GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Okay. 

Today is the day I do it. 

Today is the day I go all covert, and game the iTunes library.

Why?

Because today is the day that The Greatest TV Show of All Time was put on iTunes. 

Did you try clicking on that link? If you were in the States, you would have been greeted by the sight of William Katt in a tight red outfit. 

If you, like me, are from Canada, you would have been greeted by this message: 

"Your request could not be completed.

The item you requested is not currently available in the Canadian Store, but is available in the US store. Click change store view to view this item."

GAAAAAAH. 

Darn you, Steve Jobs, darn you CRTC. darn all of you that keeps me from being able to pay real money to watch the show. Darn you for making me have to game the system. 

What do you mean, buy the DVD? C'mon, stop undermining my arguments here. I thought you were on my side. Besides, every time I've tried to buy the DVD, it has not been in stock. 

(Truth be told, the greatest TV show of all times, Babylon 5, has been iTunes for a while. But GAH has been gnawing at the back of my skull for a couple years now, inviting me to revisit it, rewatch it. Relive it.)

Filed under the "does anyone care?" category

Microsoft has released a new version of Messenger for Mac. 

And in completely unrelated news, Adium pushed out update 1.2.5 today, which fixed a bunch of bugs. The blog says that's it for 1.2; get ready for series 1.3....

Daily Reading: Confessions of an Apple Specialist

Okay, the title is actually called "7 Confessions of an Apple Macintosh Specialist" but then the first thing they do is talk about the iPod, which isn't a Mac at all...Point 1 is the most interesting, though now that this is out, I suspect that will change....

ehPhone.

We here at Macanuck are proud to bring you this breaking news, well before anyone else does: Rogers has announced it is bringing the iPhone to Canada.

Yes, we are pleased to be the ones to bring you this exclusive story; all our hard work and dedication developing contacts at the major companies has paid off. 

Of course, as I've mentioned before, while much of the population lives in urban areas, some of us live in rural areas, where Roger's network don't go. So while I am excited about this, I do not forsee an iPhone in my immediate future. Unless, you know, Apple were to announce that the rumoured 3G phone will also be CDMA. And carried by Telus. 

Thank you. You may now return to your regularly scheduled lives.

Edit: Mostly Lisa weighs in on the iPhone coming to Canada. A true patriot, that girl....

August 19 Mac Store?

Palluxo.com has been talking to the contractors over at the Mac Store under construction in Vancouver, and they say that they say that the store will be opening August 19.

If that's true, Vancouverites will have to wait over an entire quarter before the store opens. Now, I haven't been paying attention to how long other Mac stores have taken from announcement to opening, but this'll make it at least six month, which seems an awful long time to get a retail store up and running. 

It LIVES!

Gizmodo has pictures of an actual Psystar actually in the wild. 

So they've finally filled one order. Apparently it works, too. 

I'm still, you know, waiting around and seeing how this pans out. 

Daily Reading: iPhone Rumour again

Today's daily reading: speculation by the Toronto Star that Rogers is planning an iPhone launch sometime in summer. 

The most telling quote: "An Apple spokesman declined to comment." Why do people even bother trying to get a comment out of Apple anymore?

Me? If it goes through, I hope it's a non-exclusive deal. We've got the spectrum auction coming to completion in the next little while, and a good chance that there will be at least some competition in the marketplace, which will mean that Roger might be a little more willing to concede some points. Or better yet, have the iPhone carried by someone who is not Rogers.