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Monthly Archives: January 2007
Method to make your tenant’s day miserable
1. Tenant ask about possibility of having a cat. 2. Landlord says yes, you can have a cat. 3. Tenant lets landlord know when they can expect a call from SPCA. 4. Landlord says it’s all good. 5. Tenant goes … Continue reading
CNET gives Vista a yawn
With any consumer products, there are two signs that you’re really in trouble: 1. You’re only being compared to the same product of last generation. This type of comparative review where you’re evaluated mostly against the last generation, perhaps even … Continue reading
Driven to Mac by Vista
It’s nice to see that I’m not the only one that’s been driven to Mac by the disappointment of Windows Vista. From The Unofficial Apple Weblog: MIT writer says Vista drove her to Mac And the original article here: Uninspiring … Continue reading
Gear Diary reviews Presto – part 2
Gear Diary had done a very impressive and thorough out-of-the-box experience & review for Presto before. They also apparently followed it up with a Part 2 of the review that shows the experience from the receiver’s side (the previous review … Continue reading
More signs that apocalypse is coming… VirginMega France without DRM?
The industry trend to start selling DRM-less music seems to be growing. Independent artists & small labels were where I expected to see those changes taking place. However, it seems that even some major labels has throw themselves into the … Continue reading
Alas, not all is perfect with the Mac
From a person who complains about the nuisances… well, just about anything, would you expect anything less? Every product, may it be a car, my choice of toothpaste and shaving cream, and as incredulous as it may sound, even my … Continue reading
Best quote about the iPhone so far
Courtesy of Time Magazine online: The iPhone breaks two basic axioms of consumer technology. One, when you take an application and put it on a phone, that application must be reduced to a crippled and annoying version of itself. Two, … Continue reading
Mac was very quiet at Macworld
This year’s Macworld keynote was all about the iPhone, and a bit about appletv. Despite that the next release of OS X, Leopard, is pretty much around the corner (anywhere between now and summer?), there had been very little talk … Continue reading
Apple just killed CES
It’s not typical for CES and Macworld to happen on the same week. Usually CES occurs a week before Macworld, and it was due to the weird calendar dates following New Years this year, that both events were held at … Continue reading
Is it finally time for DRM to be over?
A few, rather small & quiet, news items caught my attention shortly over the holiday season. During the season of CES & Macworld, or the blissful orgasmic gathering of tech geeks as I like to call it, it’s easy for … Continue reading