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Phil Schiller debuted the new iMac G5 during Apple Expo Paris keynote speech. The New iMac G5's will sport 1.6 or 1.8 Ghz G5 processors and be available in 17" or 20" models. The iMac will stay at the same price points as the iMac G4.

There are the 3 models that will be available in Mid September:

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One of the highlights of our last trip to Disney World was stopping by the Apple store in Orlando, FL. It was great to be able to play with all the new toys. The best thing was visiting the 'genius bar.' At the genius bar, you get to ask a real, live mac genius anything you want.

I've been wanting to know how to use a external display with my 12" powerbook for quite some time. The genius showed me how to do this, and sold me an apple bluetooth keyboard. Here's how you do it:

The new PowerBook can work with the lid closed attached to an external display. First you have to attach an external apple keyboard (note: you must use an mac keyboard.) and mouse to the USB ports. Then you close the lid to make the system go to sleep. After this, you attach the external monitor to the PowerBook. (The system has to be connected to the power adapter.) Then just press a key on the external keyboard, and the system wakes up. The LCD screen of the portable will be switched off, so you can keep the lid closed.

This is nice. All the video memory is available for running the external display, up to 2048x1536 resolution with millions of colors.

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Clark and Olivia had the baby!

Benjamin Kenobi Creamer was born during the night, and weighed in at lb. 9 oz. Mother and baby are doing well, and can be reached at St. Vincent's Hospital in Jacksonville.

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From the Register:

"Apple has filed for a European design trademark which may provide a tantalising glimpse of the company's long-awaited tablet computer.

The filing, made in May this year but only published this week, covers a "handheld computer" and contains sketches of what look like an iBook screen minus the body of the computer."

Additional Coverage:
Slashdot
MacRumors

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From Mac Rumors:

" Sources close to Think Secret have provided a look at the upcoming iMac G5 (previously rumored) in both 17" and 20" configurations.

The soon-to-be-announced, re-designed iMac will be available in two 17-inch models with a 1.6GHz G5 processor and two 20-inch models with a 1.8GHz G5 processor, reliable sources have told Think Secret. In addition, the new models will be housed in an all-in-one body with the motherboard and components attached to the back of the display.
Pricing is expected to be in the $1300 - $2200 range, but higher prices haven't been ruled out.

Starting with an education-aimed model lacking any optical drives presumably to replace the current eMac, the low end machine should sport:
- Single 1.6 GHz G5 Processor
- 17" widescreen display
- 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive
- 256MB of DDR SDRAM
- 512K L2 cache
- NVIDIA GeForce4 MX graphics processor with 32MB of DDR video memory
- VGA video output, S-video and composite video output
- 10/100BASE-T Ethernet
- two FireWire 400 ports
- three USB 2.0 ports
- two USB 1.1 ports on the keyboard.

The first consumer-level iMac should have the following additions to the base education model:
- Single 1.6 GHz G5 Processor
- 17" widescreen display
- slot-loading Combo drive
- 80GB Serial ATA hard drive
- NVIDIA GeForce MX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB of DDR video memory
- 56K internal modem

As a step up, the high-end consumer-level iMac should be equipped with:
- Single 1.8GHz G5 processor
- 20" widescreen TFT display
- slot-loading SuperDrive
- 80GB Serial ATA hard drive
- optional 160GB Serial ATA hard drive
- NVIDIA GeForce MX 5200 Ultra graphics processor with 64MB of DDR video memory
- 256MB of DDR SDRAM
- All other features will be the same as the 17-inch models.

All models should include stereo speakers in the enclosure, and should support up to 2 GB DDR memory, airport extreme, standard Apple software package, and a wired mouse and keyboard. Additionally, all models should have optical audio-out like the G5 Power Macs.

The new models are expected to be introduced August 31st during the keynote address at Apple Expo Paris."

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This was very useful today. It allows you to manipulate select boxes with javascript.

http://www.jelnet.co.uk/cv/jeljava/example34_selectedindex.htm

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I found a tool that will allow you to reset local NT accounts in the SAM Database.

It's a linux boot disk that will allow you to open the SAM Database from a linux prompt and over write the password you forgot, or unlock accounts that were locked out. This should be in every sys admin's tool kit.

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

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I had a great time in Iceland, but I'm really glad to be home. I'm on orders until August 9th. I'll be out at the 125th until Monday, and back to work at Anteon on Tuesday.

Here are the pictures I took:

Trip to Vic
Golden Circle Tour
Reykjavik

If you can't tell from the pictures, Iceland in July is absolutely beautiful. I got off the base as much as I could, and I'm really glad I did.

I also had three weeks away from my family and my civilian job, which gave me tons of time to think about things. Bottom line is I'm really happy with my life right now, I like my job, my family, and everything else I’ve been blessed with. I'm 26 years old with two great kids, an awesome wife, a computer information science degree, and a Honda 919. How much better can my life get?

I'm looking forward to the future. I'll use everything I've done and everything I've learned in the past 7 years to get to the next level.

Also of interest: 7 years ago today I graduated basic military training as an Airman First Class (E-3) at Lackland AFB, TX.

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Today is my last day of work in Iceland. I'll leave Keflavik soon. It's been a great trip.

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Pictures from Reykjavik, Iceland

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I leave here on Saturday morning. This Iceland trip has been awesome, but I've been ready to go home for about a week now. On Saturday we went to Reykjavik, Iceland which was really fun. That means I've seen everything I wanted to see here. I'll probably just take it easy these next few days. I'm looking forward to seeing my family on Saturday night!

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