Category: Computing

  • Sites of Interest

    I was going to post a really long complaint about my last flight and airport experience, but this is in the same spirit and it’s much shorter:   New TSA Rules Regarding Lithium Batteries (it.slashdot.org)  Last time I was on a plane I had lithium-ion batteries in my phone, two iPods, laptop, camera, and a watch.…

  • Mac OS 10.5

    Mac OS 10.5

    Another Apple Review? Leopard arrived on my doorstep (along with some new hard drives) Friday morning.  While I won’t be giving a full review, I will share some of my observations after a few days of use.  For an excellent full review, check out Ars Technica. Installation I installed 10.5 on two of the three Macs…

  • Review: iPod Touch

    Review: iPod Touch

                   What is it?   A 16 GB iPod with the touch screen interface from the iPhone (without the terrible Edge cellular connection or the somewhat obligatory AT&T contract).  Oh, and I have Cingular/AT&T mobile service, but the iPhone data/voice plans are ridiculously expensive.  What else? It plays h.264 video (high quality), it is an iPhoto viewer, it…