Several months ago I was contemplating simplifying my home-theater thing by drafting my Nintendo Wii to take care of media server details. Only a couple problems with this plan: 1) No DVD support, 2) low-resolution screen, 3) No native iTunes support. Yeah. Not so great. Not being able to just play a DVD was bad [...]
iPhone bsod
July 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Given how much I rag on anything Microsoft, it only seems fair to note when things go very bad for Apple products. Here’s one that really doesn’t need a blog post, but I couldn’t help myself. Eileen Rivera, from Revision3, posted the above image of her faltering iPhone on her posterous blog with the explanatory [...]
Hackintosh as Media Server
July 19, 2009 By 1 Comment
This time last year I confessed to one hidden cost I hadn’t counted on in moving to a one-bedroom apartment from a studio: purchasing another TV. Well, I seem to be back at it again, contemplating the not-so-hidden costs of moving from a one-bedroom apartment to a two-bedroom townhouse. This time around, in addition to [...]
The Education Way: Tech Answers Looking for Problems
June 7, 2009 By 1 Comment
Very funny video, but did you notice he said that his district dropped a macbook on him so that he could support a school-site that runs macs only and he didn’t know what to do with the thing. It’s all meant to be fun and games, but his “tech answer looking for problems” set-up brought [...]
Weak – Laptop Hunter Picks PC for Video Editing
May 4, 2009 By 2 Comments
Come on, Microsoft. Clearly you’ve forgotten one of the first tenets of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, To not attack the enemy where they’re strongest, but where they are weakest. You had a good foothold emphasizing that a Windows PC tends to be cheaper, has more applications, and more video games… but NOT video [...]
Teleport & Share-screen for Ultimate MacGeek Control Out of the Office
April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Sitting in my dining area I want more screen real-estate and want to control my iTunes playing on the Mac Mini in the bedroom. Teleport and Mac OS X share-screen function to the rescue. Teleport, possibly a descendant of the much loved synergy, was recommended by iJustine on MBW #133. “Griffin Evolve Wireless Sound System [...]
Dell Mini9 On the Outside – MacOS X on the Inside
April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Rumors continue to abound about Apple introducing a petite netbook before the end of 2009 from the likes of PC World and engadget (hell, even I couldn’t avoid running a story with a cool image of the mythical net-tablet). Alas, while we continue to wait and hope that Apple does something in this tech space [...]
I Want One: Apple NetBook Rumors
March 9, 2009 By 2 Comments
Gizmodo published a mock-up of the proposed Apple Macintosh NetBook (the story was picked up by CNET and engadget). I was really close to purchasing a Kindle2 over the past weekend, but in view of rumors of an end of March Apple event I’m keeping my credit card in my wallet. An Apple source said [...]
Reading Redesigned Continues: Kindle2 & Big Rocks from the Sky
February 27, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Amazon’s Kindle 2 has begun arriving in happy gadget freak’s homes this week. Announced on February 9th by Amazon.com founder, Jeff Bezos, the Kindle 2 is reported to have cleaned up some of the style-points that version one suffered from with a thinner, lighter device and boosted internal memory from 512 MB to 2 GB. [...]
Apple’s RDF Hits Me at Full Sail Promo
February 5, 2009 By 2 Comments
I’m beginning to think that the famed “Reality Distortion Field” isn’t limited to Steve Jobs or Macworld Expo keynotes. One of the benefits of being at Full Sail is having access to almost monthly tech events and this morning the good folks from Apple, Inc. sent over Steven Hayman to show an auditorium full of [...]
