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 Continue Reading »

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. Continue Reading »

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. 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 »

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.

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 extremely interesting that a “mere” blog can have such a powerful effect on the real world. Continue Reading »

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 and converts Word documents to RTF.

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 Continue Reading »

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 of by the WordPress servers so you don’t have to worry about taxing your server. Continue Reading »

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.

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 Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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, Continue Reading »

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 Continue Reading »

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.” Continue Reading »

Derek has posted an excellent comparison of three popular online project management and collaboration services. The most interesting of which, to me at least, was Webreakstuff’s new Goplan. I just moved over the random ideas I keep on my Basecamp account to Goplan. Which do you prefer?

Just a reminder for all WordPress bloggers - check your Akismet spam in the admin panel from time to time. I just bailed out 9 legit comments. And to think how many comments have wrongfully been marked as spam and deleted. If you ever find that a comment you posted Continue Reading »

Apple has released OS X 10.4.9 today, so run your software update now. On my Macbook the update runs 99.4 megabytes. As you might expect, 10.4.9 is the last major update to Tiger until Leopard’s launch. The update is rather comprehensive and includes a good deal of performance and security fixes. Continue Reading »

Wired has an article discussing software that Adobe is developing that will be able to detect “improper manipulation of images”. The software will debut in the form of photo-authentication plug-ins for Photoshop in 2008. The plug-in could potentially be used by a Continue Reading »

If you were an early adopter and upgraded your WordPress installation to version 2.1.1 you might be running with a severe vulnerability. A cracker got access to one of the servers and edited the code to allow for exploits. Matt has the rest. You can get the download for v2.1.2 in the usual place.

The Pragmatic Programmers, an excellent publishing house for technical books and resources, has started shipping TextMate: Power Editing for the Mac. TextMate is, hands-down, the best editor for the Mac - if not for any OS. Just ordered the book and PDF combo myself. Continue Reading »

Big shout out to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who turns 52 years old today. I have a feeling he’ll be getting another pair of Levi 501 jeans and a black long-sleeve silk tee. Take it easy Steve.

AppleInsider talked to people familiar with a project at Apple to produce a smaller MacBook. It will most likely not include an optical drive but will feature onboard NAND flash for zippy boot times. No word yet on what it will look like; it would be great if it had the casing of a MacBook Pro. I do believe this is the 12-inch beauty we’ve all been waiting for.. so long as it doesn’t randomly shutdown. Continue Reading »

I don’t often post YouTube videos, but I am willing to make this exception. I discovered a hilarious animated video of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates fighting [via digg]. By far the best part of the video is when Steve says Continue Reading »

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