I was still a windows user when the infamous Ellen Feiss switch ad hit the air. Though most people considered the ads only moderately successful, it was those ads that first got me to consider Apple as a PC alternative. As far as Mrs. Feiss herself, I thought it obvious she was either high, nuts, [...]
Dvorak’s the Larry King of computer journalism. He’s famous, ubiquitous, and few people take him seriously. He’s the crazy uncle telling you the world is flat and you laugh and nod since getting into a debate would be exhausting and pointless and hell, you don’t even know if he really believes what he’s selling.
Regarding Vista, [...]
Mark Pilgrim gives his take on the recent full screen text editing fad:
I guess the part I don’t understand is the target audience. Who is so serious about writing that they need a full-screen editor, but so unserious that they don’t have a favorite editor already?
Even avoiding the obvious answer that almost every welder, pianist, [...]
I recently had to replace the battery on my mother’s corvette. I took the battery out, threw it in my jeep, and headed to Advance Auto Parts. I’ve used Advance Auto Parts for my battery needs for a while now, due to their close proximity and overall speediness. They test it, tell me it’s bad, [...]
Dan Benjamin, the author of Hivelogic, has started his own podcast. His first guest was John Gruber of Daring Fireball. For a first attempt it sounded great, especially Dan Benjamin (I wouldn’t be shocked to learn Mr. Benjamin has some experience in public speaking). The topic was the possible iPod phone. As interested as I [...]
MacWorld 07 is coming. In a way it’s a second Christmas with Steve Jobs taking on the role of santa, an angrier, grumpier santa. Unlike Christmas as a kid when I would sneak peeks at my presents in the closet, I have no idea what santa’s bring me, but I know what I’m wishing for.
The [...]
A couple of weeks ago the magsafe power adapter for my MacBook started to fail and in the matter of a few days stopped working completely. The cord had frayed at the point it meets the power adapter. My initial thought was “what did I do?”. But I’m careful with my computer equipment. My MacBook [...]