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I wonder if the folks at Apple monitor the press that they get in the days leading up to a new product announcement to find ways to reduce the information leakage. There are always rumors, but they seem to be increasingly accurate as of late. I can't imagine that Apple takes kindly to having their grand announcements spoiled, so I wonder if they debrief after an event and make plans to be more secretive next time.

Firefox, Safari, Camino, Adium, iChat, TextMate, Coda: ⌘{ and ⌘}

Dreamweaver CS4 beta: ⌘` (which is still wrong, that's the shortcut for switching windows not tabs)

Ah, the joy of extensibility.

The new Dreamweaver beta convinces me even more than ever before that I should switch full-time to Coda. There are just a few tiny little things I still wish Coda could do.

• Site-wide find and replace
• Along the same lines as site-wide find and replace, warn me when I delete or move a file that is linked, and offer to update links
• ⌘-D to open links
• Auto-complete character entities

When I grow up, I want to be the Alton Brown of web design. He always has something clever to say. And he knows just about everything about food.

I visited an Apple Store Friday night for the inevitable purchase. I knew I liked Apple and their products, and everything about the experience has confirmed that. The only bad thing is that the purchasing experience is so laid back, and I'm so shy that it is hard to make the first step and approach a salesperson. Once I did, I loved the tiny little box that Rory came in. It was heavier than I expected. I love that I didn't need a shopping bag; the salesman put a Thank You sticker on the box so the folks at the door knew I had paid. The thing fit in my pocket. I didn't have to carry a receipt home with me, it was in my inbox waiting for me.

The unboxing ceremony was equally pleasure filled. Just a few tiny pieces in the box, very little waste, very little wasted space, and very little box. The device itself has everything I've always asked for and complained baout my previous devices: Nice large screen, no physical keyboard, no softkeys, no stylus. Only the good stuff; only what matters.