January 2008 Archives

Time Machine is one of the great new features in Mac OS X Leopard. Restoring an entire disk, however, is the acid test of any backup system. While setting up my new desktop, I took the opportunity to test out how well Time Machine works in a disk restore situation. As the saying goes: trust, but verify. Read on...

After Macworld, I didn't head directly home. Oh no. Instead, I zipped straight past Portland and ended up in Seattle just in time to check out the MSE Garage Shoot put on by the Seattle Flickrites, organized in great... Read on...

Macworld 2008 was an exhausting, but great nonetheless, week. The keynote met expectations and the new products are nifty indeed. The only bummer for me was that I wasn’t able to attend the keynote itself for the first time... Read on...

The time before Macworld is always a fun time of the year. It's also a time to be cautiously optimistic. After all, Apple has vacillated between downplaying Macworld as a venue for new product introductions and using it to... Read on...

Note: This blog post is now dated. The feed structure is different and they are being produced in a different way. This post should be considered historical. Every serious blog reader seems to have an opinion on how they want... Read on...

One night when I was in grade school, my mom, step-father, and I went out to dinner. When we came home, there was a tripping-the-light-fantastic light show in front of the house thanks to a couple of fire trucks that... Read on...