One more robot learns to be something more than a machine…
The search for a new laptop is over. I’m now the owner of a beautiful new MacBook Pro. When I first read a rumor about Apple converting the 13″ unibody MacBook into a Pro model, I was worried, assuming that meant the price point would be going up. Surprisingly, the price dropped! Within 7 hours [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2009 by brian
Filed under: Tech | No Comments »
And to think I was considering getting a non-Apple laptop as a replacement for my iBook… After returning from vacation last week, I noticed that a portion of the screen on my iPhone was not responding to touch. It covered the whole width of the screen, but less then a quarter of the screen height. [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2009 by brian
Filed under: Tech | 1 Comment »
I’m sad to say that my first Mac, a 12″ iBook G4, is dead. I’ll never forget lap dances from the ol’ iTramp… It was definitely one of the best computers I have ever owned. After taking a spill, the internal display no longer works, which some certified repair technicians tell me would probably cost [...]
Posted on January 14th, 2009 by brian
Filed under: Tech | 3 Comments »
For quite awhile I’ve been interested in setting up a low-power machine to do my home server tasks and allow for some geeky linux experiments. After doing the initial cost-benefit analysis it didn’t appear that I’d be able to build anything that would be cheap enough to give a reasonable return on investment, in terms [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2008 by brian
Filed under: Tech | 1 Comment »
Could someone acquire your corporate data by accessing iPhone backup data that resides on a user’s computer? This question came up during a discussion a few days ago and I felt compelled to find the answer. Apple included the ability to remotely wipe an iPhone when they released version 2.0 with Exchange support. They also [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2008 by brian
Filed under: Security | 2 Comments »
