I just realized that I’m still sitting in front of my computer, having gone outside maybe once today to get beer. Now I am drinking a beer. A Stella Artois. I am wondering what I am going to do tonight. My gaming posse has all but dried up. I guess they decided they needed “real-lives” [...]
There’s been a lot of backlash this week in the mainstream news about Apple, iTunes and the iPod. From sweatshops in Asia to more of Europe beginning to demand an opening of Fairplay DRM and iPod access. Believe it or not, I think this is actually a good thing. Apple has some fairly crappy quality [...]
Microsoft doesn’t like PCs sold without Windows I wonder if now that Apple machines can run Windows, if Microsoft is going to start insisting that every Mac comes with a copy of Windows and charging $100 for it? (a stupid comment I made in iChat this morning that made me laugh a little) Technorati Tags: [...]
Well, I had a busy week. When I wasn’t too busy putting hot peppers in my cat’s eye*, I considered writing something about Apple’s Boot Camp utility that everyone’s been losing their minds about — investors included. Why would AAPL jump nearly $10 because Macs can suddenly boot Windows? Isn’t that, like, “this Dell PC [...]
Here’s another article equating Microsoft’s slippage with increased Mac sales. How could Redmond not be feeling this? Vista delay could add up to Mac sales | CNET News.com Update! The hits just keep on comin’… 60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten (Smarthouse) Vista Not People Ready (Forbes) and on and on… Office 2007 [...]
Dria linked me to this earlier today and I had to post it. I’m starting to feel sorry for the guys in the trenches at Microsoft. Some of their comments posted off of the two linked articles are beginning to sound desperate. What’s the difference between Mac OS X and Vista? Microsoft employees are excited [...]
That’s right. DEAD! Yesterday, Prod and I were playing a game of CivIV, as we often do on weekends. Our game was progressing reasonably well. My score was respectable and I was in the lead for a good chunk of the game. I managed to get through a brief war with the egyptians without losing [...]
Awhile back I posted a note about the Xbox 360 not being able to playback unencrypted AAC files. Well, I wanted to update that Microsoft has posted a free plugin on the Xbox Live Marketplace that enables this. I’ve installed the update, wiped my iPod and restored it to Mac HFS format and moved all [...]
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