Nothing really. Just wanted to say I got a tricked-out 20-inch 2.4GHz aluminum iMac this morning, and I am in love.

I can’t get over how nice this thing is. I’ve had troops of our graphic artists and editorial folk coming in and out of my office oohing and aahing at everything from the thin keyboard to the silver casing to the black logo and glorious screen. Man.

Full review coming soon.

Ok, now back to regular programming.

I’ve always wondered where Apple got that symbol for the Command key. Now I know. It’s called, variously, the Cross of St. John, or St. Hans’ Cross. It’s an ancient sign used for a lot of things, from Cabbalistic mysticism to traffic signs. And of course, computer keys.

Check out symbols.com for more.

Talk about moving up. The net is rife with talk about Apple and Volkswagen conspiring to make an automobile, tentatively named the iCar.

Um.

The whole ball started rolling with a report from the German magazine Capital, which claims that Steve Jobs met with a Volkswagen representative in California several days ago for preliminary talks to majorly incorporate Apple products in Volks compacts. (Read the Google-translated page from Capital here.) Already, Apple has partnered with car manufacturers like Audi and BMW to incorporate iPods and iPhones into their cars.

I’m not holding my breath.

It’s happened before, so why not?

A special iPod nano was released as a part of the (Product)Red initiative, where red-colored and -themed products of all sorts where introduced and sold, with a portion of all sales going to a charity. US$10 from the sale of each red nano went to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa.

Now rumors are circulating that a red 2G shuffle will be released at the confirmed Apple event on Sept. 5. Cool, but the thunder of this might be diminished a bit by Apple’s earlier release of colored 2g shuffles (of which the orange became a minor cult favorite). Still and all, I’d get a red shuffle if I could. Would be nice.

A red iPhone would be even nicer though.

Apple’s released Apple Base Station Extreme firmware update Version 7.2.1, which certifies the base station for the IEEE 802.11n Draft 2 specification. In their usual considerate and detailed explanation of what they’ve done, Apple says:

This update also includes bug fixes and security updates.

It requires that you have Airport Utility 5.1 or later, and, of course, a Base Station Extreme with 802.11n. Get the firmware update here.