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// May 15th, 2012 // No Comments » // Apple, Computers, Software
Great opinion piece from Mac App Storm on how Apple’s Mac App Store is broken when it comes to upgrades. It obviously applies to the iOS store as well — Mac apps just tend to be on the pricier side, so it ends up more of an issue, and more painful for users.
Mac App Store Paid Upgrades: How Apple Should Fix a Broken Model
// January 13th, 2012 // No Comments » // Computers, Gaming
Oh man on man. This brings back a lot of memories — especially the X-Com series. Here’s a solution for playing some of these classic personal computer games of days of past on modern hardware.
I see some classic gaming in my future — especially the X-Com series.
// December 16th, 2011 // No Comments » // Computers, Internet / Web
I’m a Gmail fanatic, and have been using Gmail for over a decade now, seeing it constantly tweaked and improved. We’re now using it for work as well.
I’ve been meaning to pour over this list, as well as post it for over a week now:
// December 13th, 2011 // No Comments » // Chicks, Computers
I’m by no stretch of the imagination, a digital artist, but I do spend an inordinate time in Photoshop and know my way around Illustrator. Both of which make my respect for these digital art portraits even higher. Anyone can throw some filters or autotrace on an image (which a few of these may have done). But it takes a lot skill and time to make these come alive.
Nice collection from WebTabLab.com.
// July 20th, 2011 // No Comments » // Apple, Computers, Software
Big day for Apple fanboys— new hardware released in the form of new Thunderbolt-equipped, faster MacBook Airs (along with the discontinuation of the entry-level portable—white polycarbonate MacBook) and Mac Minis.
This came in conjunction with the long-rumored next version of Mac OS X – Lion, available exclusively right now via the Mac App store. Downloaded it already and will finish installing this evening.
If you’re like me, you haven’t really dove into what all the “250 new features” of Lion are. I’m sure playing around with it over the next few days will get me up to speed, but in the meantime, Mac World did a great in-depth writeup on what Lion is offered. For $30, it seemed like a no-brainer to update all our in-house Macs to the newest operating system.
// June 27th, 2011 // No Comments » // Computers, Software, Video
Love this video infographic, if you will of the 2010 Stuxnet virus which is rumored to be created by government(s) with a specific set of targets in mind— the first weaponized virus.
// June 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // Apple, Computers, Software
Windows 7 has really [finally] caught up to Mac OS X to the point that Windows 7 has some nice features and polish that OS X users might like and appreciate:
// May 12th, 2011 // No Comments » // Computers, Misc Reviews, Reviews, Software
Think about how much of what you do on your portable devices is Internet related. Then, in 2011 think about how much of your data isn’t even stored locally — email, photos, calendars, notes, the list goes on and on. Google’s Chrome OS embraces this cloud-based concept.
A few months back when installing Parallels (to run Windows 7) on my work iMac, I saw there was an option to install Chrome OS. While I had heard about the OS being run on Google branded mobile devices (not to be confused with Android OS), I hadn’t had a chance to play with it, but was intrigued by the concept.
// April 29th, 2011 // No Comments » // Computers, Internet / Web
Great read, though in my mind this all academic. When we’re comparing brute force attacks time to get a password in years, in my book, either gibberish with a nice password helper like 1Password, or a phrase with spaces is secure enough for everyday use.
Why Multi-word Phrases Make for More Secure Passwords Than Incomprehensible Gibberish
// April 12th, 2011 // No Comments » // Computers, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Tech
This is a great little collection of how technology and its innovations are affecting and will continue to affect the automobile.
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