Category: Technology
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Please wait while Windows calculates how it can suck even more.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that I lasted about a nanosecond before I broke down and bought a new computer (cat does not come standard). (Actually, cat does not come, period). It’s way more computer than I need — it’s way more computer than most shuttle launches need — and it was…
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Consumer breakdown
(WARNING: Yuppie-in-denial complaining follows. If you’re the type who’s offended by the petulant whining of the over-privileged, you’ll want to skip this post. And a couple of the next posts, too. For that matter, you probably want to skip this whole blog.) These past few months have been kind of a test of will power…
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Idiot Box
Back when I was writing columns for SFist, one of the things I kept harping on was that Apple should make a DVR. If they could do for television what they did for the iPod, that’d be huge, right? An interface for TV as slick as OS X, without as many of the weird limitations…
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Forbidden Desire
Man, I want to get a 24″ iMac so bad I can taste it. The problem is I don’t, strictly speaking, need one. I’m a master at convincing myself to blow too much money on excess stuff, and my skill only increases when Apple’s involved. But I’m hitting a brick wall here. At the moment,…
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Can’t stop complainin’
This year I plan to bitch about the iPhone one day every day until its release. This article on Ars Technica’s Infinite Loop journal links to confirmation that the iPhone will be closed to independent developers, because Steve Jobs wants it that way. That article makes plenty of good points, but the best was raised…
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Macworld
Maybe it’s just because I’ve been reading too many Apple-related blogs, but I think they really over-sold the whole Macworld expo this year. No doubt it’s a bigger deal if you aren’t stuck with just the exhibits-only pass, and you can see some of the conferences. But I was pretty underwhelmed. After watching two sessions…
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Apple Whore, Nothing More
It’d be cool if I could claim that I was completely unmoved by the Apple iPhone announcement. But I think we all know that’d be a lie, so I’m not even going to bother. From the looks of it, they got everything right. It’s everything I was hoping to hear when they first started leaking…
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The Treachery of NSImages
Thanks to my recent bout of unemployment, I’ve finally been able to finish one of the projects I always said I’d do when I got free time. This one is to write a complete app for Mac OS X, from start to release. The app is called Incisor, and it’s a lightweight image editor. I’m…
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To the Moon!
Not only is the honeymoon over, but I think a trial separation is in order. The fan on my MacBook Pro is making grinding and clicking noises that get gradually louder, culminating in an ear-splitting crescendo about 20 minutes after boot-up. The thing has run ungodly hot ever since I got it, but what with…
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A Funny Thing Happened in my Pants
I finally started to dig through all the shaky video I took at Disney World, finally taking advantage of all the iMovie and iDVD and iWhateverElse I’ve been paying for with every OS X update. It’s reasonably fun, but it sure takes a hell of a lot of time. And I’ve learned it’s crucial to…
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The Honeymoon’s Over
I remember when a new announcement from Apple would have me visibly excited and reaching for my wallet. I even waited around today for Pacific Time to catch up so I could see what all the hoopla was about. And the experience was like when you have to go see that distant cousin who’s a…
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Get it off me! Get it off me!
I finally got my computer dual-booting into Windows, and everything I need for work installed on the Windows partition. That only took two days. It’s not Apple’s fault; BootCamp couldn’t be simpler or easier to use. And I guess it’s not Windows’ fault either, since once I had an official install, it worked without hassle.…