I’m frustrated by people proclaiming the death of WP7. While I’ve only played with the dev phone (Samsung Taylor), what I saw was pretty good for v1.0 (in many ways, it’s a way better experience than iphone 1.0 was, though there were many years in between), and it sounds like the team is sprinting as […]
Ok, maybe that title will generate a bit of search traffic. It’s always the little things that you forget when you switch platforms. I’m writing down the very first things I notice after using my new desktop PC for a few days: Ugh to the coil whine. The Mac Mini was silent. May have to […]
The DVD drive I got today completed the build, and here I am posting from a Knoppix boot. (BTW, Knoppix is still 32bit by default? WTF? OSS folks using old hardware FTW. Also included firefox has JS disabled by default. Weird.). Whatevs. The machine is quiet and fast, and no problems with the RAM or […]
In light of recent developments in the mobile world, it’s interesting to think about what kind of “choice” is valuable. On the one side, you have Android, which is “open” as it gets, but clearly to its own detriment. Rando carriers customize everything from your dialing app to your home screen, and so consumers get […]
In light of recent developments in the mobile world, it’s interesting to think about what kind of “choice” is valuable. On the one side, you have Android, which is “open” as it gets, but clearly to its own detriment. Rando carriers customize everything from your dialing app to your home screen, and so consumers get […]
Well, here we go again. Just submitted the order for my new build. Core i7 870 4 x 4GB of Kingston RAM Intel DP55WB mATX motherboard EVGA 1G GTX460 FPB edition Antec NSK 3480 mATX case Still TBD is a SSD and possibly an aftermarket cooler, since the 870 apparently gets rather hot. If all […]
Ooo. They just released a new OSX rev with supposed graphics perf updates. Maybe this means that I can survive with a Mini for another year until a new faster one comes out? I’m probably going to be disappointed though. Update: tried mucking with the gfx settings in SC2 on my mini after the .5 […]
Gruber just posted a relevant article concerning Apple pricing. His basic point is that PC’s are cheaper because PC competitors don’t try to match the design/build quality of a Mac, whereas in the phone or tablet market, they have to, and when they do, they actually can’t compete due to Apple’s economies of scale. He’s […]
I’m actually quite liking this theme. Wish I adjust font size and line spacing, but alas, I’m not going to pay wp.com for the privilege of adjusting CSS. How lame. Anyways. It’s computer buying season again. Hurray! (though it causes me lots of stress) I’ve lived with my Mac mini for a year, and this time I’m […]