The 8gb iPod touch looks like a good deal for $300, at first glance. But for $100 more in the iPhone you get a cell antenna, a two megapixel camera, and a speaker. The speaker, I think, is kind of a big deal. So: do I buy a touch, or an iPhone and make it […]
Category Archives: technology
Acronym on the web
September 3, 2007 – 10:23 am
As we wait for the SS08 collection (due in March), here’s all the places you can buy my favorite wearable tech online:
The Glade: Beinghunted’s venture, the forerunner to AM Firmament. In stock: SS-J4, GT-J12, SS-J1W, SS-J5, S-KA1, 3A-1 bag, hat, neck gaiter.
Hanon Shop: Tons of stuff including the white SS-J2A, my next purchase (pictured).
Superfuture: Dudes […]
The nerd in me - my next set of computers
September 2, 2007 – 7:39 am
I’m thinking of going from this:
1G MacBook w/ 1tb external hard drives
Treo 650
To this, after Leopard comes out:
24″ iMac
1.5tb external RAID 1
Eee PC 701
Some smartphone because I have to stay on Sprint - I’m thinking a BlackBerry or some HTC thing with a big keyboard.
Why?
I need more screen real estate; the iMac provides it, and […]
THE iPHONE RUNS OS X
January 9, 2007 – 10:17 am
OH MY GOD - CLICK HERE FOR DEMOS
ZOMFG
Update: maybe I should be more serious. It’s exciting, yes, but there are a few small details that give me pause:
2G isn’t fast enough. The map demos at MacWorld were done over WiFi. Cingular also charges a lot for data, although I expect they’ll have a special plan […]
I choose txt
July 18, 2006 – 11:38 am
I haven’t posted because I’ve been writing nine drafts of something short. Anyway, all this writing has made me think about the file format that contains my writing at present: Apple’s weird XML Pages format. It sucks. You can’t open the files on Windows or, uh, Ubuntu. I don’t even like Pages; it’s good for […]
Stay low and keep firing
July 6, 2006 – 11:06 am
Let’s get serious about the tech, shall we?
After watching useage on my east coast trip, I’ve decided to swap my Treo for a Motorola SLVR L7c when it shows up on Sprint. I’m really into the idea of GPS on phone - check out what the Japanese are doing with “GPS dowsing.”
Google Checkout $10 off […]
MacBook City
May 16, 2006 – 6:22 pm
Did you get a MacBook?
I bought three.
Three?
Yeah, the whole fam is equipped.
And? So?
They’re the most perfect laptops I’ve ever used. The major change beside the screen is the keyboard; each key is set in its own well, with space surrounding. It’s off-putting at first, but the key response is fantastic and I’m already used to […]
Can I call it?
May 7, 2006 – 7:43 pm
If the new MacBooks are coming on Tuesday (which, I don’t know, feels right to me), I suspect their specs will break down like the Intel Mac minis - a Core Solo on one side, a Core Duo on the other, maybe $1099 / $1499. Or maybe three models: $1099 / $1299 / $1499. They’ll […]
I radically redid my bookmarks
April 24, 2006 – 1:57 pm
I’ve been storing almost ten years of bookmarks in Safari, bookmarks everywhere - here, there, nested folders bursting the filing cabinet metaphor. So I decided to clear out everything except what I actually USED on a regular basis. Everything else should go in del.icio.us, but I’m lazy. Here’s my new bookmark menu. Just four folders […]
Yojimbo 1.1 versus OmniOutliner Pro 3.5
April 4, 2006 – 12:01 pm
Two life-capturing personal productivity apps! One new, one old! Who wins?
Well, OmniOutliner, which I’ve been using for years now. Yojimbo has some nice ideas - you can assign quick-entry window to a hotkey (like F8), which I was particularly fond of - and it’s excellent at handling various media types, but in the end, the […]
MacWorld SF ‘06 impressions
January 10, 2006 – 11:36 am
Not exactly what I expected!
Last year I decided to move from Office to Pages for word processing, and have not been thrilled with the switch. Pages 1.0 was slow, and there’s no document reader for Windows. Hopefully the performances issues have been addressed in 2.0.
“MacBook Pro” is more awkward than “PowerBook G5,” but we’ll get […]
C’mere god damn it
January 2, 2006 – 12:43 pm
Just wirelessly synced my Treo 650 for the first time. Slow as fuck but awesome.
SF 18-20th?
My second-most intense spaghetti carbonara ever is coagulating in my gut right this second. So many egg yolks.
I read that Edge “2006 big question” thing in full (the question was: what’s your dangerous idea?) and it seemed like the answers […]