Category: Modern Computing
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WinDos Tehn
As you can probably tell from ye olden journal here — I’m primarily a Mac user. I also spend an unhealthy amount of time in various flavors of *nix, which…
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1990 – 2020
Four decades of Apple laptop in one photo, which also covers all of the major hardware versions; 68k, PPC, x86, and M1. What a long strange trip it’s been.
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MacBookAir 10,1
After what was undoubtedly a harrowing trip from China, my new M1-based MacBook Air arrived today. By now there are countless reviews of the M1 architecture available online, so I’ll…
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Apple’s Big Sur(prise)
Yesterday MacOS 11 — aka “Big Sur” — was released upon the world, and that’s where things went wrong for pretty much everyone. I’m not a big proponent of ‘version…
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iMac 20,2
The iMac I ordered last week arrived from Ireland today and I spent several hours getting it all set up. The ram install went pretty easy; remove ram cover, pull…
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The inevitable computer upgrade
Last night I ordered a new iMac; what may be the last of the big Intel machines from Apple. 27″ 5K screen, 3.8Ghz Intel Core i7-10700K, 8gigs of 2666MHz DDR4…
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MacBookPro 16,1 Reload…
Today was spent reloading OS X 10.15.7 on my 2019 16″ MacBook Pro. Not as big as the 2004 17″ Powerbook G4 I had years ago, but it’s much, much…
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Data Loss
Sadly, even given the precautions I take, it appears I’ve lost all of my photos between August 28th 2004 and August 9th, 2012. It’s more than likely a combination of…
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Behold! A cellphone that just makes phone calls!
As I mentioned a while back, I’m giving up on my iPhone XS Max in favor of something with less demands on my time and attention. Enter the Light Phone…
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Unplugged, part two
While waiting for the new phone to arrive, I’ve been training myself to not rely on the iPhone quite so much; leaving it on my desk when I go to…
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Unplugged
I’m making the move to ditch my thousand dollar iPhone XS Max in favor of a $250 thing called the Light Phone 2. The move from a “smart” phone to…
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MacBookPro 16,1 – Update…
It’s been a few weeks since the last entry, so I should post something for posterity… The new MacBook Pro laptop is amazing, and I’m with the countless reviews at…
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MacBookPro 16,1 – More Laptop Shenanigans
I have this perpetual unwritten deal with Apple… Since the earliest days, every time I’ve purchased an Apple gizmo someone at Apple takes note of this and within a few…
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MacBookPro 15,1 – Computer things…
I’ve been using my MacBook Pro exclusively for about three months now, carrying it back and forth to work, using it at home, writing, building 3D models, texturing, doing art,…
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We interrupt this interruption with an important interruption…
It’s probably a sign that I’m getting old, but the level of momentary interruption in today’s world is starting to wear on me… Phone bleeping and blooping every few minutes…
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New phone too!
My iPhone SE that I picked up back in mid-2016 had been having battery issues for a couple of months, so after getting moved into the new MacBook Pro, I…
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MacBookPro 15,1 – New laptop!
In my ongoing downsizing efforts I picked up the new laptop I’ve been spent the better part of a year saving up for; a 2019 model of the 15″ Macbook…
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End of year bonus!
My company does end-of-year profit sharing, so the check before Christmas is usually bit bigger than the rest. Well, the last two years have been pretty slow as our marketing…