January 7th, 2009
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Guy Steele and Richard Gabriel’s quixotic wanderings through the history of programming languages is something every programming afficionado should appreciate. I really enjoyed it.
http://blog.jaoo.dk/2008/11/21/art-and-code-obscure-or-beautiful-code/
UPDATE: It’s been sold. Via the blog no less. Thanks, all!
If you’re interested, let me know. I’m looking for about 650 euros.
1.5 year old, mid-2007 model. Looks as good as new because I’ve kept it ‘docked’ virtually all the time, and transported it in a protective bag otherwise. The topcase has been replaced half a year ago (for free due to a small crack), which does mean that this new topcase certainly won’t crack as it has been built after Apple figured out that particular problem.
Extras:
- A macvatar topcover sticker which makes your mac unique and easy to find at barcamps and the like.
- An extra battery from fastmac, which isn’t quite as good as apple’s original battery, but on the plus side, the apple battery is in excellent state because it hasn’t been used as much.
- Protective cover, Tucano brand.
- mini-DVI to VGA dongle
- mini-DVI to DVI dongle
- original box, original CDs.
The system’s stats:
- 250GB harddisk (I replaced the old one).
- Core2 Duo 2.0Ghz processor
- 2GB RAM geheugen
- Combodrive (dvd-rom, cd-rw)
- no dead pixels.
- I’ll clean up the harddrive and leave leopard on it for you.
- powerbrick.
- 2x USB 2.0 port
- 1x FireWire 400 port
- optical and standard audio input/output
You can come pick it up at Delft or The Hague. I’ll ship it around europe at cost, too, if you prefer.
First thing I did when I got off the plane is head down to LJS and buy a MacBook Pro. Turns out that MacBooks aren’t -really- small notebooks; you can’t comfortably type on them in cramped spaces like an airplane seat, so if that is out, then you might as well go all the way and take a 15″ notebook. It’s only half a kilo heavier anyway.
The one disadvantage - that new clickable trackpad is very noisy. Other than that, it’s nice. The keyboard keys are ‘pre-worn’ - they are less grainy than the old macbook keys. They feel about the same as the area of the spacebar that’s worn down a little, which makes me think the keyboard plastic was changed slightly to prevent that wear from showing. Or at least, that’s my theory.
Other than that, nothing much to report. The screen is great, the sound is better, the trackpad is enormous which is nice, and getting used to the full-size clicking was so fast I’m already trying to press the old macbook trackpad through the battery.
Here’s a little video me unboxing it.
Reporting from the heart of San Francisco where its a bit like newyear’s, with massive crowds milling about partying on the street.
On the way back from an extremely busy schedule on the Deloitte Fast 50 tour to the hotel, we heard Barack’s historic speech on the radio. Our hotel is near Union Square, basically the center of SF, and the location of the Westin, which hosted the official democrat party of SF.
The first sight when we walked into the crowds was two groups walking towards each other, screaming various Obama slogans, fiercely hugging each other - then moving along. One group consisted of older african american men, the other, white women. Call me cheesy, but the symbolism wasn’t lost on me.
Unfortunately its going to be a very early day tomorrow so I haven’t gone down to some of the other ‘party centrals’ around the city, and I’ll keep this short.
Congratulations, everybody!