The Very Nifty Mac Mini

Last weekend my wife and I were out computer shopping. Her for a new Dell laptop, me to dream of the laptop I might be able to buy around about 2007. We traveled to the King of Prussia Mall in southeast Pennsylvania, where Dell allegedly had a store, and to keep me quiet during Sue’s … Read more

The Downside to Audible

I’ve spent a fair amount of time on Nuketown singing the praises of Audible.com, so I figure it’s only proper that I also mention the drawbacks. A friend of mine recently subscribed to Audible, and was eager to use his new MP3 player to listen to books. I’ve long hyped the benefits of Audible to … Read more

Attack of the Pod People

Radio sucks. iPods are everywhere. So someone got the brilliant idea of bypassing the vast audio wasteland that is the radio dial nowadays, and broadcasting original content directly to people’s iPods. Well, almost directly. The idea behind “podcasting” is brilliantly simple. We’ve already got a standard for syndicating text content on the Web, called “RSS” … Read more

Thoughts on the New iMac

It’s no great secret around here that I’m a Mac fan, but I’ve got to say that Apple’s design for the new iMac has left me cold. As with the previous iMacs, it’s an all in one design. This time around though, that design takes the form of a flat-screen monitor that’s been bulked up … Read more

Firefox Rising

Out in the mainstream, a lot of people seem to think Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is the only game in town. That’s not surprising, given the huge number of people who use it, but there are alternatives, and after having played with it for the last two weeks, I think Firefox is one of the best. … Read more

My iPod Runneth Over

It finally happened. After an year and a half, I’ve finally managed to fill my 10 gig iPod. This may not seem like a particularly impressive milestone to some — after all, I know people who’s music collections are upwards of 100 gig, But for me, as someone who doesn’t steal music off the Net, … Read more

My Windows Upgrade Battle

Warning: This is a long-winded article recounting my battle to replace Windows Me with a copy of Windows XP on my wife’s desktop computer. As such, it’ll probably only interest those who are facing a similar upgrade war. A few years ago, I was having problems with my Windows 98 desktop machine. It was a … Read more

Why I Switched to the Mac

It’s official. I’ve switched to the Mac. Long-time readers will know that I bought an Apple laptop – an iBook – a few years ago, but I’ve continued to use a Windows desktop machine at home. That machine was getting more than a little long in the tooth though, and it was time for a … Read more