Warning: This is a long-winded article recounting my battle to replace Windows Me with a copy of Windows XP on my wife’s desktop computer. As such, it’ll probably only interest those who are facing a similar upgrade war. A few years ago, I was having problems with my Windows 98 desktop machine. It was a … Read more
It’s official. I’ve switched to the Mac. Long-time readers will know that I bought an Apple laptop – an iBook – a few years ago, but I’ve continued to use a Windows desktop machine at home. That machine was getting more than a little long in the tooth though, and it was time for a … Read more
I never got into the whole song-stealing thing. I say “stealing” rather than “trading” because despite all the rationalizations, that’s exactly what it was and is: stealing. In the beginning, there might have been some folks who were sampling music or doing the modern day equivalent of dubbing a friends CD on to tape. But … Read more
A review of Apple’s original iPod digital music player.
I posted this using my new wireless network. Too freaking cool. I’m not sure if all my networking issues are now resolved, but they maybe. The router managed to connect as it should, even after I took the night off to watch the Super Bowl, so that “disconnect after 2 hours” bug I was having … Read more
My wireless hub – a Netgear MR814 Cable/DSL Wireless Router – arrived on Thursday, and I finally got a chance to play around with it today. So far, things are not going well. First, my internet connection has been acting wacky the last 24 hours or so. Maybe it had something to do with the … Read more
I took the plunge last night, and ordered a wireless hub (by Netgear) and an Airport card (by Apple) in an effort to finally go wireless at home. The nifty new Apple Airport Extreme wireless hub is neat — it supports the blazing fast IEEE 802.11g wireless standard, and is a reasonable $199 (as opposed … Read more
Jaguar, the latest iteration of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system, offers greatly enhanced compatibility with Microsoft Windows, a superb spam-killing e-mail program, and numerous minor improvements. The previous release was 10.1, and while this one is formally known as 10.2, it offers far more than the .1 incrimination of its version number implies. Apple … Read more
Mozilla is the open-source monster spun off by Netscape in a desperate attempt to harness the passion of thousands of Microsoft-hating geeks to build a better browser. It took years longer than anyone anticipated, but they finally got the code to the point where it could be released, thus spawning the lackluster Netscape 6.0 browser. … Read more
I finally got to visit one of Apple’s new stores, specifically the Apple Store in the Short Hills Mall in New Jersey. It was like walking into a little slice of heaven. Dual-processor G4s with beautiful (and ungodly expensive) 22-inch flat screen monitors lined one mall. The new lamp-like iMacs lined another wall and proved … Read more