August 2009
23 posts
One Reason Why I Won't Upgrade To Snow Leopard →
cyn1cal:
elbles:
While this change represents correct usage of the SI prefixes, it also means Snow Leopard will be reporting file sizes and disk capacities in a fashion different from every other operating system out there. If Apple wanted to be more technically accurate, they should have switched to the KiB/MiB/GiB/TiB standards, which would still present file sizes and disk capacities that...
One Reason Why I Won't Upgrade To Snow Leopard →
While this change represents correct usage of the SI prefixes, it also means Snow Leopard will be reporting file sizes and disk capacities in a fashion different from every other operating system out there. If Apple wanted to be more technically accurate, they should have switched to the KiB/MiB/GiB/TiB standards, which would still present file sizes and disk capacities that would be numerically...
PREemptive Judgment →
Well, I finally got around to seeing a Pre. It just wasn’t a real one. Stores never seem to carry real, live models that you can actually use of phones anymore, aside from the cell phone company’s…
My gadgets tend to work and not break.
marco:
A lot of people seem to have constant issues with their phones, computers, printers, hard drives, and other technology breaking or failing.
None of my technology ever breaks at the rate that I see from other people.
Even though it’s a bit presumptuous, my best guess is that I just treat my electronics better than most people.
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When I hear people complaining that their iPhone...
Giving Solaris A Try. On The Desktop. →
One of the greatest assets that modern hardware has is the ability to run virtual machines on them fairly easily, laptops included. My MacBook Pro runs VMWare Fusion quite well, with plenty of…
The Boy Who Heard Too Much →
An interesting story regarding phone phreaking and a few of its practitioners, namely Matthew Weigman. The mention of Steve Wozniak in the article reminded me of another piece I found a while ago, including a reprint of an October 1971 article in Esquire, discussing phone phreaking. Almost forty years ago, people were hacking AT&T’s premier network. Today, people are hacking...
The 12 most annoying types of Facebookers →
caseyliss:
The Bad Grammarian: “So sad about Fara Fauset but Im so gladd its friday yippe”. Yes, I know the punctuation rules are different in the digital world. And, no, no one likes a spelling-Nazi schoolmarm. But you sound like a moron.
Pretty funny, but also pretty obvious. Link via @ckimmelshue.
The most annoying type of Facebooker is pretty much every one of them these days. I...
Are iPhones An AT&T Scapegoat? →
The difference between average monthly data usage on AT&T (~25 MB) and Sprint (~55 MB) is shocking, given the propensity for many people, myself included, to assume that AT&T’s network woes were compounded by the number of iPhone users, and how intense their data usage was. The accuracy of this has to be questioned, but I’d love to see data that gives average data...
Google and Microsoft: The Battle Over College... →
At my alma mater, the e-mail system is still “owned and operated” by the university itself. Right before finals/final projects one semester, the e-mail system (aside from the Exchange system for faculty, ironically enough) died completely. From that point on, I had my school e-mail forwarded to my own domain and my own mail server, though failures were very rare from that point forward...
WatchYeah, this is a great fit. Not. Signing a QB who hasn’t played in a few years and was never even a good passer makes no sense for Philly whatsoever. And the last thing McNabb needs is anyone else questioning how much longer he should be the starter for the Eagles. It’s going to be absolutely awful for the Eagles organization, and unfortunately, I’ll have to sit around and watch...
Reflections on Trusting Trust →
Ken Thompson (one of the co-writers of the original UNIX, along with Dennis Ritchie) discusses the implications of relying only on source code security audits, when a compiler could be written such that it could automatically insert backdoors into code as it compiles, even if it is compiling itself. This was back in 1984. The year, not the book. :-)
About Damn Time, Apple... →
Now if they can add in a resolution bump while I still have decent vision, that’d be great. Oh, and give me my ExpressCard slot back too. And get off my lawn!
caseyliss:
Joe “Bean” Esposito - You’re the...
Google Voice == Awesome.
Awesome
adj.
Inspiring awe: an awesome thunderstorm.
Just got my Google Voice invite, and setup my account. I haven’t been much of a Google user, other than for searches, but this might be the thing that’ll get me to dedicate a tab in Safari to be open all day. It’s just that good.
Summary Of All Threads About Snow Leopard
Can’t wait till it comes out.
Already pre-ordered.
Can I upgrade from Tiger with the $29 disc?
No one knows.
We’ll see.
Probably.
Do I need to buy the box set if I have Tiger?
No one knows.
We’ll see.
Probably.
Probably not.
What kind of question is that?
Repeat ad-nauseam.
High Risk, High Reward →
As hesitant as I am to post anything political online, this was a very good read, and offered some insight to a process that confounded many people just short of a year ago, and continues to confound just as many—if not more—people today. Personally, I think it’s quite clear why Senator McCain chose who he did, but what I think is more interesting is why he didn’t choose...
The Best Donuts In The World →
If anyone happens to be in the Philly area, I say skip Pat’s and Geno’s, and head across the river to Delran, NJ. I got used to this bakery during visits to my grandparent’s house, and no donuts I’ve had elsewhere have come anywhere near L&M. Dunkin’ Donuts? Like comparing McDonald’s to an expensive steakhouse. Krispy Kreme? Forget about it. It’s the...