I really like my Apple aluminum keyboard. I really do. It’s compact and attractive, and hairs don’t get all caught in it, or if they do you can’t see them. The keyboard is springy and resistive; it’s got a really nice feel to it. Unless, of course, you’ve just walked up to it across a [...]
I had my first ever Planes, Trains and Automobiles type experience this year. And I owe it all to Thrifty car rental.
When talking about cell phones and MP3 players with flash-based internal storage it’s become commonplace to refer to the device’s capacity as “memory.” Even Walt Mossberg and other respected tech writers — the very folks who are supposed to make technology easier to understand — are guilty of this practice: “The G1 also has much [...]
There’s a common occurrence in the world of systems administration. Once I describe it you’ll probably all nod you’re heads knowingly and go, “Yeah, that happens to me all the time.” It happened to me recently, in fact. I was attempting to set a Linux system to authenticate via a freshly-built LDAP server — something [...]
I’ve been hopeful in the past about Adobe installers, and there have been improvements. But Adobe’s update process still leaves a bitter taste in my mouth every time I try to use it, which is with less and less frequency, largely because of said bitter taste. Adobe Updater: Update Thyself? Not Confidence-Inspiring(click image for larger [...]
Just wanted to mention, I have purchased The Beast. And it is good. The Beast: Eight Frickin’ Cores, Dude(click image for larger view) To wit: I was doing some video compressing. The top command showed about 300% processor usage. And I thought, “Wow. That’s not even half.”
So there’s an incredibly annoying and puzzling behavior in Mac OS X with regards to duplicate computer names on the LAN. Most Mac Admins probably know what I’m talking about. Here’s the deal: Let’s say you have a Mac Pro on your home network named Spanky and it has an IP address of 192.168.1.25. Let’s [...]
I’ve heard that the WACOM company’s name is supposed to be pronounced “wack-em.” But I don’t care. I’m saying “way-com.” ‘Cause let’s face it, you just sound stupid saying, “Hey, can I try your wack-em?” Or, “Your wack-em is huge. Much bigger than my wack-em.” Or, “Wow, I just love my new, giant wack-em.” Oh [...]
The term “sea change” has been extremely popular of late. I’m not sure why. I have a sneaking suspicion that the universe of online Mac journalism is highly incestuous. (I feel dirty.) But stranger still, the word “rejigger” has popped up, in one form or another, in no fewer than three articles or blogs, today [...]
Universal recently announced that they — like a handful of other major record companies — would begin offering DRM-free music for download at a number of online stores. But not on iTunes. It’s a strange and controversial decision, and probably represents Universal’s best efforts to gain some control over the online music market, which, from [...]