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This year has seen a resurgence in the battle between Apple and Microsoft. While you might think was just another petty squabble by two computer companies about market share, the heart of the conflict is between Apple and the many companies that sell computer systems running Microsoft Windows.

About a year ago, I bought a MacBook and began using OS X as my primary operating system. While I still believe that I had valid reasons for doing so, time has proved that those reasons were not as important as I had assumed them to be.

Last December, I wrote:

While I fully realize that using OS X is not going to be all ponies and rainbows, I am hopeful that it will provide me with a decent experience and help me accomplish more.

It was not intentional, but I did not pay very much attention to this site during the last two months. In between work (as always, ridiculously busy during September), social obligations, and the exhaustion that accompanied trying to meet them, there was just not enough time to work on things here. Luckily, this seems to have changed in the past week...

In which I stop using WordPress and start using a custom solution I programmed myself using Django for this website's content management.

I have released version 1.0.0 of my photo downloading Facebook application. Changes include:

• Faster downloading


• The ability to choose where pictures are downloaded


• Notification of the release of new versions of the application