Haven't seen anybody talking about it yet, but apparently the new MacBook/MacBook Pro have followed the lead of the MacBook Air, and there is no user-upgradeable RAM. That's a shame. In the world of bloated code, I guess I will have to be satisfied with 4 GB of RAM. HP and Dell will both sell me a notebook with 8 GB. That's sad. (And I know … [Read more...]
The line for BBQ at SLCA picnic
September 21, 2008 by
In Ansley Park Stephen -- Please excuse brevity. Typed with one finger on a sheet of glass. … [Read more...]
Turn your iPhone into a Digital Wallet
July 10, 2008 by
I just counted. I have 21 plastic cards in my wallet... credit cards, ID cards, membership cards, you name it. And there are four barcode tags dangling from my car keys.Being a geek, I keep all the relevant numbers encrypted in my Palm Treo (using SplashID... I really hope they're doing an iPhone version!), but rattling off a ten-digit number … [Read more...]
Travel Lessons Learned
July 2, 2008 by
This was written as part of my earlier post on our South Africa trip, but that was getting over-long, so I decided to split it out. Trying to record some "lessons learned" about travel preparation for long trips, with an emphasis on digital photography.Laptop Yeah, bring it. It's heavy and awkward and fragile, but I was able to download pictures … [Read more...]
A Year of Blogging
May 28, 2008 by
Yeah, a self-referential blog post about... blogging. Yeah, I hate them, too. But, hey, it was a year ago today that Jeff Haynie (with a nudge from Lance Weatherby and a few others) nudged me into starting this blog. I'm not the most prolific of bloggers (although MarsEdit helps immeasurably; highly recommended!), but I get a lot of positive … [Read more...]
Spelling Counts
June 8, 2007 by
So I'm reviewing business plans this morning, and I'm struck one more time by the number of typos and inconsistencies that I find.When I teach my classes on entrepreneurship, I always have at least one student protest my statement that "Spelling counts." Especially when they're not native English speakers. "It doesn't affect the meaning! And it … [Read more...]
Email Bankruptcy
May 31, 2007 by
I don't want this to become an Instapundit-type blog where you look over my shoulder and see what I'm reading on the Web today. (Hey, I met the Instapundit this weekend! Glenn, thanks for coming to ISDC!)That being said, sometimes I won't be able to resist. Like this link to 43folders on "email bankruptcy"... deleting everything and starting … [Read more...]
Second Life
May 26, 2007 by
Watching Gen. Pete Worden give a presentation via SecondLife. Okay, it's geeky (and it just crashed) but... wow. Who would have imagined this a few years ago?__Please excuse brevity. Sent from handheld. … [Read more...]
I can’t resist a challenge…
May 25, 2007 by
On his blog a couple of weeks ago, Jeff Haynie wrote: … [Read more...]
