James R. Stoup, contributing writer, is a recent graduate in computer engineering. By day he is a humble employee of Dominion Power, by night he is a writer for this wonderous website, and by weekend he is the “lead production engineer/web developer” for his father-in-law’s business, Homeworks Video Productions. A business that is based on Macs I might add (which I managed to talk him into in just five years of wrangling). In between all of this I manage to cook dinner, take out the trash and otherwise please my beautiful wife Maggie (whom I just married in April ‘05). As you can see I am a busy guy but please feel free to drop me a line if you take issue with anything I have written, want to compliment my deft use of wit and sarcasm or just to tell me that my kung foo is the best. God bless.
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I’m Not Convinced Apple Domination Is a Good Idea
So, apparently the iPhone is a big deal. Yeah, who knew? And Apple hasn’t calmed things down by releasing an (read more)
User Poll: What Do You Want from the iPhone SDK?
Apple’s recent release of the software development kit for the iPhone has generated quite a reaction from the development community. (read more)
Dell Should Buy Fedora To Ensure Relevancy In Future
Microsoft’s recent attempt to purchase Yahoo got me thinking about the future of the industry as a whole. From Microsoft’s (read more)
2008 Predictions
Some of you more observant readers might have noticed that even though we are almost two months into 2008, I (read more)
My Favorite Apple Rumor
There have been some memorable rumors courtesy of the Mac rumor mill, haven’t there? The long awaited (and highly disappointing) (read more)
Apple Needs a Game Division
Contrary to the rumors, I don’t think Apple is likely to create a “gaming system” anytime soon. However, that doesn’t (read more)
Microsoft, Always a Source of Amusement
How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Calligraphy.
That joke really sets the mood for this (read more)
Sorry Apple, Netflix Is Just Too Good
I like what Apple is trying to accomplish with their new movie rental service and applaud them for boldly moving (read more)
The MacBook Air Is a Sign of Things to Come
The MacBook Air has, unfairly in my opinion, had quite a bit of criticism heaped on it. I think a (read more)
The Future Ain’t for Pansies
What with the latest Mac Expo fast approaching, I’ve been doing my absolute best to completely ignore everything about it. (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 (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” (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (read more)
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Do you remember the comic strip Peanuts? Charlie Brown, Linus, Snoopy and friends? Wasn’t that a great comic? One of (read more)