Diesel BMW gets better mileage than a Prius
Toyota Prius proves a gas guzzler in a race with the BMW 520d Coasting down the mountain into Geneva my Prius averaged 99.9mpg for a full 10 minutes. It was the highlight of my journey and improved my overall average fuel economy by a full 2mpg. But it was not enough. For all my defensive [...]
The Fastest Jet Ever
Take a few minutes and read this great story about the SR-71 spy plane. Major Brian Shul: “I loved that jet”
MacWorld 2008 – Live-blogging links
Quite a few live blogs for the morning keynote: Valleywag Endgadget TUAW.com Ars Technica CNET Gizmodo MacDailyNews Fake Steve Jobs
My MacWorld Predictions
Here are my predictions. I don’t expect a 2nd generation iPhone yet… but do think a refresh to the current model is likely. 1st Prediction: iPhone RAM increase to 16 GB. Looking at Apple’s history with the iPod, they followed the initial model design with a smaller version. I think this is likely with the [...]
You Don’t Bury Survivors
We’ve been doing a lot of interviews for software developers at work lately, and this “overheard at a recent interview” item is quite relevant and hilarious.
iPhone Synchronization Slowdown caused by Entourage
The past several days the once speedy iPhone synchronization process had become glacial. By yesterday morning, a sync was taking 90 minutes. I observed that the Microsoft Sync Manager was consuming large quantities of CPU frequently as well, and made a guess that Entourage calendar synchronization might be the root cause. So, I rebuilt the [...]
One Million Rounds per Minute
This is somewhat awesome: After years of development, a new class of weapon that uses computer-controlled electronic ignition instead of primers to fire projectiles may be finally taking its much coveted place in the U.S. military inventory. Brisbane, Australia-based Metal Storm has delivered a four-barrel weapon to the Naval Surface Warfare Center for testing that [...]
Engadget Reviews the New Zune
New Zune review: better than before, but not quite good enough – Engadget: For the second year running the Zune and its anti-Apple pedigree squanders its unique position to chase after the iPod-disenfranchised; it offers nothing special to ex-iPod owners, nor anything innovative to the proto-geeks looking to buy just about anything but an Apple [...]
Java6 for Leopard – My 2 cents
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1Password Promo – get it free!
I previously recommended the 1Password application. There is currently a fantastic promotion to get it for free.
Halloween Pumpkin Screen Saver for Mac OS X
Get into the Halloween spirit: Jack-O-Lantern is a screen saver that displays a carved 3D pumpkin. The pumpkin is recreated in loving detail right down to the flickering candle inside. Several carving designs are included, and you can even create your own to be displayed. No getting your hands dirty carving the real thing. Artificial [...]
Problems with Leopard Install?
This doesn’t look good: Leopard BSOD This is gonna leave a mark. Releasing stuff on Friday is great, if it works, but then again, there’s always that danger of the Monday morning headline – APPLE’S NEW OS BRICKS THOUSANDS OF MACS. Probably not going to be that bad, but it might be close. Wow. You’d [...]
Analyst: Apple shares ‘going to $600’
MacDailyNews – Daedalus Capital CIO: Apple shares ‘going to $600’. Wow.
A new software app worth checking out
Keeping track of passwords, credit card info, account numbers, combinations, and other personal data has become an important activity for many of us. For the past four or five years I’ve used the SplashID application, because it has both a Mac and Palm client, and can sync the data between them. SplashID was a must-have [...]