Year: 2010
The BBC maybe playing Being Human, but I think I\’ll get more use out of Being Geek..
Being Geek: The Software Developer\’s Career Handbook from lonelysandwich on Vimeo. I\’m going to have to take a look at this…
Road test: putting the iPad to work [printer-friendly] • reghardware
The Register puts the iPad to the test, and takes the iPad to an Intel Developers Forum, and leaves their laptop at home.  Will it succeed? Well, the short answer is yes.  Read the details here,  Road test: putting the iPad to work.
Why Broadband Prices Haven’t Decreased – Creating the first broadband consumer price index
After a new technology is introduced to the market, there is usually a predictable decrease in price as it becomes more common. Laptops experienced precipitous price drops during the past decade. Digital cameras, personal computers, and computer chips all followed similar steep declines in price. Has the price of broadband Internet followed the same model? […]
Backup? Why I want to forward…
Someone stole John Boldt’s laptop out of the trunk of his car. Nothing really newsworthy about that. But according to a CTV Calgary article, that laptop contained the University of Calgary grad student’s nearly-completed master’s thesis, as well as his research and notes. “It’s so many years of my life just thrown away,â€Â Boldt told CTV. “The computer can be replaced. It’s […]
Death of the Doctor Clips
First, Clyde and folks stumble upon trouble… (Like the olde days, eh?) \”When the Doctor is declared dead, old companions Sarah Jane and Jo Grant meet for the very first time, and join forces to discover the truth. As an interstellar conspiracy gathers around UNIT HQ, Clyde finds that he holds the fate of the […]
Five reasons to ignore the Galaxy Tab and get the iPad
The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first tablet to come along that offers a serious alternative, or poses any notable challenge to the Apple iPad. As formidable as the Samsung tablet seems, though, there are still a number of reasons to forego the Android-based device in favor of the Apple iPad. Five reasons to ignore the Galaxy […]
Can\’t use a Vise Installer? Here\’s the fix…
Evidently, some versions of the Vise Installer don\’t quite work properly under Mac OS X… Here\’s why… Â The symptom is that your computer slows down or stops responding… Â The Installer splash screen may display, but the Vise Installer typically stops at the \”Gathering Details\” screen. Why? Â You have a \”network volume\” mounted, it could be […]