Matt Gemmell:
In the Finder, take a look in the Utilities folder (Go menu, Utilities – or press Command Shift U). You should see a folder called “Network Link Conditioner”, which contains a preference pane for System Preferences.
I can’t believe how I missed this. Great catch by Matt and what a incredibly use-full developer tool.
Hilarious ! But overall pretty useless.
Sparrow 1.3 has been submited to the Mac App Store. Our little bird is now fully compatible with Lion OS X and takes advantage of the cool new things Apple brought to the Mac. Here is a quick tour of the new features and improvements you should be able to play with in a few days.
I’m not a fan of the extended sidebar but other then that all awesome improvements. The view source is a welcome addition and I especially like the Drag en Drop support throughout. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.
Some developers might interpet this keynote slide a little different after last nights keynote.
Remember how just yesterday I told you about my recommended ritual before the yearly WWDC Keynote ?
Turns out I was wrong. The most expensive product announced during yesterday’s keynote was Mac OS X Lion. Which at only $ 29.99 is a real bargain.
Even if any of the products announced yesterday would have been more expensive the words “Available Today!” have not been ushered rendering my pre keynote ritual unnecessary.
At $ 29.99 this really is a no-brainer. Wish it was available today though.
It’s June again, which can mean only 2 things. Summer is approaching fast and Apple geeks are going out of their minds over an approximately 2 hour lasting speech of their favorite tech company at the WWDC. Which is an acronym for World Wide Drinking Contest, or at least so I was told. If they are lucky there will even ben an infamous One More Thing™ at the end of it. The expectations are always sky high and approach the levels of things such as world piece, hoverboards or even something as ludicrous as flash for iOS.
In order to maintain your sanity it’s usually advisable to avoid all blogs and news sites in the build-up to this event. In order to avoid the power of the Reality Distortion Field (and maintain your solvency) it’s also advisable stock up on necessary supplies and to either not watch the dreaded keynote address or to lock away all credit and or debit cards for at least 2 weeks in order for the effects of the RDF to wear off. For best results I recommend you do both.
Last year I only partially took my own advise and watched the keynote anyway. Even-though I locked away all forms of payment I ended up pre-ordering both a white and black iPhone 4 as-well as buying iMovie for iOS (I blame iTunes ease of purchase for that one). This year I couldn’t help myself either and followed all the blogs and predictions anyway therefor exposing myself to the traditional WWDC disappointment rage.
I am however immune to this post-keynote rage since this year the biggest disappointment for me is not attending.
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