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Blast from the past: my pro-Mac flamebait
This old gem is from back in the days when I was passionate enough about stuff to care enough to write blog posts explaining why OS X is the best OS. I’ve grown up a bit and am now lazy enough that if someone truly believes that their non-OS X operating system is better, then…
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Blast from the past: My iPad review from last April
I’m periodically filling my blog up with old posts from the days when I was doing Facebook notes. Since the iPad was introduced a year ago this week, I thought I’d take a stroll back to the nostalgic time when I reviewed my iPad. iPad: the new face of computing April 6, 2010 at 9:35…
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Verizon iPhone data – yay!
When Verizon announced the Verizon iPhone, they said that data plan pricing would be announced at a later time. Â When that was said, I was expecting the worst, figuring that they were going to put the axe on unlimited 3G data plans and didn’t want to leave a bad taste in would-be customers’ mouths on…
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Is Apple trying to screw us?
I have traditionally held a relatively high level of respect for iFixit, a web site dedicated to the repair of your iProducts, providing parts and manuals for just about every Apple product made this side of the year 2000. Â I gained even more respect for them about a month ago, when they announced their quest…
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The year of the tablet
“Oh no he di’n’t!” I was having a civil conversation with some guy who was trying to explain to me how Apple would do much better business if they made cheaper computers (apparently in his universe Dell was kicking Apple’s ass in revenues, profit margins, and total cash on hand) and then he went and…
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Why I’m excited about the Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is launching tomorrow, and it’s arguably the most exciting thing to have happened to Mac developers since XCode. Â If you’re a tech enthusiast, it may be difficult to get excited about what is ultimately just a newly developed distribution system for the Mac apps we’ve known and loved for the past…
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Agile government
While our political airwaves keep getting cluttered with endless talking points about spending vs. providing government services, I can’t help but feel like it’s a giant facade covering up a very real deficiency of our government–one that has a very possible, and very simple solution. Our government’s not very agile. Pretty much all of the…
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The scandals of Wikileaks
It seems the US government is doomed to never learn from history. Â Though I’m a little late to the party and the controversy du jour is probably soon to be replaced with another (remember how everyone was complaining about the TSA just a few weeks ago?) I have been pondering about this issue and I…
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Mmm, California. Beautiful!
It’s a little bit mind blowing to me that two weeks ago was Thanksgiving day (edit: I started writing the post two days ago.). Â I had to look at my calendar widget in disbelief to make sure I hadn’t missed a week in there, but no, it really has only been two weeks. Â Since then…
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Leaving On a Jet-ta
Hello friends, If you closely stalk me on Facebook you are probably already aware that I am leaving the Midwest to go to California, where new opportunities await. If I didn’t get a chance to see you before leaving, I’m sorry; I really only ha a tiny bit of time to make this move. I…