I bought this small laser printer at Sam’s Club a number of years ago (for almost nothing) and it was a real workhorse until it finally died in January of 2007. I recently heard from a brand-new Mac user who has this printer and he told me Samsung no longer has the drivers for this …
Interview With A Real, Live Podcast Listener
The other day, a coworker came into my office and said, “‘Cheap Date,’ huh?” He had discovered our podcast purely by chance. I realized this was a real opportunity: I was talking with someone who discovered podcasts entirely on his own, looks for shows by searching through the iTunes directory, and listens to material he …
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Übercaster Review Published
My review of the Übercaster podcasting software package has been published in the August edition of Blogger and Podcaster Magazine. Click on the magazine cover under “View Current Issue,” and you’ll find the Ubercaster review on page 41. You can also hear the dulcet tones of my voice reading the review at the magazine’s site. …
A Router Saga
A few weeks ago, my trusty Motorola WR850G router started acting really goofy. It ran flawlessly for over three years at the condo, enduring power spikes and whatnot, and I figured between the move here to the house and a few of the storms we’ve had there might have been too much for it to …
Check Out My Fahnestocks
When I was a kid, my dad brought home a Radio Shack Crystal Radio kit for me to assemble. It was a fairly simple little kit– there was no soldering necessary because everything was held together by these little spring clip thingies. Over the years, I built a bunch of other little electronic kits– never …
History Repeats (or does it Regenerate?)
Last night, we watched one of my favorite documentaries. It’s the story of three people who made history in the world of technology: the first was someone who fancied himself a technologist but appeared far more interested in achieving fame for himself, and was known for his publicity-grabbing grandstanding; the second was a genius who …
Why a Mac
The other night, one of my daughter’s friends asked me why I have an Apple sticker on my car. I gave my usual response, which is “because I use Apple computers and they’re cool,” but for some reason I felt the need to temper that response because of the way Mac people are perceived these …
Zune: A Theory
It seems everyone is on the bandwagon to rag about Microsoft’s new Zune player. (For those of you who haven’t heard of it: (a) I’m not too surprised; and (b) think “iPod competitor.”) I’ve been thinking about this and I’ve come up with a theory. Microsoft is not out to succeed in the space that …
iPod Mayhem and More Tech Tips
Today’s Red Eye had an article about iPods and the fact that a lot of them are dying. Okay, it’s not exactly deep journalism, but it’s interesting to see other people’s experiences with these little boxes. MEGO warning: geekiness follows. Last fall, I got tired of my 3rd generation 15 GB iPod dying after about …
Hey Rocky, Watch Me Pull a Rabbit Out of my Hat
Apple Computer released a beta product called Boot Camp today. This is a component of their upcoming operating system OSX 10.5 (“Leopard”) which allows the user of an Intel-based Mac to run Windows. This is a brilliant move on Apple’s part for several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Microsoft’s next …
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