Two points of view:

Why the Mac App Store Sucks

Why You Might Really Like the Mac App Store in the Long Run

I just installed 10.6.6, and looked at the App Store briefly.

For what it's worth (on an old conversation), I have an external USB hard drive plugged into my Airport Extreme wireless base station and it's been working great. (It's actually where my Time Machine backups go.)

a rude site critiquing mac programs in the new mac store based on their design.

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Yeah, and a lot of the new NAS devices you can plug your USB drive into, and thus have lots of space.

From xkcd: How to write good code

Another ThinkGeek April Fools Day product is going on sale for real - and $50 less than the fake version!

iCade Game Cabinet Brings Geek Dreams to Life

LAS VEGAS — Sometimes, April Fools’ Day dreams do come true.

Less than a year after ThinkGeek created an arcade gaming cabinet for iPad as part of its annual April 1 shenanigans, Ion Audio has partnered with both the geek shopping site and Atari to bring forth the real thing.

The iCade — yup, that’s the same “product” name as the ThinkGeek gag version — looks like a miniaturized version of any typical arcade machine. The top flips open, you slide the iPad in, and wireless Bluetooth connectivity does the rest. Via the joystick and eight arcade buttons on the front console panel, you’ll be able to play games (at least from the outset) through the free iCade app.

Of course, gag gifts that appear on ThinkGeek have a weird way of coming to fruition. (Remember the saga of the Tauntaun sleeping bag?) Well, when Fred Galpern, Ion’s gaming product manager, saw the imaginary iCade pop up on ThinkGeek’s site last year, he called up the site’s brass and proposed they work together to make the dream a reality. Eventually, Atari was brought on board as a partner in supplying games for the unit — at launch, only Asteroids will be available — although Ion says it will release a developers kit, so we’ll hopefully see a slew of iCade-compatible games by year’s end.

Oddly enough, even though the fake iCade retailed for $150 on ThinkGeek, the real iCade will undercut that by $50, despite knowing in advance that thousands of people would gladly pay such a price point. But $100 is all you’ll need to plunk down at ionaudio.com or thinkgeek.com (yes, the site will be selling an exclusive ICade that looks like the April Fools’ version) if you want to relive some ’80s gaming glory days on your iPad.

This seems like more fun: [link]

Any suggestions on a laser printer that works well with Macs.

Probably any of them. Macs are good with printers in general. I have a cheap $70 Brother black and white laser printer that it detected and worked with no problem. I like it fine, and buy the off-brand toner refills off of Amazon whenever needed.

I need 2-3GB of server space so that someone can send me a few 650MB files each month. What's are some cheap/good options?