Life without Apple
I suppose it was inevitable, and I’ve written about it before (see here) but it still sucks to watch a part of Apple sink into mediocrity. From the total lack […]
Category Archives: Operating Systems
Droid X by Motorola
After yet another attempt at highway robbery by AT&T and with no sign of a Verizon iPhone any time soon, I took the plunge yesterday and moved back to VZW. […]
Apple sucks more each day
This is a fully paid up member of the Steve Club* speaking here. Each day I’m getting more and more dissatisfied with Apple. First there is the iPhone. Over the […]
Slooooow Snow Leopard & Stuck Processes
I upgraded to Snow Leopard as soon as I could and immediately felt there was a big slow down with lots of Spinning Beachballs, etc. Terminal showed between 5 and […]
Snow Leopard, Ruby and MySQL gem
Spent the afternoon with a buddy who is an Apple Developer and has been using Snow Leopard (OSX 10.6) for a while… droool… He was complaining about a few issues, […]
iPhone 3.0: Funny Icon Appears
What is this strange icon that’s appeared on my iPhone now it’s upgraded to 3.0? The one in the top right hand corner between the alarm and the battery? Unfortunately […]
Information on Downloading and Installing Windows 7
So Microsoft announces that anyone can download and install the beta of Windows 7 for free by clicking here. But of course, that site runs on Windows and this is […]
SmartSleep & Screen Recycler
By default MacBooks save the contents of memory to disk every time you suspend (close the screen). I have 4 gigabytes of RAM and often run many apps at once […]
The Slippery Road to Being Microsoft
Any fan of computer history will delight in the cycle of dominance & decay that each 800lb gorilla experiences as their niche becomes mainstream and then gets overtaken by newer, […]
Apple releases iPod Touch 2.0 Software Upgrade
Having a severe allergic reaction to AT&T, I’ve held off buying an iPhone or an iPhone 3G. But I do have an iPod Touch and it’s been tremendously frustrating watching […]
