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vw, while your iPod is plugged in, go to the preferences in iTunes, find the iPod tab, and set it to "manage playlists manually" (or whatever the exact wording is that isn't syncing things automatically. You'll have to drag songs to the iPod rather than having it done as if by magic, but the new machine won't erase your whole library that way.
(If you decide to live dangerously and
not
do it manually, you'll still get an alert when you plug in that says "do you want to replace the whole damn library?", but not that clear. I've watched untold dozens of people blow right throw that message and then realize it too late. It's human nature to click on warnings without reading them, and it's not like it's clearly worded.)
Yo -- a guy I know (and his company) are rolling out a service for sharing photos AND video. Check it out: [link]
Opera 9 has been released: [link]
It has some nifty features. It makes me want a new threadsuck that just shows names and messages so Opera can read it to me.
Also, GeeXBox 1.0 [link] has been released. This is a nifty OS for turning an old computer into a media player. I have a GeeXBox/Debian dual boot so I can boot into Debian to run Samba for copying video to the computer, and GeeXBox to play them. Has replaced my treadmill TV. The old computer doesn't like running a Mythfrontend to connect to my MythBox, but has no problem with GeeXBox.
I installed Opera 9 on my work machine and it failed utterly to authenticate or play nice with our proxy server. So off it went, once I got out of the cascade of username/password prompts.
This makes me less interested in installing it at home.
So, what's a good AIM-and-MSN-chat-in-one thing for Mac? I know y'all have recommended some in the past.
Adium is my favorite piece of free software ever. It's such a wonderful piece of macintosh open-source (far too rare a breed)
Plus, it's pretty.
I, personally, love the meta-profiles and the ability to change the display names.
eta: That is to say "great taste!"
Heh. Have downloaded and am now using. Voila!
