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Apple: rotten to the core?

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

My RSS feeds come in two basic flavors: politics and computers. The computer feeds are heavily concentrated on things Apple. I bought a Mac about seven years ago and have never looked back. Back then, Apple was still a relatively bit player in the computer world, and besides getting better technology and software, you could [...]

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Finally

Monday, November 22, 2010

IOS 4.2 is finally here. I know this means nothing to you non-Ipad owners, but for those who do own the fabled tablet, this update is supposed to bring eternal happiness, along with 100 new features, though when they’re listed, they always seem to peter out at about 10. I’ll be fooling around with it [...]

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Let’s get serious

Monday, September 27, 2010

In my last post I said I didn’t feel like ranting, and I still don’t, at least not about anything political, but I must put in my two cents about a recent development in the world of the Ipad. The New Yorker now has an app. I just downloaded it, but unfortunately there’s no free [...]

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Interim Report-The Ipad

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

As I mentioned at the time, I was among the very first recipients of an Ipad. Many of you are probably asking: How’s that working out. Well, none of you are really asking, but I’m going to tell you anyway, in case you’re contemplating getting one. When I bought the thing, which I’m using to [...]

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Is she trying to tell me something?

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Sent to me by my sister (should get bigger if you click on it):

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Ipad-First Impressions

Saturday, April 10, 2010

This is a bit late of course. The Ipad is so last week. Mine arrived with the first batch delivered, but I was away so I didn’t get to play with it until yesterday. It’s not an original observation, but I’ll make it anyway: it’s great at providing content, but the jury is still out [...]

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I still want one

Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Did it

Friday, August 28, 2009

Snow Leopard installed successfully on my Mac. So far so good, except the alleged quick install time (supposedly 15 minutes) is a fiction. It took almost an hour on both my computer and my wife’s. Everything seems to work fine, with the single exception of my blog editing software, which I will have to stop [...]

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Oh goodie

Monday, August 24, 2009

Snow Leopard is coming on Friday. I can’t wait. (For those of you stuck in the world of Windows, Snow Leopard is the latest major upgrade to the Mac operating system). Prudence would dictate that I wait a while, until at least the first minor upgrade when they work the major kinks out. But I [...]

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Browser Review

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

I had an English teacher in high school who was fond of quoting this line from Alexander Pope: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside She was an old biddy, and perhaps because I disliked her intensely, I have ignored Alexander’s advice, sometimes [...]

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