Picasa Has Its Own Issues
Perhaps my relationship with Picasa Web Albums will be short lived. I’ve gotten it into a state where PWA no …
Tag: technology
A Brief Touch of Magic
Last night I stopped in the Apple Store at Reston Town Center to see if I could play with a …
How I Ended Up with a PS3
I’ve been wanting a bluray player since the format launched. However, a few things held me back. First, there was this competing format, HD-DVD. It seemed that whichever format I selected would be guaranteed to lose so I sat on the fence and waited. Bluray seemed to be have technical superiority but HD-DVD seemed to be more available.
Apple’s Greed
Apple made a bunch of announcements yesterday mostly about new iPods. But, they also announced the demise of the 4GB iPhone. That’s not really a surprise since the price difference between the 4GB and the 8GB models was small compared the price of the 4GB so it wasn’t much of a stretch to just get the 8GB. Apparently the rest of the world agreed with me and almost nobody bought the 4GB.
Things Apple Gets Wrong
In general I’ve become a fairly big fan of the Mac and OS X. The OS avoids many of the pitfalls of Windows and the hardware is pretty good and not nearly as overpriced as it used to be. But, nobody’s perfect and I’ve got a few pet peeves.
Mac Pro
I bought m Mac Pro back in October of 2006. It was an expensive purchase but pretty much in line …