by: George Starcher, Associate Editor

Victor has had dual monitors setup since the day he got his Intel MacPro.  I also use that setup at work.  At home I have had to live with monitor envy as I have a 17″ iMac G5 2Ghz.  Today I was at the Apple Store and picked up the Apple mini VGA to VGA adapter for $19 USD.  Next I went back to an article I saw about monitor spanning on Macworld several months ago. It is working great for me.  If you do this you do so at your own risk.  Be very sure your system is on the supported list.  Even then you should back up your data etc etc etc.

by: George Starcher, Associate Editor

Today I visited the Green Hills Apple Store here in Nashville. There was a good crowd present and a number of iPhones were being purchased. I played with one for a little while and can see the allure. I would be tempted if not for my cell phone is provided by work and it being t-mobile I am familiar with how much Edge sucks. That is not enough for me right now to get into a two year contract with AT&T. Now do a full ipod in the iPhone form factor and I would run to the store right.

You can check online for availability if you want an iPhone. Apple has made a new status checking web site.

http://www.apple.com/retail/iphone/

It’s late, I’m tired, and it’s been a day filled with all kinds of emotions. I was glad to be part of Apple history today. The iPhone exceeds expectations at first glance. More to come on that later. Listen to Adam’s MacCast this coming week, he interviewed me tonight.

Thanks to all those who participated today on the live stream. Here are some Flickr pictures of the opening of my iPhone and of the lines in Corona.

by: George Starcher, Associate Editor

Oh Photo Phans! If you have an AppleTV grab yourself the latest iTunes. Version 7.3 They have added streaming of photos now. Please just be sure to backup your iTunes library BEFORE any updates.

1. Install iTunes 7.3
2. When you pick the AppleTV in Devices and have connected with your code there is a new tab
3. Click the Photos Tab and pick the Entire library or Photo Albums you wish to share.
4. Now when that mac streaming source is selected on AppleTV you can view those photos.

I am using Operator11 if you want to watch live, I’ll be on sometimes.

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Here are some interviews I did while in line. Only puting this on the site and not in the podcast.

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So here I am sitting in line at the Corona AT&T store with my compadres Frank, Alex, David and my Artie. Of course my friend Ron is also here, keeping me honest.

So hang on to you iAss cause I’ m going to blog, podcast and live stream a bit later.

So it’s late on Thursday night and I wanted to tell you all about my plans .

This evening I went by my local AT&T store (in Corona at the corner of Ontario and California). There were some people in line (4 total) two of them were minors and selling a spot.

So I took him up on it and gave him some cash to be there all night and be my proxy through tomorrow so I can come and go, blog, do interviews etc. His name is Artie 16, his fried Daid (also 16) and his Dad Frank. Bottom line is that I am number 3 in line.

I will be there by 9AM (PST) tomorrow, and plan to use Twitter, UStream, this blog , as well as some interviews of Artie and his family as well as others in line,m in order to keep you all informed..

Keep your eye on my Twitter as well as this blog to keep up to date with my iDay events. Hopefully all goes well and I can report a bit after 6PM that I have my iPhone.

It’s going to be an exciting day. Make sure you check out Today in iPhone with Rob Walsh as well , because I’m sure he will have great coverage too.

This is certainly a WOOT moment for me. Yes I’m being all Apple Fan Boy today and tomorrow. Deal with it!

Marketcircle Inc., makers of Daylite Productivity Suite and Billings business software for the Mac, has released iPhoney 1.1 as an Open Source Project on SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/iphonesimulator/) with the objective of providing a global test bench for iPhone developers. iPhoney 1.1 is a fully native, universal binary Cocoa application, written in Objective-C. As well as its new status as an Open Source Project, iPhoney 1.1 has upped functionality with a frequently requested “zoom to fit” found in the iPhone.

Very cool idea to make this application Open Source. It says a lot about Marketcircle as a company. If you haven’t check out iPhoney yet? Do it now

I noticed in a video I watched over at MSNB.com that there were lots and lots of smudges on the iPhone. I guess I better start carrying a cloth with me. From what we hear it cleans easily, but it’s good to see it first hand. . . just saying.