This guy received an email from Other World Computing:

Thank you for your patience regarding your order for the Modbook OS X
Tablet Solution. This e-mail is to inform you that the product is nearly
ready to ship and that new configuration options are now available. As
of the latest available information from Axiotron, we anticipate being
able to ship your Custom configured Modbook solution on or before
January 11th, 2008. On a first in, first out basis - Modbooks are
expected to begin shipping on or before January 8th, 2007.

As is our standard policy, we do not charge your credit card for an
order prior to it shipping. While your credit card will be authorized
when it goes into build, no charge will occur until the day it is shipped.

Could it be this thing sees the light of day? Will Apple beat OWC to the punch by releasing its own tablet PC at MacWorld in 3 weeks?
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I stumbled upon an Apple Developer Connection email, or as they spelled it at the time, “A P P L E    D E V E L O P E R    C O N N E C T I O N” from January 10, 2003. It is stamped Issue 332, and it appeared just after MacWorld. Enjoy:

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MACWORLD ANNOUNCEMENTS
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[1] Mac OS X Adoption Soars With More Than 5 Million Users

Apple is entering 2003 with more than 5 million active Mac OS X
users and more than 5,000 native Mac OS X applications. This year
also marks the first “All Mac OS X” Macworld Expo with every
developer on the show floor featuring Mac OS X products.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jan/07macosx.html

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[2] Apple Introduces X11 for Mac OS X

X11 for Mac OS X allows X11-based applications to run side-by-side
with native Mac OS X applications on the same desktop and makes it
even simpler to port X11-based applications to the Mac. Apple’s
implementation of X11, the common windowing environment for UNIX
operating systems, is easy to install and is optimized to take full
advantage of Apple’s innovative Quartz graphics system.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jan/07×11.html

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[3] Apple Delivers AirPort Extreme 802.11g Wireless Networking

AirPort Extreme is the next generation of Wi-Fi wireless networking
technology based on the new ultra-fast 802.11g standard. With speeds
up to 54 Mbps, AirPort Extreme delivers almost five times the data
rate of 802.11b based products, yet is fully compatible with the
millions of 802.11b Wi-Fi devices around the world.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/jan/07airportextreme.html

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[by Silvarios] [from Power Mac G4 Sleep Issue]

I notice that my new Power Mac G4 has a peculiar sleep issue. If I put the Power Mac to sleep or if it goes to sleep after a period of inactivity, it wakes itself every four minutes. Like clockwork. No joke.

If I remember correctly, this issue predates the DVD burner install, not that I imagined it would have been the culprit anyway. It seems to only happen when I have the Power Mac connected to my MacBook via ethernet. The MacBook is set to share it’s Bluetooth internet connection via ethernet to the Power Mac. The connection is direct via a regular Cat5e patch cable. I turned off the “Wake for Ethernet network administrator access” option in the Energy Saver preferences on the Power Mac, yet the problem persists–every four minutes. No really, every four minutes. Who needs clocks when I can figure out how much time has passed by the sleep wake sleep cycle of the Power Mac? Again, this issue seems to only occur while the Power Mac is connected via ethernet to the MacBook. Any thoughts?

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[by Berger] [from Some Actual Apple Macintosh Questions]

On Firewire cases:

I’ve been through a number of external cases - both cheap and not so cheap - and have settled into a couple that work very well for the way I do business.

I go through a bunch of drives per year because I save all of my PSD build files for clients so I can re-purpose for other jobs. I like a tray system and this one from Stardom has worked well for me for the past couple of years. You can buy separate trays for SATA and IDE. I use both 400FW and 800FW/USB2 versions. About $100 for the 400 and $125 for the 800/USB. Trays have been $10 each through newegg, but they don’t carry them any more and I’ve seen them going fro about $22 on average. I bought about 15 trays within the last 2 years - they all work perfectly. I keep the loaded trays in my fire safe when I’m not accessing files.

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I used it last night and again today. I’m getting a bunch of files back from the otherside.

I emailed PhotoRec author Christophe Grenier asking if it recovered . NEF (Nikon Raw) files. The documentation says that it does, but in the file types listed in the “choose what you want to look for” in the application’s interface, there is seemingly everything but .NEF.

no .NEF choice here

He emailed me within 10 minutes and said that format is a child of .TIF, so just select that. And voila, it started recovering my raw files.

The names of the recovered files are different, but I can live with that.

Now to give myself 100 lashes for letting this whole thing happen in the first place. Note to self: get data re-org projects done in one day, not 30. The longer that window is open, the more likely a fly will come in.

Nathan, thanks for the PhotoRec tip.