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Leopard WebKit PPC speed champ, Glyde brief, Mavericks value redux
Speeding_2 (Photo credit: Matthew Kenwrick) Just when you think it’s time to pack it in when it comes to PowerPC Macs and their choices for up-to-date browsers, a new revision to a browser you use...
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Survival a foundation for personal, professional triumph
English: Apple Store in Frankfurt (Germany) after death of Steve Jobs. Deutsch: Trauer am Apple Store in Frankfurt am Main nach Steve Jobs Tod (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In order to survive, I didn’t...
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TenFourFox Release, Bump & Glyde steal finals-taking thunder
final-exam (Photo credit: a bill) Well, I am done. Done with finals that is. Just took my last one in English of all things. Hope that has gone well. I feel good about it although I won’t know all...
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Astrology and sales share headline for first time ever
I really want to start taking astrology a little more seriously when it comes to my every day doings, but my inner child seems to always get in the way of my doing so. Case in point: Uranus. This...
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OS, Interrupted: Old school quality for fee contrasts new mediocrity for free
On the last day of 2013 I will be doing housekeeping maintenance on Windows and Mac machines. The Mac is running Snow Leopard and the Windows PC is on Windows 7. Both computers run fine, do everything...
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(Forget bigger iPhone display) Return to quality, Mac clones best 2014 Apple...
The recently acquired space heater was doing its job on a morning where temperatures struggled to reach zero. I initially did not think I would require it as I trusted the PowerPC Mac G4 tower would...
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Apple’s commoditized OS paradigm for Merrill, RRD’s war vs. WebFilings
What’s not to love about free? Apple is a public company that gives away its operating system for free. Microsoft is a public company that charges cash money for its operating system. WebFilings is a...
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Take it slow on the road to destiny
If dreams were thunder Lightning was desire This old house it would’ve burned down A long time ago –John Prine As opposed to starting out the New Year with all sorts of proclamations about beginning...
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Microsoft has a winner with discounted, refurbished Surface
All the techno pop music in the background sort of contributed to the rhythmic ease of use with which I operated the refurbished Microsoft Surface RT tablet I recently purchased. It took some time to...
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Value seeking in technologically elitist times
The beauty of technology is in the details. That is, when everything works it’s as if we are living in the best modern world possible. But when not, the world is a lousy place. Value is king and while...
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Twisty Seconds, Headless Bluesman urge Mavericks wannabes to use caution
We got an earful there and we also got an earful regarding how wonderful OS X Mavericks was supposed to be when it first came out. It may still prove out to be just that. But I have my doubts as I am...
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Is there a market for ‘Mavericks Light?’
The thing that has me wishing Apple could be more like Microsoft is OS support—specifically how, why and what machines are supported. Now, I don’t want to get into a flame war regarding which...
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Non-Intel Macs back in fast(er) lane
We try our best to take care of the technology we utilize in our day-to-day living and still hardware doesn’t last as long as we had hoped or it stops working altogether over time. When hardware and...
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I can’t believe it’s June already
Time goes by fast. Really fast. In fact I can’t believe it’s June already. A long time ago, in what seems like a distant galaxy but what was only Denver, time went really fast then, too. Soon I moved...
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Mavericks bugs hang on as we hope for better with Yosemite
The prospects of Yosemite are exciting. But not nearly as exciting as the pain still caused by Mavericks. Whether it’s the unreliable SMB networking glitch that causes instability on shared volumes or...
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PowerPC Macs most definitely still have game
We PowerPC Mac users can take glee at a lot of things in this day and age of mobile, on-the-go, modern computing. We all have need for desktop computers. I don’t know anyone who can type a story or...
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Quicken 2007 for Mac spans generations of users while frozen in time
People with new Macs enjoy the latest technology Apple has to offer. This typically means access to all the cool apps not available to those of us with less modern kit. In the case of Quicken 2007 for...
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Why Apple should revisit an affordable, upgradeable tower
In an effort to market its desktop computers for the “it’s good enough” set, Apple has quietly demonstrated a willingness to reduce the price of its iMac. This would be big news except […]
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Apple should deliver ‘Sphonatch’ as greatest-selling, most amazing thing ever
I think Apple missed the boat with the Apple Watch, iWatch or whatever it’s called. Hey, Apple fans, seriously, I know it’s called Apple Watch, but I find it ironic that a […]
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OS X rebranding further marginalizes Mac
I’ve always loved the Mac. Let me put that right out there. But Apple’s recent announcement that OS X has gone bye-bye in favor of “macOS” will do nothing for the Mac except accelerate […]
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