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“Every so often, the memory atoms bond with the imagination atoms and something interesting -- a fictive precipitate -- will settle out of the solution.” James Morrow

Jul 31 10

Parallels Vs. VMware

by Scott

Ever since I scored a copy of Parallels during the MacHeist sale, I’ve been using it as my virtualization software on my Macbook, instead of VMWare. Now after six months of processor-blistering work I’ve had to dump Parallels and return to VMware.

Virtualization software allows you to run Windows (or [...] Continue Reading…

Jun 4 10

If You’re Not Cloning Your Drive, Your Backup Won’t Save You Any Time.

by Scott

I clone therefore I am.

The other day a friend of mine lost his hard drive and all of his email. Needless to say, he was at the bar. The whisky was flowing. And it was only noon. On a Tuesday.

Chances are if you’ve been using computers long enough, you’ve [...] Continue Reading…

May 6 10

VMWare Reboot

by admin

For those times when NOTHING will restart your VMWare Win XP virtual machine. This is the equivalent of reaching around the back of your computer and pulling the power cord out of the wall.

Do this: Under VMWare Settings, open the Virtual Machine drop down menu. Then hold down [...] Continue Reading…

May 1 10

Upgrading Your Black MacBook

by Scott

Are you ready to put your Mac laptop on an iceberg and send it off to the great Apple store in the sky? Has it reached that time in its life when it’s just too old to crunch, flip, burn, batch and boot?  If YOU are ready to buy a [...] Continue Reading…

Apr 28 10

Mac Vs. Pc Fight Inspired by Transformers

by Scott

This is an oldie…but I just love it.

Apr 28 10

Quotes from How We Decide

by Scott

“The cacophony of reality is distilled into models of correlation that allow the brain to anticipate what will happen next.” page 37

“Nothing focuses the the mind like surprise.” page 38
How we Decide by Jonah Lehrer

Apr 15 10

Fun About Driving in Phoenix

by Scott

This is a reprint from an email I got tonight:

Only someone from the Phoenix area would understand and the really funny thing is that this is all so true!

1. ‘Phoenix’ actually consists of Scottsdale, Chandler, Tempe, Mesa,
Gilbert, Glendale, Peoria, Tolleson, Avondale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park,
Sun City, Sun City West, Sun [...] Continue Reading…

Mar 27 10

Giving Up Dropio for YouSendIt

by Scott

Transferring large files to someone over the Internet can be a pain in the butt. Sure, most of the stuff you send and receive can be  done in email. However, these days with multi media applications getting easier to use, harddrives getting cheaper and bigger, some of the stuff [...] Continue Reading…

Feb 24 10

Make your Wordpress iphone Friendly

by Scott

Wouldn’t it be nice if your blog could detect if it’s being visited by a mobile browser and reformat itself accordingly?

Hitting any wordpress site from your iphone (or other touch-enabled) device can be a bit of a bummer for your readers. Without a doubt it’s better than the dark [...] Continue Reading…

Feb 17 10

God, it really is good to be a guy…

by Scott