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Owen Rubin’s collection of vintage Macs
Nemo Memo

July 6, 2011February 9, 2025 Apple, Classic Macs, Nemo Memo, Opinion, PowerBook, PowerPC, Vintage Macs 7

Captions are by Owen Rubin. Photos are by John Nemo and Owen Rubin. Nemo used a Casio pocket point and shoot handheld camera. Owen

Finally!

June 7, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, Features, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Opinion 0

It’s hard to express the sense of relief I feel after the 2011 WWDC keynote by Steve Jobs today. FINALLY. Apple does get it.

Thumbn@ils 47: Not a Cloud in the Sky

June 1, 2011February 14, 2025 Cartoon, Features, Opinion, Thumbn@ils 0

Roger Born

May 31, 2011March 1, 2025 Features, News, Opinion 3

On a person note: it has been, and continues to be, a great honor for me to both know you and provide the means to share your words with the world. No one knows how long we have on this small blue and white planet of ours, but as long as I live, your words will be available to anyone who wants to see/read them. Of that, you have my word. And, as always, my friendship

Drive Genius 3 and GoFlex Desk 3TB
Nemo Memo

May 25, 2011February 9, 2025 Features, Hard Drive, Macbook Pro, Nemo Memo, Opinion 1

Life changes forever when you have a 3TB external FireWire 800 + USB2 AC poweredÂ hard drive. You can backup and archive anything and

MOG on the Web – The Secret Life of Playlists
Nemo Memo

April 25, 2011February 9, 2025 Audio, Features, Nemo Memo, Opinion 0

In this third part of our ongoing series on MOG subscription Internet radio, the Web interface and experience are featured. MOG’sÂ home page provides

How Would Spaces Look on an iOS Device?

April 21, 2011February 14, 2025 iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, Opinion 1

If you are a person who reads the news, speculation, and rumors about any Apple product you know that iOS 5 rumors and speculation

Whither Thou Tablet?

April 20, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, iPad, Opinion, Tablet 0

It’s no secret that I like Apple products. The only computers in our house are Macs, my wife and I both have iPhones, and I was in line to buy an iPad 2 the day it was released.

Being European Apple Fanboys

April 14, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, MacRelevant, Opinion 0

As European Apple fans, we sometimes have to suffer from the American-ness of Apple’s product launches. But it’s not just Apple causing troubles for us; there are a lot more problems non Americans are facing. Let’s discuss a couple of points of view in this article.

What’s wrong with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9?
Nemo Memo

April 12, 2011February 9, 2025 Nemo Memo, Opinion, Photography 1

What’s wrong with Adobe Photoshop Elements 9? Not much. It’s almost perfect. I teach Photoshop Elements. I have used every version for Macintosh and

The Case for Free Mobile Hotspots in Phones

March 9, 2011February 14, 2025 Opinion 0

Mobile hotspots, the feature that basically turns new cell phones into a wireless router is nothing new. It is just, officially, new to the

Memoirs of an Apple TV addict

March 7, 2011March 1, 2025 Opinion 0

Hello, my name is Scott, and I’m an Apple TV addict. I haven’t been one for long only since a couple days after Christmas. But unlike some addictions, this one was instantaneous.

Physician heal thyself

February 12, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, Apps, Features, Hard Drive, Mac mini, NAS, Network, Opinion, Video, Wireless 2

Larry laments a really, really bad decision to not back up a web server for almost seven years! There are consequences.

MOG is the new Napster
Nemo Memo

January 20, 2011February 9, 2025 Apps, Features, Nemo Memo, Review 3

MOG is the new Napster, except better, faster, and cheaper MOG is a paid subscription streaming music service. For ten dollars per month you

MOO Online Card Printing Service, Part Two
Nemo Memo

January 18, 2011February 9, 2025 Features, Nemo Memo, Photography, Review 0

MOO specializes in a variety of cards, using an online process. The company has a small family of cards and accessories. Read Mark Rudd’s

Shutterfly Online Card and Book Printing Service
Nemo Memo

January 17, 2011February 9, 2025 Camera, Features, How-To, Nemo Memo, Review, Tutorial 3

Shutterfly’s best products are custom hard cover photo books created using their online software tools. Shutterfly offers a bazillion different sorts of cards, as

Apple has a 10 billionth app sold contest and I’m going to WIN!

January 14, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, Apps, contest, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Opinion, Original Blog 1

OK, Apple is running a new contest. The person to download the 10 billionth app will receive an iTunes gift card worth $10,000. Obviously Iâ€™M going to win this contest so no one will need to bother to even consider their worthiness. Why am I so confident? Itâ€™s all in the math baby!

Apple’s Mac App Store: A First Look from a Skewed Perspective

January 7, 2011March 1, 2025 Apple, Apps, Features, First Look, Macintosh, Opinion, Original Blog 2

When I first heard about Apple’s Mac App Store my initial impression was this was going to be ANOTHER add-on to iTunes which needed it as much as a hole in the head.

Does Wanting Technology Make You Materialistic?

December 17, 2010March 1, 2025 Apple, Features, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Macintosh, Opinion 2

I love technology. I may not be an early adopter, but eventually I get all the latest and greatest: Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Flip Mino…well, you get the idea. Does this make me a material girl?

MobileMe: The Final Conflict

December 16, 2010March 1, 2025 Apple, Opinion 4

In the age of Google, Dropbox, Chrome OS, online backup, and remote access solutions, it’s pretty evident that cloud computing is already mainstream. What types of cloud computing and how much of our data is going to wind up in the cloud are issues that are still being worked out. And nowhere do those questions need to be asked more than with Apple’s MobileMe service.