CompUSA… Blows

Posted on October 17th, 2005 by Steve

I haven’t been in years, but my friend Matt has had a sojurn with two iBooks that has been Wagnerian in its repurcussions to him, enough to almost put him and his lovely significant other off of Apple products and into the dark side forever, or, until they get their first virus.
They basically need a […]

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The New iMac

Posted on October 12th, 2005 by Steve

Today’s Apple Special Event included:
The new iPod (again) announcement. The new one has no Firewire, at all, no I/O controller (you do all of the external controlling from the dock connector) and plays videos.
The iTunes Music store now includes TV shows in 320 x 240 (1/2 VGA resolution) for $1.99 a piece. No word on […]

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New MT and New Look

Posted on October 12th, 2005 by Steve

I am a real nudnick when it comes to stuff like this. My web host Nexcess.net just got thru installing Movable Type (MT) 3.2 up on my server. I installed and tried to configure the new Stylecatcher plugin for it, and all I got for my trouble was a screwed up blog. I thought for […]

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SUV Sales Decline–Apparently, the Party’s Over

Posted on October 10th, 2005 by Steve

OK, even I had one, and I enjoyed it when I had it, but now, those of us that gave up our SUVs for more sensible cars are laughing our asses off.
It was reported today on most major news services that sales of SUVs took a sharp dip after gas prices got into the $3.00 […]

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Pismo and No Clam Shells Please

Posted on October 9th, 2005 by Steve

It has been a long slow sojurn to getting an inexpensive Apple laptop.
I am going to be helping at LosCon in November (for those of you not in SF or into SF but not living in Los Angeles, LosCon is the annual convention put on by the oldest science fiction club in the USA, the […]

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