5 Reasons Why You Should Pay for Pandora
I admit it. I’ve been sucking off the Pandora Internet music service teat for the past few years without giving them a dime. I’m so ashamed.
That’s me, the dirty rat, carelessly skipping off to another service when I had completely used up my free monthly allotment of 40 hours. [...] Continue Reading…
Apple App Store Opens on the Mac
Any of you Apple-owning iPhone or iPad users out there will appreciate the latest Mac OS X Update. That’s because the Mac App Store is now open for business.
This means that you can now purchase, add and manage programs on your computer as easily as adding Apps to your [...] Continue Reading…
It seems that adventure games are making a comeback due to the iPad. I once read that Myst marked the death of adventure games. Silly me, I thought it was Dragon’s Lair.
Actually there is a huge difference between Myst and Dragon’s Lair. Myst takes hours of complex problem solving [...] Continue Reading…
10 iPad Apps You Shoulda Got In 2010
It’s just 2011 but my head (and my laptop’s power supply) are still stuck in 2010. So, before my laptop battery completely dies, here are my top iPad apps for 2010. Thanks Apple for redefining mobile computing (I don’t care what Zuckerberg says about it.)
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10 Top Books for the Modern Geek
Daemon
By Daniel Suarez
If you know the difference between FTP, MMORPG and FMRI, then this techno thriller is for you. Forget about the pseudo bullshit tech that others and Hollywood try to shove down your throat (yea you heard me Jack Bower), you won’t get that here. Instead you’ll be [...] Continue Reading…
Warning! Your email is full of hoaxes, urban legends and scams… and you’re the one that’s responsible for keeping them alive. If you are new to email, you’re a threat to the rest of us.
There’s one born every minute…
How many times have you received an email from a friend [...] Continue Reading…
Saying how great the iPad is, is so…September 2010. We’re well past that. However a growing number of people I’ve run into (and know personally) have never plugged their iPads into a computer. WTF? That’s like buying a frigerator and never putting food in it.
Is iPad really supposed to be [...] Continue Reading…
Monitor Suddenly Turns Black & White
Some funny people like to play jokes on others by screwing with their computers. Personally, I think practical jokes that include someone’s computer are about as funny as getting your sneaks tied together and thrown up onto a telephone wire. However, goofy things happen to good people.
A friend called [...] Continue Reading…
Traveling abroad with your iphone can be scary. Not for any other reason than you have no idea what your phone bill is going to look like when you return home. Some information out there tells you that you need to jailbreak your phone. Call me a pussy, but [...] Continue Reading…
Parallels Vs. VMware
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…
