Tag: apple
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I’d hate to be a piece of furniture in Steve Ballmer’s office this week
The Mac App Store launched Thursday, and Herman Miller stock went up two points in anticipation of all of the chairs Steve Ballmer has probably been throwing at people this week. There’s no way the sweaty-pitted Microsoft CEO isn’t beating his middle managers like red-headed step-children after the news came out that people downloaded a…
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iPad
I now have an iPad. Sarah surprised me with one for our anniversary, and I’ve only had a bit over a full day to play with it, but I think it’s a pretty damn revolutionary device. I had my doubts when it came out, especially because I already had a very capable iPhone for pocket-oriented…
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River of stress
I continue to stress out over the move. I have two painters coming over today for quotes on patch/paint on the old place to get it ready to sell. I have no news and no commitment on when we will get keys for the new place, so I’m now putting together the contingency plan so…
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System emulation time machine
I’m always talking about time machines, touchstones that launch you into nostalgia for some forgotten era of the past. There’s one that I mess with that’s infinitely more detailed than any other, and it’s system emulation, which was once just a vague dream and is now huge and all-encompassing. I guess it all really started…
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iOS 4.1, semi-portable computing
iOS 4.1 came out yesterday, and I updated my iPhone 3G, which has been plagued with slowdowns and randomness since I updated it to 4.0. It was almost so bad that I thought I was running a high-end Windows Mobile phone. (Okay, not that bad.) But it appears that the fixes in 4.1 alleviate any…
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There are no coincidences
The last time I bought a new computer, the Rockies beat the Mets. Today, the Rockies beat the Mets. And guess what I did? No, I did not buy a computer because Denver beat New York. (If that was true, I’d own many computers.) But I did replace my 2007 MacBook. I ordered the new…
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Requiem for an iPhone
Well, my must-last-two-years-according-to-AT&T iPhone 3G just crossed the magical Apple rainbow at nine months. It was working fine, but it started developing a crack in the back case, just above the dock connector. It probably could have lasted another year, but I figured I would make the trek to the Apple Store and see if…
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New iPod
I bought a new iPod yesterday, to replace the second-gen 20 Gig one that I’ve had for a few years now. The battery was starting to go, and it’s on the second battery, plus I wanted more space and all of the new features, so I went to the Apple store and ponied up the…
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Making the Mac switch
This is my first entry from my new machine, which is a Mac Mini. I already wrote about the big switch over on LiveJournal, so read there for the political puling. I’m mostly concerned with getting everything over to the new machine and working. I think web updates are fine, I’m reading mail here, and…
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iPod, CD binging
This iPod is incredible. It’s a great experience to have a big plurality of your music collection with you at all times, in a tiny little box as big as a deck of cards. And it’s great to listen to everything on shuffle, hearing old favorites next to new CDs next to things I cherished…