Birth of an Island

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Birth of an Island: "slashmojo writes that while some islands are sinking, last August another rose from the ocean, formed by volcanic activity and caught in the act by a passing yacht. From the article: 'What looked like a brown stain on the South Pacific turned out to be a spectacular drift of floating pumice stones stretching more than 16 km — and an indication an island was being born nearby... 'We are getting emails from volcanologists saying this is so rare.'' Here is the blog post of the yachtsman who photographed the nascent island.

(Via Slashdot.)

PC Mag VIP posts switcher tips

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There are switchers, and then there are Switchers. Robyn Peterson, executive product director/executive producer at Ziff Davis, is a capital-S-Switcher; when the guy who's responsible for PCMag.com jumps the tracks to a Mac, there's a serious movement afoot.

Peterson has his rationale for the switch and a list of five tips for switchers ('Where's the Start menu?!?') posted over yonder. Just one more indication that the Intel migration, though challenging and sometimes painful, is paying dividends in market share for Apple.

(Via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).)