adventures of a mac mini user

I recently purchased a mac mini with the sole pupose of developing in xCode and possibly creating an iPhone app or two. Being a Windows user since the Macintosh Plus, I have been quite amazed at the user interface of OSX, ease of application installations, and quick startup and shutdown times.

The shift was long in coming for me but when I found a refurbished Mac Mini for sale at the apple store, there weren't enough excuses _not_ to pick one up.  For someone like me with spare PCs and spare PC parts lying all around my house, the footprint made a huge influence on my purchasing decision.

I am open to suggestions from all my Mac using friends and collueges on what widgets/applications to use and will try to post my findings here.

AS3 Event Calender

inspired by Tom King from mobilemind.net, i have created a google calender for some of the major Flash/Flex/Air events mostly for my own use.

politics in media

saw this today on the new york times site and thought i would blog on it:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/blogtalk-debates-and-elections/
i have not yet decided who i am going to vote for in the primary elections but debates often give me a sense of the candidates character as well as their stance on some issues. it would be nice to decide for myself instead of a studio limiting the information i receive.
-just a rant at the current democracy/corpratocracy i find in the united states today.