Category Archives: Apple

Is the Tom Tom Car Kit for iPhone worth $119?

No. If this was twitter, I’d end it right there, but here’s my reasoning: TomTom GPS Enhancer: With this kit, the iPhone 3GS takes literally less than 3 seconds to locate my position. I tried it inside a parking garage, … Continue reading

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Tom Tom for the iPhone Quick Review.

Tom Tom announced/released their Navigation software for the iPhone yesterday, with a low low cost of $99. This is a pretty hard pill to swallow, considering most apps cost less than $5. But, for turn by turn directions, and something … Continue reading

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On Microsoft's latest Ad.

This post talks about how Microsoft’s new Ad puts Apple on the defensive. I beg to differ. The Ad is cute, but it preaches to the choir. The apple fanboys don’t like it for some reason, the windows fanboys think … Continue reading

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Using your Mac as a local web development environment.

My last post was for all users, technical and non. This post is for the techies who know me, and are switching. Some are coming from Windows, some from Linux, some are designers who need to do some local development. … Continue reading

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Welcome to OS X. or Yet Another Switchers Page 2.0

Yet Another Switch Page 2.0 It’s been 4 years since I switched to the Mac. A few years ago I made a page for other switchers. I’m making a new list, as a lot of my friends have finally switched … Continue reading

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Gmail IMAP and Mail.app IMAP Subscriptions Workaround

If you host your mail at Google, use IMAP, and use Mail.app, one of the problems you’ll notice is the number of messages Mail.app downloads. What’s happening is an artifact of how gmail actually works. All messages, unless deleted, show … Continue reading

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Competition is good, Competition is great.

As you read my blog, you’ll see I’m a fan of the iPhone, and Apple. I like their products, I like the way they do things. But, there are quite a few things I would like to see changed . … Continue reading

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How I would change the iPhone.

So, it’s been a few months since iPhone 3G came out, and a little over a year that the original jesus revealed itself. After using the phone from the day of launch, here are my thoughts on where Apple can … Continue reading

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Macs are expensive, PC's are cheap, blah blah!

So, I was reading an article about how Macs cost twice as much as PCs, and how they’re such a rip off, and only gullible consumers buy Macs. I thought, oh no, not again, not the vim vs emacs, linux … Continue reading

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To KTLA Reporter, Re: The iPhone Line and your pathetic career

To the KTLA reporter who was amazed by the people standing in line for the iphone. Yes, we know it’s just a phone. It’s just a phone, for God’s sake. Yet, you seem to miss the sad truth about your … Continue reading

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