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10.6 Snow Leopard post 2, electric boogaloo

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by .

Well, I have had some time to play around on MacOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and overall it seems to have been worth the upgrade cost ($10).  I did, however, run into a couple fo snags.  Understandably, there are a few bumps that need to be ironed out, namely software not developed by Apple.  For example, [...]

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WRT54G Hacking Fun

Posted on 20. Aug, 2009 by .

If you are like me, you have bricked a few WRT54G Linksys devices over the years.  I am doing some hacking of one that I have resuscitated, and modifying of another, and I figured people would like to know what they  can do with theirs.  Here are some fun tips: The WRT54G Revival Guide- if [...]

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Blackberry Storm 2 9550… disappointing

Posted on 17. Aug, 2009 by .

A BB Storm 2 review has been posted on YouTube.  I am not trying to hate on BlackBerry, but they make it so damn easy.  I don’t get what the Software OS group at RIM have been up to the last 4 years.  Seriously, just look at the Palm Pre and realize, your UI looks [...]

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Apple Tablet OS… next evolution of AppleTV?

Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by .

In the post,This Kind of Looks Like the Apple Tablet OS To Me – Gizmodo, I think that this kind of OS is exactly where the media server/AppleTV should be.  The AppleTV is a perfect platform (an increase in processor speed is necessary) for this purpose.  802.11n, USB, Ethernet, HDMI, TOSLink.  I would add an [...]

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Update: 2 weeks with my 13″ MBP

Posted on 11. Aug, 2009 by .

So, today is the 2 week anniversary of my latest Apple lust, the 13″ MBP. Specs: 2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB on-chip shared L2 cache 1066MHz frontside bus 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 memory 500GB 5400-rpm hard drive Here are my initial impressions of the device.  Great!  Duh. Upgrading: Well, [...]

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Apple, you need to hire an in-house crank

Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by .

I am an Apple fanboy.  I admit it. However, it doesn’t change my abilty to desire more from the company that I love.  As we in the tech community all know, Apple tends to go it’s own path, shall we say, when it comes to products. For instance, the company makes it’s own hardware and [...]

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