I’ve been a PC users since the dawn of time (or 1980 depending on what calendar you use). I’ve always known and accepted that the Mac has a great user interface and the tools I would want “if I were a creative guy”. However, now it seems everyone is using a Mac!
I blame it on [...]

Upon reading a commentary from Irwin Lazar, Carl Tyler asks
Is instant messaging the death knell for email?
I think the answer is “no”. What I do believe is that individuals will gravitate to a single interface to whatever content they use most.
Email, IM, Blogs, Web, and applications all have their own user interfaces. When these start [...]

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 finally finished (relative term) setting up my older T40 Thinkpad with Ubuntu Linux. The basic install was quite easy. It took about 15 minutes to create the CD image, boot and install Ubuntu. It took another 45 minutes as it automatically checked for all updates (119 of them) and installed them on one pass. [...]

I’ve become one of those recent “converts” - not to one of the coveted MacBooks but to using Linux on my personal and work laptops. I will admit, the Mac is better for a couple of reasons which mostly boil down to “its easer to develop to a small set of variables than to a [...]

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 [...]