-restart it and it would be fine.</p> <p>She spent a few seconds clicking, and then said, “It’s not working.”</p> <p>The verdict, after several confused minutes of cross-conversation: Ctrl-Cmd-Power is no more. I hadn’t given this a moment’s thought until now, but she used to force-reset her aluminum PowerBook that way. Now, the only way to do it (that I know of) is to hold down the power button.</p> <p>When did this go away?</p>http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/35563854http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/35563854Wed, 21 May 2008 11:10:48 -0400<a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080514-nbc-vista-copy-protection-snafu-reminds-us-why-drm-stinks.html">NBC-Vista copy-protection snafu reminds us why DRM stinks</a>: On Monday, NBC accidentally activated a broadcast flag that disabled recordings in Vista. Oops? What a lame system we have.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/35294014http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/35294014Mon, 19 May 2008 04:39:35 -0400<a href="http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/may#mon-12-jade">Not good enough</a>: Gruber on Charles Jade’s pronouncement: “The only way to beat the iPhone is to create something better.” No challenges to Jade’s revenue-sharing quibbles though.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589819http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589819Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://powazek.com/posts/947">iPhone 2.0 Wishlist</a>: Derek Powazek puts together a list of what he wants in the 2G iPhone. Item No. 1, if you ask me: Better Bluetooth.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589821http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589821Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/blackberry_vs_iphone">Daring Fireball: BlackBerry vs. iPhone</a>: Gruber thinks the BlackBerry is toast as soon as Apple gets some enterprise features in it. Certainly a change from C.W., eh?http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589822http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589822Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/05/11/iphone-uber-alles">iPhone uber alles</a>: Ars Technica’s Charles Jade wants Apple to roll out the iPhone in places where people will actually buy them. Apparently the hold-up in Japan, for instance, is on revenue-sharing.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589823http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589823Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-dell-will-not-bounce-back.html">The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: Why Dell will not bounce back</a>: Fake Steve Jobs says, “Apple c’est moi.” Oh, and Dell can’t succeed because all of their advantages vanished with the Internet and the rise of China.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589824http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589824Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145719/microsoft_to_limit_capabilities_of_cheap_laptops.html">PC World: Microsoft to Limit Capabilities of Cheap Laptops</a>: Oh, this is the way to win users over from Linux for ultra-low cost PCs: limit computers to 1GB RAM and a 1GHz single-core CPU. For Windows XP.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589825http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34589825Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:17 -0400<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/copyright_cop">Is This Microsoft-NBC ‘Copyright Cop’ Thing Bullshit or What?</a>: Gruber: What in the world is this Microsoft-NBC deal about copyright? Does it even make any sense? … No.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34198484http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34198484Fri, 09 May 2008 03:03:57 -0400<p>I had a moment of panic tonight: I had just installed a couple of system updates, which I’d been holding out on for a while, and then rebooted. The system hung while I was waiting for the login window to load.</p> <p>The first thought that ran through my head was, “Oh, God, and my backups haven’t been working lately…”</p> <p>I use SuperDuper. It’s a wonderful program, but it has one weird bug. For some reason, occasionally, it will stop acknowledging that my backup drive exists. Then, until I get around to fixing the problem, every morning at 4 a.m. the scheduled backup window pops up but never does anything. It has been doing this for about the last two weeks, and I’ve been dragging my feet on fixing it.</p> <p><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn310/particleandparcel/superduper.png" alt="Weird SuperDuper errors"/></p> <p>So you can imagine that I lost my mind when I couldn’t log in. I panicked, plain and simple. <em>Where am I going to get those files for a freelance project from? Can I recreate it? Have I really lost that many photos?</em> Et cetera, et cetera.</p> <p>It turned out to be nothing, but consider this your PSA for the day: Always make backups.</p>http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34191633http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34191633Fri, 09 May 2008 01:16:43 -0400<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/regarding_the_iphone_keyboard">Regarding the iPhone Keyboard</a>: John Gruber finds what’s been on my mind lately, as I shop for a new phone: Is the BlackBerry keyboard really better than the iPhone’s soft-keyboard?http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34011426http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/34011426Wed, 07 May 2008 11:06:54 -0400<a href="http://daringfireball.net/2008/05/subsidize_this">Daring Fireball: Subsidize This</a>: Short John Gruber: “Tech analysts don’t get it.” Longer: “Apple is not going to discount the iPhone as long as they make money hand over fist with it now.”http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33924036http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33924036Tue, 06 May 2008 15:30:50 -0400<a href="http://db.tidbits.com/article/9595">Thank You for Not Playing: Microsoft Expires DRMed Music</a>: TidBITS’ Glenn Fleishmann on Microsoft’s chintzy move to expire its DRMed music from MSN Music Store. It won’t be playable anymore. Meanwhile, the iTunes Music Store marches on.http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33852404http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33852404Tue, 06 May 2008 00:04:45 -0400<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/133222/2008/04/time_machine_copland.html">Macworld- A Time Machine trip to the mid-'90s</a>: Jason Snell dug up some old screen shots from Copland, the OS 8 that never was. Lo and behold, he found some very interesting details, like early hints of Time Machine and Spotlight. It’s worth a…http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33457536http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33457536Thu, 01 May 2008 16:22:55 -0400<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145145/dell_to_offer_windows_xp_beyond_june_30_cutoff.html">Dell to Offer Windows XP Beyond June 30 Cutoff</a>: PC World says Dell will continue to sell Windows XP after the cut-off date when MS isn’t supposed to. They’re going to offer what they call “downgrade” licenses. Microsoft is going to pretend that…http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33181103http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33181103Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:33:44 -0400<a href="http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/04/settling-osx-focus-follows-mouse-debate.html">Settling the OS X focus-follows-mouse debate</a>: Were you aware there was a controversy over the absence of focus-follows-mouse in OS X? I was not. But apparently not only is it an issue, but Steve Yegge thinks he’s resolved it… Don’t we have…http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33053826http://sonofbloggable.tumblr.com/post/33053826Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:48:47 -0400