2008 December

I used to love listening to the radio on Christmas Eve because they always tracked Santa. They would give locations and the progress of Santa and how close he was to your city and it added to the magic of the night. My son is 4 years old, my daughter just turned 2 and because [...]

I used to own a Thinkpad T-series before I got my Macbook. Being a former Thinkpad user I’d say it was one of the most solid mobile-PC platform I’ve used in my short 20-year career as a computer geek. Now browsing across Engadget I found out that Thinkpad has recently developed a dual-screen laptop in [...]

“Toasty Toes is adjustable, and may be used flat, inclined, or upright as a radiant heat panel. But at 90 watts, less than a standard 100-watt light bulb, this heated foot rest uses a fraction of the energy of a standard 1500-watt space heater. In addition to being more cost-efficient, Toasty Toes is safer than [...]

“Toasty Toes is adjustable, and may be used flat, inclined, or upright as a radiant heat panel. But at 90 watts, less than a standard 100-watt light bulb, this heated foot rest uses a fraction of the energy of a standard 1500-watt space heater. In addition to being more cost-efficient, Toasty Toes is safer than [...]

Today, Apple announced that the upcoming Macworld Expo (Jan. 5-9, 2009) will be the last Apple attends.
On Tuesday, January 6, Phil Schiller will give the opening keynote and, according to Apple, it will be the last keynote given at a Macworld.
via Macworld 2009 to Be Apple’s Last | TheAppleBlog.

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.5.6 to customers this afternoon.
The 10.5.6 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
via Apple Releases Mac OS X 10.5.6 – Mac Rumors.

So you all know that I was updating to Wordpress 2.7 because I touched on it last week. I am glad I made the switch because the admin interface is really nice. I liked the old 2.6.x interface as well but the charcoal on white is very easy to look at. The layout has also [...]

This is Barbara’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway at chris.pirillo.com and geeks.pirillo.com.
Maybe it’s just me, but I believe there are many differences between the expression and characteristics of a “Geek” and a “Nerd”. Obviously, the typical nerd does not compare to the status of a geek today – but what are they?
What is [...]

According to Veit—editor-in-chief of Computer Shopper magazine from 1983 to 1988—Steve Jobs contacted him when his computer shop in New York was taking off big time. On the phone, Steve convinced him about having to check out this amazing new computer, which according to the Jobster was “insanely great” (or something like that).
Hi, Steve Jobs [...]

I have been searching around for Jaiku invitations on and off for a while and finally I came across a site that seems to be made for me :) If you want to try a twitter like site that is owned by Google then you should head over to…