At the outset I counted myself among the underwhelmed by the iPad. But after letting the idea stew for some time and reading the copious analysis of the upcoming device, I’ve gradually warmed to the idea of it and start to find myself wandering into that camp that believes it may [...]
Remember the ads for Kindergarten Cop? Kids pointing at Arnold’s oversized biceps and he exclaiming, “It’s not a tumor!” That’s what keeps going through my head, only instead of Arnold’s muscles it’s an iPad. And it’s my face superimposed onto his body saying, over and over, in my best faux Austrian accent, “It’s not a [...]
I got a Magic Mouse for Christmas, and I like it a lot better than I thought I would. When first hearing about it, I thought the Magic Mouse sounded amazing, like a combination of the best features of a mouse and a trackpad (yes, I’m addicted to two-finger scrolling) without the mechanical deficiencies of [...]
Google’s finally released a beta version of their browser for the Mac. I’m surprised at how impressive I’m finding it. Here are some initial observations:
“Reopen Closed Tab”
Google Chrome allows you to reopen the last tab you closed, which is an insanely useful feature I don’t seem to be able to live without anymore, and a [...]
As is the norm for this time of year, the web’s full of top ten lists. And the portion of the web I read on a regular basis is naming their top ten tech items of the decade. In that spirit I thought I’d post about the most significant piece of technology from my decade, [...]
I very much appreciate Firefox’s ability to save and restore my window and tab settings every time I quit and relaunch the app. It’s one of my favorite things about Firefox.
But I seem to remember that there was once a way to enable this feature while also having Firefox open new blank windows, that is, [...]
There are at least a few folks who are less than happy with Apple’s decision to remove the option to download and keep updates from the Software Update application in Snow Leopard. I count myself among them.
Though the option may be gone from the GUI, however, it still exists in the command line version. Rob [...]
My recent Archives article was met with some controversy and debate, which is great. I love controversy and debate, and a terrific discussion ensued. That discussion has led me to think a bit harder on my archive plan, and I’d like to follow up on the matter with some of the specifics of said plan, [...]
When I first saw the title of this article over at Ars I rolled my eyes:
Cloud Computing: a short introduction
Then I read it.
It turns out to be an incredibly thorough, yet brief, technical description of the term Cloud Computing. The article does a great job of defining Grid Computing and then uses that definition as [...]
I recently wrote an article, entitled Why We Tell You To Reboot, that described a Final Cut Pro bug which, after going to great troubleshooting lengths, I was ultimately only able to solve by a simple reboot. Shortly after posting I received a single comment from a fellow admin and blogger:
“You really tell people to [...]