Archive for the 'Hardware & Software' Category

have iPod, will post

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

Santa brought kencox design a shiny new iPod touch, and I’m using it to write this post. Thanks to the work of some talented hackers, I have a teminal shell installed on it in addition to the stock Safari web browser. With this little wonder in my pocket, and a little ambient wifi, I can [...]

Flock?

Thursday, June 15th, 2006

In my ongoing quest to install every web browser ever made on my MacBook, I’ve come across a new browser called Flock. It’s built with a lot of FireFox code, but includes some innovative Web 2.0 features like “drag and drop” photo publishing, and built-in blogging tools. I’m actually writing this post from within Flock [...]

Meet my new MacBook Pro

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

While my main work machine is a multi-processor PowerMac located in our home office, I enjoy being able to work on the living room couch or even outside on our deck using a laptop – until recently a Pismo PowerBook circa 2000. It was because of the machine’s longevity that I’ve been reluctant to replace [...]

B-Day

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

I’m now 35, which several people have pointed out is half way to 40 (or is that half way to 75?). Zoe and Lynn presented me an iPod . Yes, that’s right, I have finally joined the pod people! I’ve used Lynn’s iPod a couple of times, but this afternoon is the first time I [...]