At Lotusphere a small band of talent created a live blogging service and took to the ether[net] with “live blogging”. Well, the concept has a new contender - Gizmodo!

Live Blogging from Apple WWDC 2007

Gizmodo’s liveblog updates automatically. Source: Gizmodo Live from Apple WWDC 2007 - Steve Jobs Keynote (Note: live blogging of the keynote finished [...]

I have a Lenovo Thinkpad T60p for work. I have an IBM Thinkpad X60 (refurb) for my personal computer. Given the corporate policies enforced in today’s business world, there I keep my personal content (blogs, personal email, photographic work, money manager, etc.) off my work computer. However, when I travel, I don’t want to carry [...]

I had to nuke my T40 today and dig out the OEM Windows XP CD. I figured it would take me a couple of hours … I never learn !
I was 34 minutes into the install and I didn’t have the key with the CD so I spend a half hour digging thru my old [...]

iTunes has been the top of the heap when it comes to online music and video sales with and estimated run rate of 500 millions songs annually. Songs currently cost $0.99 each. Most TV episodes are $1.99 (although NBC has recently requested a rate increase that has caused a falling our of sorts between the [...]

While Steve Jobs announced he would offer a rebate of $100 (apple store credit) for those who paid full price for their iPhone, I would guess that most were not complaining about the steep price just 5 days ago. So, if it was a “good deal” then, what has changed ? Nothing ! If I [...]

I’m the family IT specialist. It’s not a title are really deserve and given my geography, it’s not an easy role to fill. For the past year, the biggest problem has been all the spyware, adware, and malware. My answer to combat these problems has been to change operating systems.  The two choices are [...]

I’m not 100% happy with my Ubuntu T40 but I’m a whole lot closer than I was with the T20. I’ll write up my configuration in a few days. In the mean time …

No, Virginia … it’s not a Mac OS X …. It’s nicer <grin>.

I have become a personal disaster recovery zealot. I’m like the former smoker railing against smokers - so I’ll try not to preach too much.
When I used Windows on all of my machines, I did the occasional random image backup. To be honest, these occurred about once every 3 to 6 months. Not good. When [...]

At MacWorld 2007, Steve Jobs announced “Time Machine” which heralding in an easy to use, consumer focused solution for backing up your computer Mac with Leopard. However, it was not for everyone. It assumed the backup device - a USB connected hard drive was always plugged in which is fine for a desktop computer but [...]