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MacRuby is a version of Ruby 1.9, ported to run directly on top of Mac OS X core technologies such as the Objective-C common runtime and garbage collector, and the CoreFoundation framework. While still a work in progress, it is the goal of MacRuby to enable the creation of full-fledged Mac OS X applications which do not sacrifice performance in order to enjoy the benefits of using Ruby.

Here is a link ADC article that explains how to develop Cocoa applications with MacRuby.

Later today Apple is going to announce new updates to their notebooks range. As per the rumors 15″ MacBooks will get aluminum casing and upgraded harddirve etc. There seems to be no major update to the 17″MBP though. I need to wait and see. But from the information/rumors I heard till now it seems that there’s no need for me to upgrade to new MBP yet. I don’t want to go back to 15″ just for the extra HDD and RAM. And it seems that new MBPs will only be available in Glossy. I hate glossy finish. I’m gonna stick to matte finish as long as possible.

My MBP already got 4GB RAM. The battery is almost as good as dead. It has been more than 550 cycles and 16 months, so I say it lasted pretty long. I’m gonna upgrade my Harddrive the 250 GB, I’m running out of space on my 160GB one because of all my RAW photos.

May be that’s a project for this weekend.

Google has turned 10. And the search index of 2001 is available online for a month.  I tried searching for my name, and the message I posted on 3rd March 2000 is the first link. And vijaykiran@engineer.com was my primary email address in those days .

And here’s proof of my existence (online) in 2000. I still have access to that email account.

Aperture needs -2 petabytes! I guess I need to downgrade my 160GB hard drive to -2PB.

Canon announces new EOS 5D Mark II

• 21.1MP full frame CMOS sensor
• DIGIC 4 processor
• ISO range expandable to 25600
• Full HD (1080, 30fps) movie recording
• High-res 3.0” VGA LCD with Live View
• 3.9fps JPEG shooting up to card capacity
• 9-point AF + 6 Assist AF points
• Magnesium alloy body

• iTunes 8 - Genius (Recommendation) Playlist, HD TV Shows.
• New iPod Nano - 2 inch wide LED screen, new design, accelorometer, new interface.
• iPod Touch - new design (looks more like iPhone), built-in speaker, volume control.
• iPhone - 2.1 Firmware to be released on Friday.
• iPod Classic - No more 160 GB. 

Apple rejected Pull My Finger stating:

We’ve reviewed your application Pull My Finger. We have determined that this application is of limited utility to the broad iPhone and iPod touch user community, and will not be published to the App Store.

That was a super lame explanation by Apple. How can Apple decide whether the application is of utility to the users, when there are tons of apps which are utterly useless in the AppStore like TouchWood and even $0.99 Rubber Duck

Not bad.

Participants in Australia reported the slowest average 3G download speeds of about 759 Kbps.


The most “0” results for 3G download speeds came from U.S. participants — presumably those dropped from the 3G network. In the United States, 63 participantsreported “0″ Altogether there were 80 “0″ figures reported.

Users in Germany and the Netherlands reported the fastest average 3G download speeds — about 2,000 Kbps.

European T-Mobile users reported the fastest 3G Download Speeds: 1,822 Kbps on average.

Cool!