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Boot Camp isn’t training for Systems Engineers
A while back, one of the rumor sites had a contest to see who could successfully make a MacBook Pro boot on Windows XP. I figured it was inevitable with the Intel-based systems. When I read how the winner pulled … Continue reading
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First Day of Spring myth to bust
Today is the Vernal Equinox, aka the first official day of Spring. In Central Texas it arrived several weeks ago based upon the temperatures. Meanwhile, it will still be over a month away in the part of North Dakota I … Continue reading
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More anti-Mac hysteria debunked
Several days ago, I was a tad dismayed over some story about a Mac OS X Server being hacked into in 30 minutes. Most of those claims tend to be bullshit but I always check with my fellow co-workers who … Continue reading
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Fourth iPod arrives
This Thursday, my fourth iPod arrived. I’m on my fourth because I always manage to sell the previous iPod to someone who wants it. The buyer gets a substantial discount on it too and they’re in decent shape. Contrary to … Continue reading
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New Intel-based Mac Mini
I’ll be brief about this. I may be an Apple employee but my site is not another outlet to shill for them when I’m not getting a piece of the marketing budget. Today, the big announcement was the revision … Continue reading
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The usual alarmist nonsense
Once again, there’s allegedly another “virus” going around that proves Mac OS X isn’t secure and it’s just as flawed as Windows. For my fellow Mac users, let me explain and assure you what it really is. Firstly, it’s … Continue reading
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Belated remembrance on Challenger
Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the space shuttle Challenger‘s destruction with all seven astronauts lost. Such a shame too since the US’s success-safety record was pretty good compared to the Soviet Union’s (their losses are still up for debate). … Continue reading
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Pluto or bust
I only stumbled upon this mission from NASA over the weekend. The synopsis from the New York Times made it pretty intriguing. Firstly it’s the first attempt to explore the farthest known planet Pluto which even the Hubble Telescope can’t get clear images of. … Continue reading
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MacWorld 2006 Today
The first of many Intel-based Macs were revealed today. If there were a betting pool, I would’ve lost since my guess would’ve been the Mac Mini as the first since that’s the easiest and cheapest box to make. Doesn’t … Continue reading
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Bad Astronomy by Philip Plait
For several years I have followed Dr. Plait’s badastronomy.com site because he does an excellent job pointing out how Hollywood couldn’t pass basic Astronomy or Physics. Sure, they’re just movies but the pervasiveness of Bad Astronomy (as Dr. Plait coins … Continue reading
Rita affects Austin before landfall
Pictures and comments courtesy of Somara. snarkychef.blogspot.com Hint, it’s not the wind and rain, but the idiocy that affected Houstonites the other day.
Rita was nowhere close
Even though its path has changed significantly and the Feds have overcompensated on this one (got to get Spurious George’s poll numbers back into the low 40s), Austin was never in any danger. We’re pretty far from the coast, at … Continue reading
iTunes 5
Well it arrived earlier this week (or last, depends upon when you read this). I upgraded too and all I can tell immediately is the change of the interface. There are other features explained officially at www.apple.com/itunes such as preventing objectionable content … Continue reading
Blog Recovery Two
For some annoying reason, the blog got knocked out through a restart (or at least that’s the correlation of events). Thanks to the ingenius Adam Knight (co-worker and D&D player in my campaign), I got it up again without a … Continue reading
RIP Robert Moog
Robert Moog died Sunday. His most famous invention being the Moog organ which could be really awesome in the right hands. Last year, there was a documentary about him. I didn’t get to see it (hopefully, I can rent it) … Continue reading
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