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Windows security expert, Winn Schwartau who has been documenting his journey from Windows to Mac over the last thee months, in a series called Mad as Hell, has found he’s “too stupid to use a Mac”

“After battling the WinTel world for 15 years (DOS used to work before that!) I am still overthinking my computer usage, and that is a sin.”

As a switcher myself I can relate. I still occasionally look for the hard way to do something on the Mac.

Read more: Mad As Hell XV — Penitence and Confession

The series is an excellent and enlightening read and can be found at: Mad as Hell

If you want to convince someone of the merits of the Mac, it makes a great starting point.

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“SYDNEY, Australia — A federal court ruled Monday that the popular file-swapping program Kazaa infringes on copyright and gave its purveyors two months to alter the system so its users can no longer engage in music piracy.
Federal Court Judge Murray Wilcox determined that Kazaa’s owners and distributors, led by Sharman Networks, took no action […]

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Steve has an excellent and refreshing article on time management. Instead of the usual clichés of lists, diaries etc he presents ideas such as:
- Failure is your friend
- Triage ruthlessly
- Apply zero-based thinking
Now that should have piqued your interest, so go have a read:
Do It Now by Steve Pavlina

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A big disappointment for Macs fans expecting something new. Certainly it has been a slow news week, with rumors of the Apple-Motorola iTunes phone due to be launched on September 7 generating the only news, but even then just a ripple.
Read more: Macworld: News: No keynote for Paris Expo; Jobs to still attend show

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Give a rat’s! Just blog!
I suppose I should elaborate. Many people think they’ll have a crack a blogging, get going then start to doubt if what they’re doing will go anywhere.
Maybe I’m blogging about the wrong thing?
I need to find what works for me.
What can I blog about?
It’s okay to think like […]

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Michael Bean for the Amazon Mac Users Group has reviewed Toast 7
AMUG Toast 7.0 Review

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A great article reminding pro bloggers that longer term finacial success will be built on solid foundations. That solid foundation is quality visitors.
When we’re all starting out in the internet business or the blogging game we all get caught up in the numbers. It’s natural .. it gives you a buzz knowing that so many […]

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No surprises really. I expect Think Secret to be spot on with these rumors
Read more: Think Secret - EXCLUSIVE: iPod mini to move entirely to flash and color, shuffle and phone details emerge

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It’s nice to see the Microsoft CEO is as gracious to and respectful of his competitors as we all thought…
John Battelle, author of the upcoming book on how Google rewrote the rules of business, has revealed a bit of a dark side to old Mr Ballmer by providing a transcript of Ballmer’s reaction to […]

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Currently I do not have a day job, so am looking. But don’t really want anything too consuming as I really want to give blogging a decent crack.
Was just chatting to a friend and told her:
How do i tell my wife?!! “It’s okay dear, I’m just gunna play on the internet for a couple of […]

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