I read an interesting story in that was published in the Fall 2004 issue of 2600 (The Hacker Quarterly) about a guy that wrote his own “call home” beacon to protect his PowerBook in the event it was ever lost or stolen. “The basic idea behind this idea is to run a cron job as […]
Mark Glaser wrote a piece about Apple’s new litigious streak in an article for the Online Journalism Review (OJR): With Steve Jobs back in the saddle as CEO, Apple Computer has made a stunning comeback with the popularity of iPod music players and the iTunes online music store. The company’s stock is riding high, and […]
Annalee Newitz of Alternet gives her take on the New Apple. Is this the same Apple of “rip, mix, burn” and “think different” and “our company founders were once acid-dropping phone phreaks”? … The sad thing is that the media’s lack of interest in what Apple has to say about itself is entirely a result […]
Putting the most powerful battery available into the slowest TiBook yields impressive results. Read on……….
I posted this Firefox speedup tip on JBLOG awhile back and forgot to post it here. Worth its weight in gold. Read More…