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Proof of a Winning Combination: MacBook Air + Windows 7 11 Feb 2012 | 11:43 am
Today a story appeared asking if a MacBook Air running Windows 7 really is the best current ultra-book solution. While The Verge conducted a comprehesive head-to-head comparison, as someone in the fie...
How to Reset Mac OS X Lion to Factory Default State 21 Oct 2011 | 08:50 pm
Getting ready to sell your Mac and want to do a full factory restore to default settings? Just follow this procedure — it works on Mac OS X Lion only. 1. Launch the Terminal application on you Mac. T...
iOS5 Messages Conversation Screen Not Updating 18 Oct 2011 | 03:43 am
[Update 10/22/2011] Oddly enough I’ve rebooted my phone and the problem is no longer reproducible. There most definitely a bug before, not sure what caused it to disappear now. I just installed iOS5...
The Great Steve Jobs Vending Machine 8 Oct 2011 | 02:07 am
For all of the inventive genius demonstrated by the late Steve Jobs, the one that invariably saved Apple from bankruptcy most quickly and then catapulted it to the most valuable company in the world w...
The Nexus of Oct 5, Steve Jobs, and my Grandmother 7 Oct 2011 | 11:55 am
I was telling my girlfriend more than a week ago, while it was still warm and sunny here in Seattle and I was still coming off of feeling good from the summer, that I was starting to get anxious. “Wh...
The Real Housewives of Seattle? 30 Jul 2011 | 11:40 am
My good friend (and previous guest blogger here) Carly Chillmon, Sociologist and adjunct professor at Seattle University, recently weighed in on the question of whether Seattle could support a “Real H...
Pay It Forward: Give Me Your Wi-Fi 18 Jul 2011 | 07:01 am
Guest Blogger: Carly Chillmon While it pains me to make a Haley-Joel Osment reference, I feel the need to reach out to the tech community and ask you to pay it forward. Not all of us are tech savvy o...
For Apple It Could Be 1993 All Over Again 5 Aug 2010 | 07:39 am
The announcements today by the NPD group and Engadget that the Google Android OS has now taken the top-spot in the US smartphone market got me thinking about 1993. In 1993 Apple was still a domineerin...
Download Android 2.2 Froyo EVO 4G OTA 31 Jul 2010 | 04:37 pm
HTC noted that this Android 2.2 Froyo OTA build for the EVO 4G isn’t final, but reports from the wild are that it’s “full fat Froyo.” :) So here it is, enjoy. Here’s how to install it: Download the ...
iPhone 4 Free Bumber Case App Phoning Home? 24 Jul 2010 | 07:19 am
It was just announced today that the iPhone 4 free Bumper Case program to address the much publicized antenna issue is live. iPhone 4 users who want to participate in the program simply need to downlo...
