Mark suggests that comparing Saddam to Lincoln is intellectual folly. He is right of course. They are very different men. Lincoln would ponder the
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Month: November 2004
What about integrity?
Mark says torturing Saddam might save American lives, but what about innocent lives? Abraham argued with God to show mercy on the unjust to
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Apple’s New SoundTrack
Apple has done it again, and almost no one noticed. Apple has developed the perfect sound and music application that is incredibly easy to
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Another Baby Step Into Space Here Yesterday
At 8:15 AM yesterday, Scaled Composites’ SpaceShipOne, designed by Burt Rutan, flew its first flight to 1.2 Mach and 68,000 feet over Mojave in
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Interrogation vs. Torture
A rather interesting discussion has been going on behind the scenes here at MyMac. It has involved the issue of how Saddam Hussein is
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Thank you, Peter Jackson!
Ahh, another entertaining afternoon spent watching the first viewing, locally, of Peter Jackson’s latest …”The Return Of The King”! Excellent! While the family and
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What I JUST learned
My five-month old, Brooke, is a teacher today! What did she teach me? If you are in a hurry to get out of the
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Those great baldheaded actors
Ahem. In order to add some cultural sophistication to MyMac, I want to talk about some great actors. Notably, Jerry Doyle, Ben Kningley, and
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What a Blizzard Really Looks Like
Now that all kinds of people are getting their first taste of snow this season, I thought I would post a few words about
Read MoreCubs Creed for 2004
There’s weeping on Waveland, And Sheffield is dark. Another sad ending At Addison and Clark The Cubbies lost the big one In the very
Read MoreThe Cult of Mac
Book Review
The Cult of Mac is a beautiful hard cover book with a slipcover. It has color pages throughout, and the text is clean, crisp, and easy to read. Not all books are presented in such loving detail as The Cult of Mac is. It really is a nice total package.
Happy Thanksgiving
Microsoft and me (More or less)
Book Bytes: Two Book for Digital Photography Beginners
40 Digital Photography Techniques, Second Edition
How to Do Everything with Digital Photography
Reasons why many do NOT switch to Apple
First off, you must turn off your blinders. There are people out there who for whatever reason don’t like Apple. Many of these people are well educated, know computers very well, and are able to put together more than two sentences without saying “um”, “ya know”, or “like” as thought gatherers before moving on to their next topic.
Read MoreColor Management in Mac OS X: A Practical Approach
Book Review
Mac News Sites and Advertising – A Call To Arms
Changes are needed on the Mac web. Mac “News†sites continue to prostitute their sites to any PR firm. Mac vendors continue to ignore and sneer at the Mac web. Once great Mac sites are long gone, the victim of a problem most Mac users know nothing about. And nothing changes, no one cares, and the status quo is kept firmly in place. Or does it…?
Read MoreAltec Lansing VS-3121 Computer Speaker
Review
If you are a less demanding consumer of sonic waveforms there is a good chance you might be interested in the performance of the Altec Lansing VS-3121. Let us start with the basics and work our way up.
Read MoreMac OS X Power Hound
Book Review
Mac OS X Power Hound is a book full of useful things that any Mac OS X user will find helpful and worth knowing. As an expert Mac user and ex-IT manager, even I learned some nifty tricks I hadn’t known about before after reading a few pages of this book.
Read MoreNewer Technology RoadTrip! FM transmitter
Review
For twenty-bucks, the RoadTrip! is a great value. If it works in your vehicle, that is. It should, but my testing was inconclusive. Rating this is not easy, as there were good and bad days using the RoadTrip!, and when it worked, it worked fine. When it didn’t, it was very frustrating.
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