Mac Mini: The Emperor’s New Computer

I’m sure this is a joke.
” While there is a Mac-style “donnnnggggg” when the Mini is first turned on, during normal operation the unit makes no sound whatsoever. This could make it very difficult for a novice user to know whether or not the computer is on. In fact, it took our techs about fifteen minutes before we realized the unit itself was operating normally and it was the monitor that was not plugged in properly. It turns out the Mini uses a weird kind of display connector on the back that requires a special adapter if you want to plug it into a PC monitor.”
Read on…

Mac Mini: The Emperor’s New Computer

Tablet PCs Fill With Ink

Ah, just brilliant… I remember using the ‘pen for Windows’ stuff years ago and it was just not ready for prime time. Looks to still be the case.
Turns out that there is a file that suffers from a memory leak and will go from using 10MB to using 150MB + after you used the suspend feature for a few weeks. Is a fix from M$ on the way… Nope…

Tablet PC bug ‘fills computer with ink’

Be Carefull of What You Draw

My how things have changed… When I was in grade school my friends and I would draw these complex side views of little cannibal people and the complex processing plant they had built. I shudder to think what would happen if a kid would do that today… (ok, it was sick and twisted for third graders to be doing this, but we were inspired by the abattoir sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus)
CNN.com – Boys arrested for stick figure drawings – Jan 26, 2005

LED Scrolling Text IcedOut Belt Buckle

While in New York two weeks ago, my wife and I were in the Virgin music store in Times Sq. It was like 11:30 or something, we had poped in to get out of the cold for a while. As we were going down to the bottom floor I notice that some guy walking across the room has light on his belt buckle. Moving lights. I think, ‘Hey, pretty cool! ‘ and tell my wife to take a look at that guys belt buckle. So does and totaly fails to have that ‘wow technology!’ reaction that I had. I told her that I had to have one and what do you know, she didn’t beleive me! 🙂

LED Scrolling Text IcedOut Belt Buckle