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imake1tgirl, Wacom is compatible with Apple. I use mine in Photoshop on my Mac all the time. Works great.

If you're worried about having one non-Apple devise that sullies your all-Apple-all-the-time setup, and not about compatibility...that's kinda silly, don't you think?

If it's actually just a giant Touch, as most of the rumors assume, I don't see the point. To be truly useful enough to justify the size, it would need to run multiple applications at a time and have the disk space and power to do anything you'd otherwise want to do on a laptop. I have a 15" MBP and an iPhone, and as far as accessing tech the iPhone is perfect for portability and "instant on" information access, while the laptop is wonderful for doing real work (and real typing) while still being portable. If I were traveling, a touchscreen tablet might be nice for serious web browsing, but would I be carrying both the table AND the laptop for inevitable emails and Photoshop work? I don't think so.

Right now, it's just too nichey to be useful to me and the way I work, and otherwise it would just be a fun, but unnecessary, toy around the house.

On the other hand, if the tablet includes application and product support to function as a really good reader, it would be like a super Kindle--everything the Kindle does color web browsing other apps. IF it was a very good reader with a color screen, I might actually bite. I mostly read books and magazines where the photography, illustrations, or color in general are essential, so a full color reader is definitely something I look forward to.

I agree with most of the other posters. I think in general it's okay to turn things up *a bit* in the middle of the day, but you really should ask your neighbors (on the sides, above you, and below you) if they have schedules that would make this a problem. If they work the night shift, your afternoon rockin' out might wake them in the middle of a blessed slumber. And it all depends on the building you live in. Especially if you have a lot of quiet neighbors, you might have no idea how noise travels through the building. Most people are pretty forgiving if you ask first and make an upfront effort to be conscientious.

Another thing to note, from my current experience. If you're a musician and plan on practicing the same damn thing over and over and over again, USE YOUR HEADPHONES. Even though my upstairs neighbor no longer practices the one song he knows on his bass in the middle of the night, when I work at home it's incredibly irritating to endure the same bass line vibrating through the apartment for 2-3 hours at a go. I dated a bassist a while back and he was very considerate of his neighbors and simply never used his amp at home. If you are committed enough to practice a couple hours a day you can rent shared studio space for a handful of cash a month. Rock out a few hours a week, then when you're at home use your headphones.

I LOVE that laptop sleeve. I admit I'm a total sucker for the faux bois thing, and and I'm also a sucker for all things designy-cartoony. AND I'm about to get a Macbook Pro that will need a new sleeve. Thus, this is the greatest thing ever.

I agree with the other commenters. LOVE the idea, love the table, but the price, yea gods! It's just a bit of wood, and appears to have very basic construction and finishing. The upside of it's simplicity is that a DIY version is well within reach.

Faux pas huh? Oh well, I'll continue to ignore them. I think the idea that I must give a specific gift is ridiculous.

SUCH cute tableware! I like the cookie jar.

Great post, thanks for the inspiration! I just spent five minutes registering at Catalog Choice and got rid of all the catalogs I could think of. West Elm and Anthropologie were painful...but I NEVER buy from catalogs and I'm on many of the websites all the time anyhow.

Now if I can banish credit card offers and grocery store circulars we'll be in business.

Really like the bedroom setup! I've always liked those curtains, and they work so well here. Can't wait to see how this looks when it's finished.

Side note to shockthebourgeois--we certainly DO have apartments like this in Seattle. They're all over Lower QA and Capitol Hill. I live in one! It's not nearly this large (sniff) but same era, same "old world charm".

While that small desk does appeal to me, I'm a bit sick of seeing all these "small office solutions" that can barely contain a laptop, much less the files, office equipment, books, and other miscellany of a typical home office. I know I have more equipment than average because I'm in a creative field, but I've yet to see an elegant, space-efficient solution that could even begin to contain a printer, scanner, dual displays, cpu tower, filing cabinet, recycling bin, and some repository for all the notes, clippings, letters, etc that cycle through a normal office space.

I mean, c'mon...does anyone with a home office really get by with a spiral notebook, magazine file, and a small cup with color-coordinated pencils?

For those interested in a subscription but feeling a bit gun-shy: if you bought the Domino book recently you can get the sub for free. You send in a subscription card and include your receipt and they send you a rebate. Despite Laura's assurances, you might want to do that sooner rather than later...

I enjoy Domino, but I'm with several other in saying I'll miss it but I'll get over it. Quite expensive and often too fancy-schmancy for my tastes. I *really* miss Blueprint, and their blog is not even close! Thank goodness for AT.