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Reviews, speculation, and other idle thoughts on hardware, software, firmware…

express!

by Rob Friesel

Apple may have done it again with AirPort Express… Not sure how I feel about this innovation yet. It seems neat. Versatile. Sleek and chic. But is it too much packed in to too little at too high a price? Or maybe that’s just it. Maybe it really is “all that and more” and I’m […]

idle rambling.

by Rob Friesel

Top 5 Reasons for Rob to Get a Powerbook: Native dual-video out (and digital, no less!) means not only will the extended desktop action be covered under warranty but I can also more easily justify picking up that 20″ display I’ve been coveting. While you can jam a GB+ of RAM into one of the […]

futureweb.

by Rob Friesel

And so, Nigel McFarlane prophecies the end of the web browser. Or at least, breaks down why a new “browser war” may be necessary to keep it from slipping into obscurity and disappearing to all but “a few idealistic hippies, some idle perverts, and the disaffected.” First and foremost, let’s get one thing out of […]

iTunes Etiquette.

by Rob Friesel

RIDDLE! How does one handle the meta-data tagging for songs imported from a DJ mix? About half the time I insert a disk, the CDDB gives me the correct title, artist, and album name info … if by correct, we mean that each “artist” field has the name of the individual artists in them and […]

Konfabulator.

by Rob Friesel

Now that my trial period has expired, I shall issue a brief, inconsequential review of: Konfabulator! the good: The idea is definitely good. I like the concept of being able to throw a bunch of neat little dynamic, iconic graphics on my desktop to feed me information. Especially since I can set them to be […]

friggin’ hilarious.

by Rob Friesel

The Mac is a Harsh Mistress, apparently… Microsoft, ladies and gentlemen, is a cheap whore. She lives on the fringes of the law, but there’s no getting rid of her because she fulfils a certain need in our society. People want what she is selling. I seem to have similar feelings.

switchback.

by Rob Friesel

*le sigh* The great Blogger switchback. Don’t get me wrong … I have mad love for Blosxom in theory but all that Perl was just making my nauseous. So F_D is back on Blogger. Grabbed a standard layout while I relearn the tags. (Was starting to get a headache from the toe-fungus yellow background anyway…) […]

no apologies.

by Rob Friesel

“I just feel terrible,” LixelPixel said. “I love Apple and I’m actually terribly nervous and sorry about all this.” Don’t feel bad, Lixel. Better safe than sorry. (Literally in this case.) At least there’s MoreInternet to quell the flames a bit.