Ok, so the new OS will be impressive, the battery life is impressive, but I just want to say that I wish that they would focus on making their new products more durable just every once in a while instead of smaller and more fragile. Also, they’re overpriced, and the Apple TV is even lamer [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Computers category.
Hasty Actions and Rapid Reversals
I was an idiot for switching away from Linux to Windows. Here’s hoping I don’t make that mistake again.
Apple Battery Charger
Really guys… you make some cool computers but a battery charger…? The only impressive thing about this charger is the 30 mW “vampire draw,” otherwise it charges 2 batteries, and overall, who cares? NiMH batteries are a good technology, they always have been, and they all last a long time. The fact that it looks [...]
Kindle > iPad
I think the Kindle is awesome and the iPad is stupid. Apple is trying to cram the iPad into its own niche, pretending it isn’t an expensive EBook reader/netbook. Amazon built a whole platform around EBooks, and the Kindle is just one, awesome part that does its job very well, and at a surprisingly low price.
Leaving Linux for Windows
I used to be a heavy Linux user. Now I have moved away from Linux in a major way.
I love the idea of a free operating system supported by a massive base of free software, free support via a community, free updates, and huge amounts of freedom in general. All that open source freedom sounded nice when I started using Linux. Now it seems like Linux and its maintainers are quietly telling me “Feel free to go fuck yourself.”
After switching to Windows, I’m finally using my computer to do stuff, rather than fucking around with it trying to get stuff to work.
iPad Impressions
So I’ve finally had a chance to really support and play with the iPad and I have to say that overall, I’m impressed. It’s not quite for me yet since I can’t do quite everything that I want to do with it, but for 80% of users out there, it does 90% of what they [...]
IT And Why You Need To Care — Chapter 2
Chapter 2 – A Classical Example of University “IT” So before I write this obscene account of mafia-like management systems and government waste, I should say that inspite of all of this, about half of the people I and the characters in my story worked with here were really good, hard working people. The problem [...]
Dell Forcing People To Buy Windows With New PCs (with few exceptions)
Remember how only a little over a year ago Dell sold several desktops and notebooks with the options of No OS, Ubuntu, or some copy of Windows on them as a choice when you bought a system? Remember how awesome that was? If you were a SUSE user, for example, you could order a Dell [...]
Samsung TVs and Manual Network Setup (using a cable) with Comcast
Samsung Series 6 TV and Comcast Network Setup So if you’re like me and testing a cable connection with your Samsung TV and your automatic network setup just won’t grab the gateway and DNS information here’s how to setup your connection manually with a router. In this case a Linksys WRT54G. Type in 192.168.1.1 in [...]
IT and Why You Need to Care — Chapter I
Chapter I — Why You Have A Responsibility To Learn About Your Computer So why am I writing this chapter? Well, it has to do with shovels…not directly, but it does. Just bear with me for a second and I’ll explain. You see, very few people in the developed world would think of trying to [...]