Archives for July, 2009
Palm, keep your bloggers on a leash, they’re not helping
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Brad
Here we have a company, Palm, Inc., finally making a comeback after years of doing practically nothing. Inspired by Apple’s hugely successful iPhone, Palm manages to come up with a great device, the Palm Pre. It’s a nice piece of hardware (although I’m not impressed at all with the keyboard after playing with one at [...]
Wait, you still need a buyer’s guide for Windows? Really?
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Brad
So let me get this straight… In order to make things easier on customers, Microsoft has “done us all a favor” and reduced the number of SKU’s to just 3 for the upcoming Windows 7 release. Just 3? Are you sure?
Let’s count… you’ve got Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. Ok, that’s 3 so [...]
Apollo 11 40th anniversary
Posted on July 16th, 2009 by Brad
These pictures make me more proud to be an American than my 10+ years spent in the US Air Force. The first picture alone makes it hard for me to describe my feelings. Not only that, we’re planning on going back to the moon (and beyond) and I will be alive to witness it. I [...]
GUID vs MBR
Posted on July 15th, 2009 by Jon
My iMac recently took a dump… a real slow dump. It pissed me off because it looks like it was the HDD again. Yeah, I’ve only had it for 1.5 years and the HDD has crashed twice. The first time Mac replaced it and this time I went with a green WD 1T drive. A [...]