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I hear this all the time “but I just bought my new iPod/MacBook/iMac a few weeks ago and now stupid Apple released a new one that’s way better”. I realize it’s not everyones bag to follow Mac news and rumors on a daily basis, so what do you do? Apple keeps future product details and release dates closely guarded. Even if you do follow this stuff you can still be blind sided. Here are a few tips to help you make a decision:
OK, it’s kind of hard to explain so bare with me. You might have to try it out to completely understand this trick.. oh and the other thing, it’s completely useless but fun.
So type this in iChat to a friend:
/me thinks you rock
They will see in smaller gray type “your user name” thinks you rock- so in my case, “marilyn thinks you rock”. This shows up in the same kind of type that shows the occasional time and date stamp or “username” has gone offline. It appears this only works if both users are on Leopard’s iChat. The part that makes this work is the “/me” and you can type whatever you want after it.
I use it to send subtle messages to my husband- “marilyn deserves jewelry” 
My husband told me about this product when it first came out. I thought it was silly and clunky. Why would I need this? I spend half my day in the car driving around with access to an iPhone charger. The other half of the day tied to my computer with a charging cable in my bag. I laughed it off. Recently we went to San Francisco for MacWorld. Our flight was delayed, I spent too much time playing Jirbo Jam and forgot that my bluetooth headset which I packed in my carry on was still connected to my phone. All of these are quick death for your iPhone battery. We got in so late and I had plans to meet friends. My iPhone was now totally dead and I had no way to contact anyone as all their numbers lived on my iPhone (I’m a sloppy syncer and didn’t add them to my address book). It was one of my lower technology moments with me nearly in tears while riding on BART.
Here’s where Richard Solo comes in.
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