Eve of Expo: Rumor recap

With less than 24 hours before Apple delivers what is expected to be one of the biggest series of Macworld Expo announcements in recent history, Think Secret takes a look at what's been rumored and reported and adds our two cents to the mix. Sources have said that CEO Steve Jobs will deliver ten significant announcements tomorrow. Here's what we know...

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Closures for anonymous storage

Via The 80/20 Solution I saw a piece of Python code by John Lam, which he calls elegant. Now he is right to call it elegant — he is comparing it with his experience to implement the same in C++. But he uses a technique which you see a lot in scripting, but which I find rather unelegant: creation of property names (or attribute names) with string manipulations. …

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IPod Shuffle in Three Steps

IPod Shuffle in Three Steps

Turn any iPod into an iPod Shuffle in 3 easy steps!:

Writes mhusson:

"The marketing guys over at Apple seem to be really pumping up the "never know whats gonna play next" randomness of the new iPod Shuffle. Since they are promoting this feature so much, saying things like "Daily gridlock feels less mundane when you don’t know what song will play next," I thought I'd put up my guide on how to give any regular iPod the cool new feature of the iPod Shuffle.

1. Get a Post-It note
2. Get your iPod
3. Put the Post-It note on the iPod

Now you can enjoy the iPod Shuffle's cool new feature without having to go buy a new player. Enjoy!"

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