I ordered an unlocked Galaxy Nexus — figuring that, hey, if Apple was trying to ban it, it must be good — and managed to get it just before Google stopped selling it. They’ll be selling it again this week, but just wanted to get some notes and impressions of playing around with the latest [...]

My list of must-have utilities for Mac OS X: Flycut (General Arcade) — stores your last n clipboards and allows you to easily choose one to paste. Saves a surprising amount of effort (for example, copying username / password? No more switching back and forth — just copy twice, switch to the terminal application, and [...]

I wanted to update my home server — what I really wanted was something that could stream or play video whilst also doing all the other various and sundry tasks. My requirements were being able to play video without problems and either USB 3.0 or eSata connectors. I noticed that Fry’s had a sale on [...]

Ended up getting the iPhone 4G — I had a 3G previously, and it really was starting to show its age — and it really is a nice phone. The highlights: Display is ridiculously nice It’s fast — subjectively, as fast as the iPad — and the extra CPU power really makes the web browsing [...]

I’ve had an Asus EEE 1000h ever since they came out, but it was getting to be time to upgrade it — it was not a bad little machine, but the Atom processor was a bit underpowered, and that damnable right shift key always did bug me. I picked up an Acer Aspire 1410 with [...]

Updated 2010-02-04: You know, in reading this over, I think this came out as a little harsh on the Alix. I stuck that tiny Alix board in an old box, put it under my TV, and it’s been running for two years with absolutely no problems. Over time, it’s gotten more and more stuff put [...]

My Audiovox 5600 committed suicide the other day. It was on the table, someone called, vibrate was on, so it jostled itself right off the table to a horrible death and a cracked screen. Of course, I both mourned and cheered — mourned because I’d have to set up another phone, but cheered because I [...]

An update from my previous review on Exposé (or Expose) for Windows: two new programs. But first… I mentioned in the review for WinPlosion that it had a number of bugs, and that I would try to reach technical support in order to get them fixed. I made two attempts to reach them and never [...]

Last Friday I went to see The Passion of the Christ, deciding that anything this controversial would have to be interesting, if nothing else. I just had to write an article about this — not that I will be able to say anything different or novel, but just to get it out of my head. [...]

Updated 5/8. WinGlance and Powertoys reviewed, and notes on WinPLOSION at the latest review. A review of three different programs that provide Expos� (or Expose) for Windows. Exposé is cool. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth going down to the nearest CompUSA or Apple Store and playing around with the new systems, just to [...]

Got a new notebook today. Please excuse the capitalistic ranting below. It seems a little extravagant, but nonetheless I needed one, especially with this project that I’ve been working on. A couple of weeks ago I had a brief fling with a Compaq notebook, but returned it two weeks later — it was just absolutely [...]