There are several milestones for kids growing up in the US. There’s the 16th birthday which is when you can get your driver’s license, the 17th birthday when you can view R rated movies, the 18th birthday when you are legally an adult and then there’s the 21st birthday. On your 21st birthday you can Continue Reading »

As of recently I have been more and more interested in reading about branding, image and recognition - things to better promote my site. My logo work and subtle redesign were part of that effort to come off as Continue Reading »

Last week I wrote about my first impressions of the new Santa Rosa Apple MacBook Pro, which I purchased after selling my 24-inch iMac. Since the MacBook Pro is now my main machine I had to spice it up with a larger external LCD. I bought myself an early birthday present, the Dell 3007WFPHC display. Continue Reading »

I had always known that high-tech countries like Japan indulged in amazing Internet connection speeds but a recent article in USA Today was a real eye-opener. Take this tidbit for example, the current median download speed in the U.S. is 1.97Mb/s. Compare that to 61Mb/s in Japan, Continue Reading »

I am not going to lie, Firefox for OS X is horrible reliability-wise. It crashes all the time, uses exorbitant amounts of physical and virtual RAM, sometimes won’t let you use the address bar… you get the point. The best fix is to restart Firefox whenever it begins acting sluggish, selfishly uses a lot of your CPU, etcetera. Unfortunately, that seems Continue Reading »

As I mentioned in my post last Sunday, GM flew me out to Pittsburgh, PA last weekend to check out Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous SUV compete in a DARPA site visit. The event determined whether CMU’s robot named Boss would pass onto the national qualification event and then the final DARPA Urban Challenge in November, by presenting Boss a series of tasks. Continue Reading »

In response to news that Apple will be revamping the iMac lineup in the next few months, I sold my 24-inch iMac to take advantage of its current higher resale value. Today I purchased a 15.4-inch MacBook Pro to go in its place. This revision of the MacBook Pro has some notable updates from its previous brethren. Continue Reading »

As you many of you may know, the (overly-hyped) Apple iPhone is set to debut on June 29th. While there is no true SDK for developing third-party applications for the iPhone, applications can be created using the same technology as traditional web applications. Some Continue Reading »

Opera Mini, the popular mobile browser saving users from the generally horrid proprietary browsers included on most phones, has hit version 4 and the beta is touting some great features. Most notably, the new zoom feature which allows you to see sites in their full form and then zooming Continue Reading »

In preparation for DARPA’s 2007 Urban Challenge competition in November, Carnegie Mellon University will be holding an event with their autonomous SUV tomorrow. The DARPA Urban Challenge involves several universities and many companies helping to develop advanced automotive technology that will one day be integrated in consumer vehicles. Continue Reading »

Last month I wrote a comprehensive review of the Sonos Digital Music System. While the Sonos is an excellent piece of equipment, it is aimed at the high-end audio audience looking to control multiple rooms with the same device. Meanwhile, the Squeezebox by Slim Devices (a Logitech company) is priced at a reasonable Continue Reading »

Anyone working in the tech industry or simply involved with technology is likely to spend more hours in front of a computer than is healthy for them. This is where the importance of a quality chair comes into play. Living in dorms for my first 2 years in college, I have finally come to appreciate using a regular Continue Reading »

BlackBerry’s latest smartphone offering, the sleek Curve, fits right in between the Pearl and the QWERTY keyboard sporting 8800. The Curve is aimed at a slightly different demographic than your traditional BlackBerry user, a business professional. As such, RIM shaved off some weight as well as a few “strictly business” features such as Continue Reading »

As expected, MacRumors Live is keeping Apple fans and enthusiasts up-to-date with all of the WWDC news (Engadget also has great live coverage). WWDC is an annual developer’s conference held by Apple in San Francisco where new products are often announced. I am flying back to Atlanta shortly so I will miss all of the WWDC fanfare. Feel free to begin a discussion on the news here. Continue Reading »

When I was younger (and still now), I always thought the future would completely embrace wireless technology for everything, including electricity. In an extreme idea of that, there would be no power lines - only wireless electricity transmission towers similar to the abundance of cell phone towers. Well thanks to MIT, we are one step closer to that idea of grandeur. Continue Reading »

For the past month, I have been working closely with designer Mike Rohde on developing some personal branding - essentially a logo for this site, my business cards, etcetera. The logo has been completed and as such I tweaked this site a bit to accommodate for it. Continue Reading »

A while ago, a new tutorial-based Mac website called MacInstruct ran a contest asking for people to send in their best Mac tutorials. The contest has since closed and you can now view all 38 tutorials. Voting is open to select the people’s choice winner for the best tutorial. I have a feeling you should vote for tutorial #1, How to Display the Date in the Menu Bar - I wrote it. Continue Reading »

Apple updated the 15 and 17-inch MacBook Pros this morning. Changes were limited to mostly speed changes with a switch to the Intel Santa Rosa Core 2 Duo chip, offering speeds up to 2.4GHz. The 15-inch MacBook Pro sports a LED-backlit display while the 17-inch display remains CCFL-backlit. Continue Reading »

As you have all probably heard by now, the Apple iPhone will be at Cingular/AT&T stores near you on June 29th (which happens to be my name day, it’s a European thing). If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new advertisements, I’d recommend it. They briefly go Continue Reading »

Every week I receive more than a handful of emails from people asking me what I use to display my Twitter status on this blog, as well as how I do the “popular this month” block and display random blog stats in my sidebar. Hopefully this post Continue Reading »

After hearing about the joys of Lighttpd, a lightweight alternative to the Apache web server, for a long time I opened a Connector account with Joyent/TextDrive. I planned on using this account as a development sandbox where I can tinker with Lighttpd without the Continue Reading »

Agnitum’s latest PC security software, Outpost Security Suite Pro, combines the firewall protection of Outpost Firewall Pro with an “anti-spam engine” and “application behavior analysis” for preemptive protection against online threats. Sounds like a lot to claim - an all-in-one security suite? Many companies claim that their software will keep you safe on the Internet but I never put any value into them. Continue Reading »