It’s been a LOOOOOOONNNNNG time since Apple updated their iMac, Mac mini and Mac Pro lines. Either Apple is playing a waiting game or there’s something else going on. This is an interesting take on one possibility:

AppleInsider | How Intel’s battle with NVIDIA over Core i7 impacts Apple

Intel & NVidia need to hug it out. As do Apple and Adobe on the Flash front. Maybe some simultaneous geek huggery is in order? o

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Utah’s own Strom Thurmond, the recently re-elected racist and now outed homophobe Chris Buttars, impales himself on his bigotry once again:

Buttars: Gays ‘greatest threat to America’ – Salt Lake Tribune

Update: Here’s the interview.

To the district that re-elected this moron: you deserve what you get.

Buttars may pay a price for his remarks:

Sources: Buttars may lose Judiciary Committee spot over anti-gay comments

Hegemony is a wonderful thing! Go GOP! Go! o

(Via Rainn Wilson.)

Seriously. Awesome. o

I wonder if these branches are formed as much by wind as they are by genetics. o

Underexposure can yield some interesting colors. Especially when you bump the exposure back up.

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I’m trying to gauge if the screencasts are interesting to you, kind readers. Let me know what you’d like to see (I won’t do nudity) in the comments and I’ll see what I can whip up.

One of the screencasts I want to do is to show why Fireworks is so good for web design; comparing it to Photoshop, etc. o

I’ll try to avoid a lengthy explaination of Mormon iconography. This guy is the angel Moroni. He sits atop every Mormon temple.

Last Friday, we did a quick tour of the temple the LDS Church built in Draper, Utah. It’s a beautiful building. It’s in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the Salt Lake Valley, and the interior of the building reflects the surrounding riches. The exterior is plain, but inside is something else; a kind of post F.L. Wright/mid-century modern/arts and crafts with roccoco overtones. The fabric choices on the upholstery were a pleasant surprise. Brazilian cherry wood abounds as does Italian marble. This temple is geared for weddings and it showed in the bridal rooms. Talk about princess dreams coming true. Dressing tables that would make anybody feel like a million bucks.

The general public is typically allowed in before the buildings are dedicated for use. That means they let Heather and I in along with anyone else who wants to see what it looks like. Avoid Saturdays if you want to take a look. o

Just relaunched the mothership with added tabs to the upper right corner of dooce.com. These take you to the latest photo in each section. Heather designed these the night after we launched the redesign, then changed them and then I spent most of yesterday wrangling Drupal to get them to work.

Some notes:

The space between content and ads on dooce.com v6 increased. There is more whitespace for the content.

Fonts were enlarged to ease in reading, particularly on larger screens at higher resolutions.

We didn’t know what the Barbie® ads were going to look like until right before they ran. People, I live my daily life in PINK. The ads will rotate. It’s going to be ok. I have another daughter coming. I’ll be living in PINK for the next several years. Think of me, please. helpmepleasehelpme

I’m fairly sure Heather plans on changing the mastheads out. Don’t panic.

Bugs in the comments. Have a great weekend, people. o

It’s live, people. Shift-refresh.

Change can be hard sometimes. Give it a chance.

http://dooce.com

Report bugs in the comments. o

UPDATE: I’ve replaced the nav and “I’m Heather B. …” graphics with sharper images. You should notice a difference if you shift-refresh. We’ve heard the masses and are working on solution for you “Daily …” junkies! Just be patient and we’ll have a solution as soon as we can. Also, just a quick note to thank you all for your kind words, your time and your readership. You are changing our lives and I mean that very seriously. THANK YOU!

The photo isn’t the ultimate best ever, but it gets closer by the end. My apologies for the intermittent hum. I’ve spent all afternoon trying to figure out why it comes in and out and the only thing I can figure is that the headset I’m using is cheap. I’m wondering if I need a line conditioner or voltage regulator in our office. Probably. o

Look at the trendlines on the graph in the linked article and it’s a valid question. If they aren’t going to continue to focus on the hardware, maybe it’s time to open things up:

Apple Neglecting the Mac? – AppleMatters

I doubt it’s going to happen, but the fact that most of their desktop line has been untouched for a year or longer (Mac Pro, Mac Mini) leaves one wondering what the deal is. o