Posts Tagged ‘ Mac ’

Writing Journal: Day 11

February 22, 2011
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Writing Journal: Day 11

What does your writing folder look like? By ‘writing folder’, I mean whatever you use to organize your writing.  It can be paper books or pads, typed pages, old floppy discs, iomega zip discs, cd’s, dvd’s – even tape recordings. (I use these as examples because the photo shows all the ways I have...

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Random Thoughts for July 14th 2010

July 14, 2010
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/begin random thoughts I pitched an idea to someone and they liked it so I’ll probably start something new here shortly. More on that later… * * * Networking is important no matter what you do for a living.  Meeting new people, making connections – it can be the difference between something happening or...

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Return of the Podcast: Episode 9

February 14, 2010
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I said I’d do it, I warned you – you didn’t listen, did you? Well, now it’s TOO LATE! THE RETURN OF THE PODCAST IS HERE! Episode 9 of the All Things From My Brain Podcast is here. In this weeks massive, DOUBLE SIZED, MAXI-PODCAST, I am joined by a special guest on his...

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Faxiophiles

December 8, 2009
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Faxiophiles I’ve been around computers and technology for as long as I can remember. I cut my teeth on the Apple Color Computer II, then the TRS-80 (Trash80) from Radio Shack. I recall BASIC and DOS, played Pong, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Sony Playstation and the XBOX-360. I’ve fond memories of dialing into...

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Podcast: Episode 5

July 19, 2009
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Episode #5: All Things from My Brain In the fifth episode of the All Things From My Brain podcast, I talk about the Palm Pre losing it’s iTunes sync functionality, how India plans to issue biometric ID cards to its 1.2 BILLION citizens, how the Kindle and Amazon are once again in the news...

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Podcast: Episode 2

June 28, 2009
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Episode 2 Show notes and links Tech Update iPhone 3GS sales/news: Wall Street Journal  http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090622-710455.html Information Week: http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218100710 NY Times Online: http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/the-real-cost-of-an-iphone-3gs/ Apple Insider: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/22/12_of_early_iphone_3g_buyers_report_ditching_their_blackberry.html Kindle News The Atlantic: http://meganmcardle.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/06/rethinking_the_kindle.php Gear Diary: http://www.geardiary.com/2009/06/19/kindles-drm-rears-its-ugly-head-and-it-is-ugly/ Games Mass Effect: http://www.macworld.com/article/141325/2009/06/masseffectgalaxy.html?lsrc=rss_main Cnet: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10270870-17.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Penny Arcade: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/9/26/ Tom’s Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/sims-piracy-bittorrent-game-sales,8126.html Transformers 2 Wired:  http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/06/blowback-does-transformers-2-blow-moviegoers-weigh-in/ Roger Ebert; http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997 Scifi Wire:...

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New thing I did – A Podcast

June 21, 2009
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So. Guess what I did this weekend? I created a podcast!! I decided that I have a face fit for radio… Or Podcasting… Anyway, spent the weekend working on this – hoping that I’ve worked the kinks out and it’ll be much much easier to do these moving forward.  We’ll have to see about...

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A Mac virus vs. a Windows virus

April 24, 2009
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So.  Big news on the net this week; Mac’s have a malware program running around the Internet. Die hard Mac haters are cheering.  “See,” they say in a chorus of sneering.  “Mac’s aren’t so safe after all!  You can get infected too!”  They’re toasting each other on what they have believed is the inevitable...

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Rant: Mac vs. PC

April 20, 2009
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Microsoft is running these cute new commercials offering to pay for a laptop for some twenty-something who is computer shopping, if they can find what they want for under $1000.  The point of the piece is to highlight the difference in pricing between Mac computers and Windows computers. I don’t deny that Mac’s cost...

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Warcraft

November 13, 2008
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Well, to quote Michael Corleone: Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in. My trip to Blizzcon rekindled my interest in the World of Warcraft, among other games.  I’ve been doing a good job of balancing my time playing video games with doing other, non sitting around on my ass...

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