m2cw – my 2 cents worth

as a reminder…

steve jobs essay on DRM and music has stirred up quite some dust in the blogoshpere.

here’s an especially interesting article from someone in the music industry

more to come…

yesterday, steve jobs published a very rare open letter on his “thoughts on music”, which covered the issue of DRM in music.

here are three thoughts/predictions i’m having (incl. links where those have been inspired):

1. apple will start becoming its own label (inspired by this comment on macalope): with the beatles/apple fight out of the way and apple now owning the “apple” brand (and licensing it to the beatles for their apple records) it could really mean that apple will start becoming its own label and as such selling DRM-free music on itunes. this would be huge as it would be in direct competition to the big four (sony/bmg, emi, universal and warner).

2. apple might start selling drm-free indie label music soon: despite becoming its own label apple could start pushing the four big labels by selling unsigned artists (as outlined here. this way jobs would put his money where his mouth is…

3. if the labels follow jobs, he might have just killed podshow’s business case with podsafe music… (i’m really looking forward to adam curry’s thoughts on this)

only time will tell…

update: adam curry’s thoughts are very, very good and right on the money! (listen to DSC #541). he pretty much follows this argument

i have been hit by serious comment spam so i’m closing the comments (if i ever go back to heavy blogging i might turn it on again).

„Die wichtigste Stunde ist immer die Gegenwart. Der bedeutendste Mensch ist immer der, der dir gerade gegenübersteht. Das notwendigste Werk ist stets die Liebe.“
―Meister Eckhart

here is a very, very interesting hint for future os upgrades: robg on how to make sure php, mysql and other unix stuff gets upgraded

here is a how-to for bit torrent

check out this page for some of the most amazing charts:Karl Hartig

unfortunately they all end before 2000! it would be cool to have some of them updated!

from Michael S. Malone from ABC News:

“But whatever the real story, this new marriage between Intel and Apple is very good news indeed, for it finally brings together the best processor with the best operating system, inside the best PC packaging. And that has to be cause for rejoicing. Apple may have the soul of a police state

from canon website

How do I use iPhoto to create borderless 4″ x 6″ prints?

To use iPhoto to create borderless prints, please follow all of the steps below:

While logged in as an Administrator, install Canon version 1.60 printer drivers onto your computer (with Mac OS X v10.2 or later as the operating system) and select the appropriate printer as the default.
Launch iPhoto.
From iPhoto, select and open the image you wish to print. (Please refer to the Apple web site for instructions on how to use iPhoto.)
When you are ready to make a print, select from the “Menu Bar” “File: Page Setup”.
The “Page Setup” dialog will appear.
Select the following settings:
Settings: Page Attributes
Format for: select the Canon printer you wish to use
Paper Size: 4×6 (borderless)
Orientation: select the matching orientation
Scale: select the appropriate scale
Select “OK” and the “Page Setup” dialog will close.
From iPhoto, from within the “Constrain” section of the browser window, select from the pull-down menu (i.e., the button directly above the “Constrain” label) either “4×6” or “4×6 Portrait”. Then, using your mouse cursor, mouse-over the image and when the “Cross-Hairs” are over the upper left-hand corner of the portion of the image you wish to print, click and drag from the left to the right in a downwardly diagonal motion, releasing the click at the end of the image selection.
Click the Crop button.
From the “Menu Bar”, select “File: Print”, select your options, then select “Print”.
This selection, revealed in the iPhoto window will now print as a borderless, 4×6 print.