Thanks to a dead DVD drive, I had to run to Best Buy today anyway, so I picked up an extra gig of RAM while I was there. Damn, that made all the difference in the world with Oblivion. No more lag or temporarily abysmal framerates moving from area to area. Runs like a dream … [Read more…]
I read today that the onmac.net challenge to get Windows XP to install and boot on an Intel Mac has been won! The modified bootloader has been released, and their servers are already so hammered that the site is down. *laugh* The runner-up has posted details on what he, and the winner, had to do … [Read more…]
Okay, I’ll warn you in advance: this is very nerdy/geeky. So, if you have no interest or knowledge of back-end web development then you should probably just stop reading right now and move on to the next post. :) I’m excited because I finally got Ruby On Rails running today! I’m using Ubuntu Linux running … [Read more…]
I think my old, reliable iPod might be getting a bit sick. I've noticed it locks up for about a second every once in a while while playing, not terribly long and it recovers quickly (and it does it very rarely) but it never used to do that. It's also tripping up on files it … [Read more…]
The NAMM convention is this weekend, which means there should be some cool new music gear announcements coming up. So you’ll have to excuse me if I go into full geek mode for a couple days and ramble on about music software and hardware. :-) Ableton have already announced two new versions of Live. There’s … [Read more…]
Damn it, I hate having to go back to this brick of an old 5GB iPod. I can’t carry shit for music on the damn thing. Right now, for example, I’m really in the mood for some Pop Will Eat Itself. But, thanks to my tiny little iPod, I have none with me. It gets … [Read more…]
Well, the rumors were true. Apple announced the new iPods today, and they now incorporate video support. A nice, large 2.5" 320×240 color display, and it supports MPEG-4 or H.264 video. Would have been nice to support standard QuickTime movies or other formats, but I don't see myself using the video playback much anyway. Sadly, … [Read more…]
With the passing of my dear, beloved 30GB iPod last night I had a chance to tear her open and have a look at her guts. Unplugging the battery and hard drive and re-connecting them was a last-ditch effort to resuscitate the old girl, as that apparently sometime works. Didn't for me and she officially … [Read more…]
How good the first few ZZ Top records were, back before they turned into A Flock Of Seagulls in the eighties. Thomas Brinkmann makes some of the coolest minimal techno around. I listened to his stuff for the first time in many, many months today, and it just blows my mind how creative the guy … [Read more…]
Well, I've finally rid myself of my one little bit of luddism. I've broken down and gotten a cel phone. Not sure what motivated me to finally do so, but I've done it nonetheless. I'm not a big phone person, I mostly hate talking on the phone, so I've never really seen the use for … [Read more…]
There’s one under-reported bit of information buried in yesterday’s Apple/Intel announcement that could be potentially huge. To quote Apple’s vice president of worldwide Mac product marketing, David Moody: “We will not sell or support Windows, but we are not doing anything in the hardware that would preclude someone from using it.” This opens up the … [Read more…]
Apple today announced it was switching from IBM's PowerPC chips to Intel's Pentium line. I'm not sure what to make of it, but I think it'll be a make-or-break decision for Apple. If the transition goes smoothly, it could being a lot of new users and developers to the Macintosh platform. If it's at all … [Read more…]
With the big MacWorld Expo coming tomorrow, I have to say I've been really disappointed in Apple's behavior leading up to it. They've been doing things that have me scratching my head and wondering what they're thinking. First, they've filed a lawsuit against the website Think Secret for publishing rumors about upcoming product(s). The Macintosh … [Read more…]
I had my first visit to an Apple Store yesterday, and it will probably be my last. This should have been an easy sale for Apple, I had decided in advance to purchase a dual-2GHz G5, so all they had to do was have one in stock and it was sold. Found a salesperson, told … [Read more…]