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I’ve been a Zimmer fan boy for years now, and if you ask me why, I might just punch you in the face; because contrary to popular opinion, there is such a thing as a stupid question, and that is one. Now, moving on… To say that I eagerly awaited the release of this score would be an understatement of staggering proportions. I was counting down the weeks, the days, the hours and the minutes. Well, the waiting is over now. It’s finally here. Finally. No more waiting. The score for The Dark Knight Rises has been unleashed on the world – and it’s bigger, bolder, and better than I could ever have imagined.
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Hans Zimmer is, hands down, one of the best film composers I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. Let’s review some of the great stuff he’s done:
My favorite favorites in bold.
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<li>The Lion King</li>
<li>The Rock</li>
<li>The Prince of Egypt</li>
<li>Gladiator</li>
<li>Mission: Impossible II</li>
<li>Batman Begins</li>
<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest</li>
<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End</li>
<li>Batman: The Dark Knight</li>
<li>Sherlock Holmes</li>
<li>Inception</li>
<li>Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides</li>
<li>Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows</li>
<li>The Dark Knight Rises</li>
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And he just keeps on going. And of course there’s many more than this. These are just the ones I really like. I can’t imagine a world where Hans Zimmer did not compose the score for the new Batman movies. I would not want to live in such a place.

The Ink Slinger

Hans Zimmer

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A musicians’ rights group in the Netherlands was fined this week for stealing music from a client, using it without his permission and failing to pay royalties.
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You can’t make this stuff up.

Zach Epstein writing at BGR

Anti-Piracy Group Steals Music

<img src="/images/blog/2012/07/16/f-v-k-dead.jpg" alt="f-v-k-dead">
Exactly. This is awesome!

Henry Reich on Twitter

Why Fahrenheit is More Useful

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Who am I kidding? Tweetbot for Mac — even in alpha — rocks.
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Yep.

Jiving Jackalope

Tweetbot for Mac - Throw Caution to the Wind!

Most of us who use and enjoy Apple products do so for one basic reason. Don’t get me wrong there are many reasons, but I think one of the biggest reasons can be summed up thusly. Apple product users like nice things. That’s it. That’s the major reason I use Apple’s products. I don’t want an eight pound piece of garbage Dell laptop sitting on my desk or weighing down my lap. I don’t want a non-symmetrical piece of junk Droid vibrating off my desk because there’s no good way to lay it. I don’t want my devices cluttered with buttons or useless ports.
This penchant for nice things does not stop with hardware. We like nice software, perhaps even more than we like nice hardware. If I was ever forced to choose between a Mac running Windows, or a PC running OS X, which would I choose? And I’m not saying this is logical or could ever happen, but just as a thought exercise, which would I choose? Hands down and without question or hesitation I would choose the PC running OS X because I like nice software, and that obviously means it ranks more importantly to me than nice hardware (though to be sure I want nice hardware).
<h2>Once Upon a Time…</h2>
…There was Tweetie for Mac and iPhone. Tweetie was good software. But one day (as Tweetie was walking along all by itself on a lonesome path no doubt, to continue the “once upon a time” theme) Twitter came by and ate Tweetie. Tweetie was re-released for free and subsequently died a slow and painful, horrible death. Features were removed or changed in a way that users hated. The life was smothered out of this once beautiful application. Many of us began looking for alternatives and finally, finally Tweetbot came along.
But for a long time, there has not been a good Mac Twitter client. I used Twitterific for a while, and then more recently, Osfoora. But it’s never really filled the whole in my heart that the death of Tweetie left.
<h2>Meanwhile</h2>
Tweetbot displaced Tweetie as the best Twitter client. Not just the best Twitter client on iOS, but the best Twitter client. Period. There are only a handful of what I would consider top notch applications I have and use everyday on my iPhone. Tweetbot is one of them. Whether you use Twitter or not, you should get it just because it’s such a beautiful and well executed app (I jest, but only kind of).
Then a few weeks ago Tweetbot for Mac was teased. A screenshot made it’s way out of Tapbots HQ. And the cry for a Mac version of Tweetbot reached an all-time high. I have been known to tweet at the Tapbots Twitter account from time to time my desire for a Mac version.
<h2>It has transparency (wait, isn’t that what Alpha means?)</h2>
Today, Tweetbot for Mac was released in Alpha to the public. This is a first for Tapbots, but probably because that’s just not possible to do on iOS.
And let me tell you, even though this is an alpha release, it has already won my heart. Yes there’s a few little glitches and bugs — it is an Alpha after all, but it is definitely already quality software. I look forward to seeing how the company refines Tweetbot for Mac.
<ul>
<li><a href="http://tapbots.com/blog/tweetbot/tweetbot-for-mac">Tweetbot for Mac Announcement</a></li>
<li><a href="http://tapbots.com/tweetbot_mac/">Tweetbot for Mac Download</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/1167635/tapbots_releases_public_alpha_of_tweetbot_for_mac.html">Some details from Macworld on Tweetbot for Mac</a></li>
</ul>

Tweetbot for Mac

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As part of our countdown to the release of The Dark Knight Rises, we have a very special treat for you today. Below you can listen to the film’s Hans Zimmer soundtrack in its entirety, giving you a taste of the atmosphere and action you’re in for come July 20. And before you ask, we’ve closely parsed the track titles and none of them reads “Death Of Qui-Gon” so we’re pretty sure that this is free of overt spoilers.
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You may now go listen. GO!

Empire

Dark Knight Rises Soundtrack

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Apple released the Golden Master (GM) version of OS X Mountain Lion to developers today. The “golden master” designation indicates that this version of the software is intended to be the final version released to the public, barring any last-minute issues. The Build is 12A269.
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There’s nothing like that “new OS update” smell.

Arnold Kim writing on MacRumors

Here Comes Mountain Kitten

<img src="/images/blog/2012/07/05/adam-west-rises.jpg" alt="Adam West Rises">
Awesome!

MG Siegler

The Dark Knight?

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<img src="http://buzzingpixel.com/images/uploads/lego-ship.jpg" alt="Lego ship" title="lego-ship.jpg">
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This is truly a simple, and really well done add. No words needed. I’m not a marketing guru or anything, but I know good marketing when I see it and this is most definitely it.

Sour Squid

Simple Lego Ad

Lego.com

Lego Lord of the Rings

Dilbert.com

Patent Trolling Dilbert Style

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Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit, wrote a gem of an editorial for Wired just after Apple released the new Retina MacBook Pro. Mr. Wiens’ business is in DIY repair and replacement parts, so he’s obviously affected whenever Apple releases a new machine containing harder-to-replace components. His editorial is so out of touch with the common consumer–Apple’s target market–that it’s laughable and, at times, completely inaccurate and misleading. Let’s take a look:
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This is a wonderfully brutal piece deconstructing an entire load of garbage about the Retina MacBook Pro. I don’t think there was a single thing I disagreed with.

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