Month: November 2005

In certain highland places the mountain forest gives way abruptly to lengthy fields of tall grasses and sporadic, gnarled thickets of laurel on the

Perfect Digital Photography by Jay Kinghorn and Jay Dickman McGraw-Hill Books ISBN 0-07-225921-3, 466 pages $39.95 US, $52.95 CN, £21.99 UK While immersed in

Okay, I’ve been using Tiger for almost six months now, and while it has performed well for me, the most popular of its feature,

I must now confess something to my readers. (Both of them) Some time back, about two years ago, I broke down and got a

I received the following email yesterday, and thought I would share it (with his permission) and my reply here as a blog. Dear Mr.

Investors Business Daily had a really good article that I wanted to share. It uses the empirical model of reverse engineering different results to

“Adobe Systems Incorporated and Macromedia, Inc. today announced they have either received or been notified they will receive all regulatory clearances necessary to complete

Check it out My oldest son introduced me to Mambo. I was, of course, resistant to it at first, being the old fart guy

Darn near every amateur podcaster is using GarageBand for making their podcasts. I’m no exception as I use it for the ‘Dashboard Minute’ heard

It is said that what you focus on grows. So, seeing as Christmas is coming (and I still believe in Christmas), I’m going to

Well, another ‘Black Friday’ has come and gone. I’m rather pleased to say that I spent the entire day within the comfortable confines of

I hope some of you have some suggestions. I am looking for some kid games for Brooke, our two-year-old. (For the Mac computer, of

When I was a small child, some aeons ago, Australian mothers used to tell their children that if they ate their bread crusts their

As part of this Thanksgiving Day, I’ve been in an ongoing discussion with my sister-in-law and her friend about purchasing a computer. They spent

I am thankful that I am well beyond the age where I’d have aunts who squeeze me on the face and tell me, in

Just a short post to pass on the URL for an “iConversation” Applelinks’ Kirk Hiner had with me recently. My own words are ones

Coffee grows on white oak trees. Every day begins with a sunrise. Increase the minutes you are together. Count your blessings, you have so

Think about it. Apple did something like this before when they came out with the very first new iMacs. Remember? No floppy drives. Apple

Of all the Macs, the PowerBooks will always be my first love. Though I’ve used many different desktop machines over the years, all the

Why Tim and Chad are wrong about Apple’s retail stores: Our primo podcasters visited their first ever Apple store not long ago, in Grand