Occasionally I Remember That Microsoft Still Exists

At work I use Linux exclusively, at home I use Mac and this arangement suits me just fine. I've written on (read more)

My Experiences Buying Another Cell Phone

I just bought a new cell phone for my wife and in the process got a free phone  (ya for free!) (read more)

Reliving the Glory Days of the Oregon Trail

Some of you out there will know exactly what I'm refering to when I say "You have died of dysentery". Oh, (read more)

An App Store For OS X is a Mistake

Though it pains me to say this, it appears I was wrong in my initial judgement. And while this surprising news (read more)

Leave Steve Jobs Alone

I have resisted writing about the state of Steve Job's health for several reasons. First, I'm not a doctor. Second, even (read more)

2009 Apple Predictions

Another year has passed, the ball has dropped, they rolled Dick Clark out of cold storage and a new year has (read more)

Further Thoughts On Raising Prices

I don't normally do this, but I'm going to revisit what I wrote last week in an attempt to clarify some (read more)

Raising the App Store’s Base Price to $4.99 Would Be a Good Thing

I find it ironic in the extreme that Apple, a company whose foundation is built on the idea of selling high (read more)

Apple Still Makes Software, Right?

After seeing countless stories detailing every facet of Apple's hardware business I began to think about their software as well. Actually, (read more)

How Will Apple Handle a Recession?

The price of both laptops and desktops has steadily fallen these last few years for every computer maker except Apple. And (read more)

Random Assortment of Cool Links

What with the election looming nearer I thought I would throw up some political links I liked:

Defective Yeti - breaks (read more)

Putting Microsoft’s Bid For Yahoo In Perspective

After hearing that Microsoft was walking away from its offer to buy Yahoo, I got to thinking what else they could (read more)

10 Things Every Programmer Should Know For Their First Job

Hindsight being what it is, here are some lessons I have learned since entering the ranks of professional programming.

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From the “I Can’t Make This $%&! Up Files” Comes My Latest Adventure In Customer Service

Here is the setup: I recently bought a fan from Target. It wasn’t anything special mind you, just an 8” fan (read more)

Problems with Pages

This is both a rant and a question, here is the rant part. When I tried to email someone a Pages (read more)

RIAA Is About To Kill Independant Radio Stations

I hate the RIAA.

Originally it was just a disturbing sense of unease. Then it turned into a more concrete dislike. (read more)

The Art of the Blog

For those of you who don’t know, blogging isn’t my full time job. Sorry to disappoint, but for 40+ hours a (read more)

Great Mac-Sites Everyone Should Visit

While it is possible that AppleMatters is the only Mac-related site our visitors surf to, I seriously doubt it. And while (read more)

Guidelines for the Aesthetically Impaired:

So, Zune will come in brown eh? Well, for those dumbasses at Microsoft who actually think that looks good, here are (read more)

Virtually Herpes Free

There is a certain trend that has gained in popularity recently that I find very annoying. It involves lots of supposed (read more)