Interesting Links, September 1, 2009
September 1st, 2009 by Maria Langer
Here are links I found interesting on September 1, 2009:
- Firefighting Aircraft Pics – Excellent photos of firefighting aircraft on the Station fire. Fly safe, guys!
- Snow Leopard Features Suggest It’s a Touchscreen OS – If you’ve got one of Axiotron’s awesome Modbooks, and you’re running Snow Leopard, you may have already stumbled across a few features that make your Mac so much easier to use. It’s unlikely Apple had Axiotron in mind when it included these features, though, so what’s the real story here? On TheAppleBlog. Thanks to @DonPerrault for sharing the link on Twitter.
- Must-have / essential applications on Mac OS X (10.6 – Snow Leopard) – Interesting list of applications that a Snow Leopard user might want to have on his system. By Trent Lloyd.
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: the Ars Technica review – Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard has landed. This time around, Apple goes light on the glitz in favor of some heavy work under the hood. John Siracusa dives deep into Apple's new OS offering to see what's new, what's still the same, and whether it's worth upgrading.
- Fahrenheit 747: World’s Biggest Fire Extinguisher Douses L.A. County – The deadly fires that have blackened more than 105,000 acres around Los Angeles prompted authorities to call in the world’s largest fire extinguisher — a Boeing 747 that can drop 20,000 gallons of retardant over a swath of land three miles long. On Wired.com. Thanks to @BWJones on Twitter for sharing the link.
- Copyright Myths Debunked – FINALLY! Someone has written a fun and factual article about copyright, debunking all the myths that people continue to believe. On Art + Law + Blog. Thanks to @PattyHankin on Twitter for sharing the link.
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