Puppy for sale
eBay item 5216057139 – Apple G4 15″ PowerBook It must be gut-wrenching to get rid of your Powerbook. Like giving up a very helpful child. I don’t think I’ll ever get rid of my Powerbook. It’s the perfect machine, and I love it dearly. And if you can’t understand how someone can love a computer, [...]
Google Earth
Google Earth I think the reason it’s not a concurrent release is two-fold: First, the 3D API (OpenGL) is different from what’s in Windows. (I’m pretty sure.) Second, there are very few GPS receivers that are Mac compatible, and I bet having to write drivers for them is a real pain in the ass..
mod_mono How-To
mod_mono How-To mod_mono is a technology that lets your run ASP.NET on Unix/Linux systems. I’ve been trying to get it to run on my Powerbook, but it’s not really working very well. It looks like you need a lot of hacking. Maybe I should contact Marc Liyanage so he can create a package for us [...]
Detroit News Loves the Mini
Shopping for an inexpensive PC? Make it a Mac Mini. You won’t regret it. – 03/02/05 Best part: The Mini just runs and runs and runs. Being a Mac user, I often forget what most of the rest of the world goes through just to use their computers. Maybe that’s why things like this are [...]
Reactions to the 2005 Stevenote
Mac mini: Apple hit a home run with this one. $500 gets you a pretty good system. $650 gets you a pretty good system with enough RAM to be useable. Bluetooth opens the door to its use as a presentation server, a PVR (with a little hardware) or a new machine. Unfortunately for all of [...]
The Swordfish has Landed
IT CAME!!! Those wizards at FedEx got my Powerbook to me all the way from Shanghai in 5 days, circumventing the best attempts at the Feds to hold it up for six hours in Indianapolis. God Bless Fed Ex. (And she’s a bit of a time traveler, having arrived in Anchorage before leaving Shanghai.) Right [...]
Pompitous
I’m getting a Powerbook!!! That’s right, you’re not seeing things. Me, myself, yo, je, I am getting a POWERBOOK!!! Hillary said it can be my wedding present. Then she said she wants an iPod. I’m going to get the 1.5Ghz, 15″, 128MB VRAM, 1-DIMM 512MB, 80GB/5400rpm model. It’s already got Bluetooth (for my phone) and [...]