Ramblings of a Programmer

I was sitting at work today listening to a few podcasts.  A couple
of times during this period of listening, the volume on iTunes just
bumped itself up to three-quarters max while listening to a
podcast.  I didn't hit any buttons on the keyboard or do anything
with the mouse that I know of.  This is really weird.

Update: 
OK… I figured out the issue by accident.  I have iTunes switched
to the mini player view currently.  I clicked on it to see the
remaining time on a podcast.  I then moved my mouse over to
Firefox and started using the scroll button and voila… the sound went
down on iTunes.  Sweet trick. 

I have not gotten my new Power Mac yet, so I am still using iTunes on
my Windows PC.  This morning I pulled down the latest podcasts for
the feeds that I monitor.  I then decided to go ahead and sync my
iPod mini.

When I plugged it in nothing happened.  I could not get the
computer to recognize the iPod as a drive and iTunes would not see the
iPod to sync it.  I got a little nervous, but I eventually found
the answer on the Apple site.

I had to put the iPod in disk mode and after doing so, the computer recognized the iPod plugged into the USB port.  I was then able to sync it with iTunes.

A new tutorial and a reference document for using Core Data and creating an application using Core Data has been published on Cocoa Dev Central.

Apple announced updates to their iMac line and eMac line today.  Make sure you read their press release as well.