Archive for the ‘Meanwhile’ Category

Up in smoke

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007

The original power supply for my October 2004 12" PowerBook caught on fire last night. It was pretty interesting. First I smelled a bit of smoke and wondered where the hell that could be coming from. Then I saw the crackling where the cable joined the power converter unit. Apparently ...

The Inevitable iPhone Post

Friday, January 12th, 2007

I will admit that seeing the demonstrated functionality of the new iPhone from Apple has me very excited. Not just because this cool new rumor has finally come to fruition or because Apple has yet again dictated where consumer electronics fashion is going, but because I see us embarking on ...

Cultura 2006

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Ah it's that time of year again. Macworld announcements, and now this. Thanks jeantue for this wonderful distraction. for those of you unattuned, this is just a casual list of friends that send around a list of their favorite cultural distractions for the previous year. I think it's a fine tradition. ...

Do You Have Celiac?

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

As I check my address book, I see that I have around 500 entries, all friends, co-workers, family members, and colleagues. Through statistical analysis of blood samples, it has been determined that approximately 1 in every 133 people in the United States have celiac disease. So statistically, I could safely bet that ...

Firefox HTML Validator

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

For some odd reason, the Firefox Add-ons page for the HTML Validator by Marc Gueury mistakenly states that this plugin is not available for Mac OS X. However, on the developer's website, there are several Mac versions including PPC and Intel binaries. This is an excellent little extension that validates the ...