The Northern Spy http://TheNorthernSpy.com Macintosh Column and Portal en-us Copyright 1983-2007, Rick Sutcliffe and Arjay Enterprises. rss@thenorthernspy.com The Northern Spy http://www.thenorthernspy.com/images/northernspy.gif http://www.thenorthernspy.com 100 90 Also in MacCompanion and Call A.P.P.L.E. To Sleep Perchance To Dream http://thenorthernspy.com/spyMay2008.htm Sleep problems with Macs, Palm, the iPhone, its SDK, and Rogers, WHMCS as premiere billing program--all are the stuff of dreams for the Spy this month. Thin is the New Thick http://thenorthernspy.com/spyApr2008.htm The Spy does colour commentary on the new strand-based computing from iSteve. In The Picture -- Part II http://thenorthernspy.com/spyMar2008.htm The Spy accessorizes his brand new Canon EOS 40D, brags on predicting the Blu-Ray triumph in the format wars, comments on phones, and AppleTV, gores the oxymoron of Microsoft open software, and doubts the Yahoo buy will fly. In The Picture -- Part I http://thenorthernspy.com/spyFeb2008.htm The Spy discusses the Canon EOS 40D, his first new camera in over thirty years. Its configurability leads him to his ninth law, and he expresses doubt that the MacBook Air follows it. Prognostications 2008 http://thenorthernspy.com/spyJan2008.htm eBooks, standards, iSteve, and Billg are all grist for the mill as the Spy looks ahead to the coming year, signalling some product watches and a possible death watch or two. The Spy's Case Files http://thenorthernspy.com/spyDec2007.htm The Spy turns Sherlockian to consider the cases of the missing economy, the emerging book reader, the missing Googlephone, the unlocked Stevephone, and the purloined literary idea. Shareware and Freeware Downloads http://thenorthernspy.com/downloads/index.htm The Northern Spy announces the opening of a new download service for quality shareware and freeware. Best ePublished SF of the 2003 http://www.arjaybooks.com/E-books/index.htm The Friends, volume two of The Interregnum wins EPPIE 2004 for best SF novel of 2003. The Northern Spy Archive http://thenorthernspy.com/archiveindex.htm All the Northern Spy articles are archived here by year and month. Arjay Enterprises provides a variety of services and information http://www.arjayenterprises.com Besides The Northern Spy, Arjay Enterprises also publishes opundo (a word garage of clean humour), and Sheaves Christian Resources. In addition, it offers name registrations and hosting. All services and sites are available through ArjayEnterprises.com.