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Friday, April 11th, 2008The King and His Throne
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
Even Conan never had it so good.
Our elementary school is going Apple next year, and we saved a few bucks by ordering the equipment early so it’s already here. I have three 52 Weeks pics to take yet (because I’m a slacker), so I thought it would be [...]
I Feel So Dirty
Monday, February 11th, 2008I just ordered the iMac for the family.
Mmmm, Kool-Aid.
And someone please tell me why the iPod touch doesn’t have Bluetooth. If you could access the Internet through a cell phone, it would make Safari and Google Maps much more useful. Some of us live in the boonies where public wi-fi is still an urban legend [...]
Getting Her Geek On
Monday, February 11th, 2008The Wife got her first hands-on look at the iPod touch yesterday, and was blown away by how small it is. She’s now excited to be owning one soon, mostly because it will take significantly less space in her purse than the calendar and address book she carries around now. She walked out of the [...]
“Click! Take a pic!”
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008The Canon EOS 450D (aka Digital Rebel XSi) has been formally announced, and it shall be mine. (Provided it doesn’t come with Rosie Perez’s voice.*)
I’ve been wanting a digital SLR for a long time. I’ve used an old 35mm camera in the past, and I really enjoyed it compared to using a point-and-shoot digital. Looking [...]
Drinking the Apple Kool-Aid
Saturday, January 26th, 2008One of the Apple execs I met yesterday made a good statement about their products: you don’t get it until you try it.
Apple users extol the virtues of their OS all the time. Three of my friends, including (former) die-hard PC user John Roling, have switched to Mac and vow to never go back. A [...]
News of the Web
Friday, January 25th, 2008So much to blog, so little time. Here’s a couple quick hits:
Congrats to Automattic, creators of the bestest blog software on the planet (WordPress), for landing $29 million in funding. Not too shabby for a product that’s being given away for free. And they say Open Source doesn’t work. Ha! Version 2.5 already sounds delicious.
A [...]
The Advantage in Being Proprietary
Friday, January 18th, 2008My Apple rep, Joe, was in my office as I was packing up at the end of the day. I leaned over to my MacBook, clicked the Apple icon, and clicked Shut Down.
“Did you just shut down your MacBook?” Joe asked. He gave me the same look one might give someone who had just shoved [...]
Where Are the Vista Apologists?
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Brooding
Originally uploaded by MikeOliveri.
I’ve become more and more impressed with the MacBook I’ve been evaluating. Between reader comments and the things an Apple rep has showed me, I’m starting to really see the appeal of OS X.
The much-touted ease of use is really there. With no more instruction than “click here and here,” my son [...]
2007: Year in Review
Monday, December 31st, 2007If someone were to ask me how this year went, my first reaction would be to call it a write-off. Then I got to thinking about it, and it actually hasn’t been so bad after all. Let’s look back, shall we?
I started the year by selling the German rights to Deadliest of the Species to [...]
Dvorak Missing the Point?
Monday, December 10th, 2007Cranky tech pundit John C. Dvorak recently wrote a PC Magazine column slamming the One Laptop per Child project. Dvorak knows his stuff, and he makes some good points about these children being exposed to all the garbage on the Internet. However, I think he may have missed the point with his “let them eat [...]
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