Customized Suzuki Intruder in French village
Photo: Copyright © 2014 Eelke Blok

Cult of Mac: iTunes Is Apple’s “Weakest Link”

Seems I'm not alone thinking that iTunes needs to be split up into at least two, maybe more separate apps.

So here’s my suggestion. Break iTunes into separate tools for separate functions. An app that plays audio content. An app for browsing and buying in the Store. An app for managing iDevices. Break it up into its component parts, let each one do its thing. Independently, and when required.

LeftLane: MINI quietly unveils Scooter E Concept ahead of Paris Motor Show

LeftLane News is reporting that Mini will show an electric scooter in concept form at the Paris Motor Show. Interesting. How Mini can you go? Are they trying to compensate for the "giant" Countryman?

Edit 23-9-2017: The link to the original Leftlane article that went with this article seems to have stopped working.

Translations broken on WooThemes Bueno

The past few days, I have been working on switching my girlfriend's new site - Mientje's Baksels - from wordpress.com to a self-hosted blog, using Wordpress 3's new multisite feature (this blog should move there soon too, I just have to sort out the domain transfer). The wordpress.com blog used WooTheme's Bueno theme, which we thought matched very well with the subject of her blog: cakes.

Cult of Mac: Latest Version of Camera+ Turns iPhone Volume Button Into Shutter Trigger

The version that did this right out in the open was just rejected from the App Store, but there's a trick that will enable it in the current version. Just point your iPhone's browser at camplus://enablevolumesnap and be done. Turning it off is done the same way: camplus://disablevolumesnap. (You'll need to have Camera+ installed first, obviously).