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CNET’s Crave blog beat me to the punch and published a comprehensive article comparing Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, virtualization software for OS X, as well as Boot Camp and plain OS X. As you might expect from reading my VMware Fusion launch post, Fusion performed [click to continue…]

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Top 100

July 14, 2007 · 32 comments

Just an FYI to everyone that reads, subscribes and checks this site incessantly, I recently entered the ranks of the Top 100 blogs as tracked by Technorati, out of 70M+ blogs. Technorati takes into account unique links within the past 6 months, or at least that’s how they used to do it. [click to continue…]

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From the that-is-pretty-damn-interesting department comes an article explaining how TiVo CEO Tom Rogers flies back and forth from California and New York every week. Rogers’ family lives in New York and his job resides in California, so he makes the 6 hour flight twice a week. [click to continue…]

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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 [click to continue…]

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WordPress Video

May 26, 2007 · 8 comments

Matt Mullenweg et al just released a (beta) WordPress embedded video player for WordPress.com users with the paid space upgrade. It utilizes VidaVee and looks relatively better than most embedded flash players out there. All you have to do is upload a video to your WordPress.com account and WordPress.com will convert it to the appropriate file type for you. At the moment, videos are limited to 70MB.

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Blog Post Causes Apple Stock to Plummet

May 16, 2007

Today, uberblog Engadget posted a story regarding Apple delaying the iPhone and Leopard, which turned out to be a false alarm. However, during the period that Engadget claimed the delays as fact, Apple’s stock plummeted – well not plummeted, but it was definitely affected by the news – as CNet reports. I just find it [...]

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Office for Mac Open XML Converter Released

May 15, 2007

Last December there was a bit of ruckus regarding Office for Mac’s inability to work with Office 2007’s new XML-based document formats. While the promised Office for Mac-integrated converters have yet to arrive (6-8 more weeks), Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit has released a standalone converter application that provides read-only access to Office Open XML files [...]

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Select the Circuit City Firedog Across America Winner

May 8, 2007

Similar to Best Buy’s ill-fated Geek Squad (just search for Geek Squad on digg and you’ll see what I mean), Circuit City has Firedog, although Firedog won’t charge you $415 to replace a hard drive. Getting to the point, Circuit City held a “firedog Across America” contest this past winter to donate

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WordPress Releases Stats Plugin

May 6, 2007

Looking for a streamlined and simple way to monitor traffic on your WordPress blog? Look no further – WordPress has released their stats tool that is used on WordPress.com, as a plugin. That means you don’t have to leave your WordPress admin panel to see how your blog is doing traffic-wise. Everything is taken care [...]

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Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 2

April 19, 2007

Thunderbird version 2.0 has been released today. As MacWorld reports, Thunderbird 2 adds message tagging, improved searching, as well as enhanced spam and phishing protection.

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Samsung Unleashes 24-inch LED Backlit LCD

April 11, 2007

Samsung is among the first of several manufacturers working on getting LED backlit LCD displays to consumers. They have announced a new 24-inch display sporting some impressive features. Current LCD displays rely on bulky, power hungry and heat emitting fluorescent bulbs to lighten up the

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Apple TV Can Be Hacked Without Opening It

April 3, 2007

Those avoiding hacking their Apple TV to add functionality don’t have much of an excuse as of today. Apparently, you can hack the little media device without even opening it. While technically that means your warranty is still valid, I’m

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Using Ecto Blogging Software

March 31, 2007

Reader Shawn Blanc pointed me to a great post of his covering ecto, a popular desktop blog publishing client for OS X. Shawn goes step by step through using ecto and explains the features. Personally,

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Time Lapse Video of Downtown Atlanta

March 26, 2007

I put my old school Firewire iSight to good use by recording a time lapse video of downtown Atlanta, as seen from my bedroom window. I started recording at 3am last night and stopped it at 10pm tonight. I used the iSight’s magnetic

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Google IG Gets Themes

March 21, 2007

Google silently added themes to personalized homepages today. Not including the basic Google theme, there are 6 themes you can try out. Interestingly enough, they are dynamic and change according to “your local weather conditions.”

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