SMUG about Dave’s Mac mini

Dave’s Mac mini arrived via FedEx last weekend. Great little BRODKM (Bring your own display, keyboard, mouse) machine. Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if Jonah’s first major computer when he’s in grade school is one of these. (Jonah’s...

These aren’t the droids you’re looking for

Apple introduces new PowerBooks, but they’re G4-based. Apple’s new PowerBooks are nifty, no doubt, but so were the last batch, and it’s hard to argue that these new ones have been worth the wait. With a top of the line speed increase from 1.5-GHz to...

Sitting at the Dock of the Mac

• “Walk Away” by Kelly Clarkson is a heckuva a song. Available on iTunes even now. (As are Coldplay’s “Brothers and Sisters” and “One I Love.”) I’ve gone and downloaded that and a host of other songs thanks to a...

MacWorld SF 2005 part 3

More notes and mini-reviews… • I spent $10 on a micro-chamois keyboard cover from iKlear. These guys produce a wonderful screen cleaning product that’s used on all kinds of high end cameras and other optical lenses (in addition to computer screens), so I...

MacWorld SF 2005 part 2

Los Altos, California After a day off to meet with friends (and setup a Mac system for them) and lunch with a SiteRev.com client, we returned today to San Francisco’s Moscone Center for another go-round on the MacWorld merry-go-round. Here, in no particular...

MacWorld SF 2005 part 1

Los Altos, California Intermittent closures of I-5 over the Siskiyou summit led Dave and me to take the coastline down to the Bay Area. The drive of beautiful winding roads through tall Redwood forests only partially offset the pain of an extra 2.5 hours in the car....