Points just for trying

I’ve discovered that I really, really, really dislike mudding by myself. One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do. I slapped joint compound all over the walls of the master bedroom today in what was perhaps one of the least fun experiences...

Allow me to summarize

A quick review of recent events in and around Davison HQ. Everyone is still standing around here after a brutal two weeks of sickness. Evidence points to Jonah as happiest of all, I think, because he’s running, laughing, smiling, and so forth pretty much all...

PowerBook v. iBook

Definitely worth a look. Props to Dennis for the heads-up on the iBook monitor-spanning hack. Feature PowerBook iBook Notes Processor 1.5-GHz G4 1.2-GHz G4 300-MHz difference System bus 167-MHz 133-MHz 34-MHz difference RAM 512 MB 256 MB 256 MB difference; both will...

The calculations thus far

I’m getting a new Mac. A list of possibilities. Comments/suggestions welcomed. The Problems My G3/500 PowerBook is out of hard drive space (and the drive is failing), slow for running many essential design applications, and unable to run some other applications...

The Mac conundrum

Prior to today’s announcement of all-new dual G5 desktop machines, I spent some serious time considering the purchase of a 15″ G4 1.5-GHz PowerBook. Now I don’t know what to do. It’s not like the PowerBook G4 isn’t a great machine or that...