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Been There! – McCartney at Air Canada Centre

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, September 2004 The Moment: “Mull of Kintyre” is performed by Paul McCartney. Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 13, 2002. I feel the excitement mounting as I eat dinner with friends and talk about the upcoming show.  Seeing Paul McCartney live is an amazing thing that I have been hoping to do for a very long time.  To whoever it was that booked this tour, I am very thankful.  McCartney is… Read More »Been There! – McCartney at Air Canada Centre

A Girl Called Eddy

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. I really didn’t like this record when it first came out. Since then it’s grown on me. I still wouldn’t put it as a favourite, but I might give it three stars now instead of two. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, September 2004 Rating: ★★ (2.0/5) Perhaps the best thing I can say about A Girl Called Eddy is that the cover art is great.  Picking up the album, I was greeted by what looked like a… Read More »A Girl Called Eddy

The Smoke – …It’s Smoke Time

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, August 2004 Rating: ★★½ (2.5/5) …It’s Smoke Time is a collection of the complete works of The Smoke. I found this one day when I had earned enough points to get a free CD from a record store. I’d say it was worth the price. The material found on this album was recorded between the years 1965 and 1972, with most of the songs being bonus tracks. “My Friend Jack” and “High… Read More »The Smoke – …It’s Smoke Time

In Need Of Radio’s Attention

This article was originally published on beingtheremag.com, an independent music and film magazine that ran from 2004 to 2007. It is presented here as part of the Being There Magazine archive. By Adam Anklewicz | Being There Magazine, August 2004 As I sit in a bar called Hugh’s Room on a Saturday night, I see the back door open and I see Joel Plaskett arrive along with Peter Elkas, guitars in hand. Just arriving late after the six hour drive from Ottawa to Toronto, these two men look dishevelled and tired after long months of touring and recording. “I was in the States for a couple of months.  I drove… Read More »In Need Of Radio’s Attention

Apple Business Manager in Okta Workflows

A few months back, Apple released an update to Apple Business Manager and Apple School Manager to allow API access to customers. Apple has thoroughly documented the API.  I tried to implement the new API in Okta Workflows, and got it mostly working, but I wasn’t happy with it. Apple requires an assertion which can live up to 180 days. Once you have that assertion, you can request a bearer token, and with that bearer token, you can perform API calls.  Bart Reardon created a shell script that requests that assertion. What I had done was take that assertion generated by the script, and used it as an input. That… Read More »Apple Business Manager in Okta Workflows

Getting AppleCare info from Apple Business Manager API

Thanks so much to Dmitriy for posting this image to #toronto on the Mac Admins Slack. Also thanks to Arek to posting about it on LinkedIn, where I saw it. Both of them are awesome Mac Admins that I’ve had the pleasure of learning from. They’re also pretty great guys, too. With this new update to ABM shows AppleCare coverage, but the question is, can I get that data from the API? The answer is Yes. To get AppleCare information, make a call to https://api-business.apple.com/v1/orgDevices/REDACTED/appleCareCoverage The returned results looks like this:

SFIcons

I’ve wanted to make a simple app for quite some time, but I have had a hard time learning Swift. The Problem I sometimes need to create an icon for my Munki repo. I often use SF Symbols when I do that, and it’s really easy. But I want to make it look more like a macOS icon. So I played with making an app that layered the SF Symbol over a coloured square with rounded corners. The problem was getting the image out of there. Failed Solution So instead I decided to ask Google Gemini to help me make it. It SUCKED! Solution I switched to ChatGPT and it… Read More »SFIcons

Doctor Who Serial 143 – The Trial of a Time Lord

Part One – The Mysterious Planet Part One That new theme song and opening credits are a perfect example of all the wrong choices. Time Lord costumes are amazing. I love how her hat is a Time Lord collar in hat form. The Doctor does meddle, so I can’t blame them for trying him for that. The Doctor should know that he should have a defence attorney. Oh! Stuff is recorded in “the Matrix.” Well, so far this season, he’s less of an asshole. So far he’s kinda reminding me of what very little I know of Sylvester McCoy. Maybe a splash of William Hartnell. The stripy sideburns are definitely… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 143 – The Trial of a Time Lord

Doctor Who Serial 126 – Terminus

Part One The Black Guardian is still up to his tricks and trying to make Turlough sabotage. It’s nice to see more of the TARDIS and Adric’s/Turlough’s room. Oh, the ’80s hair of that lady, it’s perfect! Part Two This story is really boring. The only good things are the uniforms for the crew. Part Three Will I care enough about Part three to pay attention? Probably not, but her hair amazing. I think part of it is I just started Lovecraft Country and Ted Lasso and both are much better. The dog man just standing there and waiting for the guy to stop shooting is not very convincing. Part… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 126 – Terminus

Doctor Who Serial 125 – Mawdryn Undead

Part One Wow, 30 seconds in and Turlough is already insufferable. They really should stop putting British people in this show. Yay! Lethbridge-Stewart. Turlough is a jackass AND he’s plotting to murder the Doctor. This soundtrack is both terrible and amazing. Why is that kid following Turlough? Part Two I wonder if Turlough will knock out the Doctor. Nope… that’s a surprise. How can Lethbridge-Stewart forget his time with the Doctor? I don’t approve. Oh good, he knows the Doctor during Tegan’s time period. Wow, they’re really going deep into the Doctor’s mythology in this season. Part Three This is the least Doctor Who structure and it’s a nice change.… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 125 – Mawdryn Undead