Apple Releases Xserve Update [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion]

I decided to stick with the Transmitter theme. The other theme was faster, but as a friend of mine pointed out, not all browsers render equally. Not to mention the fact that I just plain like this theme. I'm a sucker for slick graphics and depth of layout. The simple colors and mouse-overs were very nice, but I'd rather go for consistency for now. – andy

I like The Topics Blog. Tell me what you think. [dws.]

I agree with John on many points. Through his article, I was a bit uncertain, but in his conclusion, I whole-heartedly agree with he suggested actions. I think that there should be a basic free service (5 MB web publishing space & free email) but charging a modest fee of $100 a year for 100MB of space isn't that bad. I'd be much happier at $50. Honestly, I used to publish a log of iPhotos on mac.com, but I ran out of space. Instead I started posting them to my own web site through the export – but the mac.com site was much easier. Will I sign up? I'll probably do the introductory $50 option, but I can't yet justify $100 for myself – then again, if I didn't already have a server, I'd say it's a decent deal. – andy

Open letter to Steve Jobs 
/ I agree with most of what John Droz is pointing out about Apples decision to stop iTools. [owrede_log] [dws.]

Nvidia open-sources developer tools. The graphics chip maker announces that it will make some of its Cg development tools for programming high-level graphics effects available as open-source software. [CNET News.com]