Archive for December, 2003

OneWord: Sabotage
Saturday, December 27th, 2003

I just downloaded the demo for Uplink tonight and played it a little bit… It’s a fake hacking game basically. You are given missions by the corporation you work for and you have to spoof IP addresses, break passwords, bypass proxies and firewalls, delete log files, decrypt files, delete files, edit files, change databases, etc. […]

Macs Love RAM
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

I just added a 512mb chip of RAM to my Powerbook, for a total of 768mb now. Wow does it ever make a difference! Everything is faster from loading web pages to running a Photoshop filter. I had Safari, Mail, iChat, NetNewsWire, Photoshop, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, and Preview all open, and could switch between them […]

OneWord: Why
Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Why does anyone use Windows? That’s what I’ve been wondering since I got my Macs. I recently visited my dad and his computers, and heard him tell me how the computer repair shop had completely rebuilt his computer, trying to figure out why it was constantly slow and crashing frequently. They formatted the hard drive, […]

Meet Ronin
Monday, December 22nd, 2003

Things are still busy at work but I thought I’d post and notify everyone that my new 12” Powerbook finally arrived last week. I named it Ronin, because it’s small and agile like a ninja! And I couldn’t find any ninja names that I could pronounce so I went with Ronin which means a Samurai […]

Saddam and his Powerbook
Sunday, December 14th, 2003

So yeah they found Saddam and everything, but this is by far the funniest thing I’ve read all day…

From AP:

Hussein told capturing forces that his only regret was that due to the timing of his apprehension, he would never have the opportunity to play Halo on his 17” Powerbook. Soldiers were able to capture Hussein […]

A Fandango Ate My Baby!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2003

Thanks to the magic of Fandango.com the wife and I already have our tickets for the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, coming out a week from today. Do you have yours?

After writing the title for this post… I wondered where that “A dingo ate my baby” quote comes from. I did quite […]

iTunes Music Store
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003

I really like the iTunes music store, and have purchased one album and one song from it so far. But one thing that really annoys me about it is when the albums are incomplete or only for sale by song. What is the reasoning behind that? Why would the artist or label say, “You can […]

The Second Precious
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003

Wonder of wonders, I ordered my second Mac yesterday, less than a month after I got my first one! When it rains it pours I think they say. After two years of wanting them quite badly I finally get not one but two of them! This one is being paid for by work, and then […]

Busy Busy Busy.
Tuesday, December 9th, 2003

Been really busy at work lately with the holidays and everything. We have several retail web sites and they are all getting a lot of traffic and sales so I have been working 12 hour days most of the last week or two. Then going home, eating, and going to bed when I get home […]

iPod’s only weakness
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003

I love my iPod as much as the other million plus people that own them, but one thing has been bugging me lately…

Operating the iPod without looking at it is nearly impossible. I listen to my iPod the most in my car, hooked up with a cord to the audio input on my car CD […]