Meandering Thoughts and Random Observations
I finally got my copy of CS6 Master Collection to run on something – and have just cancelled my Creative Cloud subscription – saving me $600! Which I’ve already spent on a 2013 MacPro and some parts – because of course I did… Anyway, getting to this point wasn’t easy……
The parts I ordered for the trashcan arrived right after I got home from work, so instead of eating dinner like a sane person – I tore down a 2013 MacPro to its thermal core… Initial observation: “Did you have to use six different sizes of Torx bits to assemble…
The BlueSCSI hardware I ordered back on the 17th arrived last night, so the evening was spent futzing with the 8100… The BlueSCSI device itself is pretty interesting. It’s entirely open source so I’ve spent a few days poking around it in its innards code-wise, and might take the time…
Being an ‘old fart’ I’m not super enthusiastic about SaaS models. I mean, I’ve done things like buy a magazine to get a game I had to type into the computer to run, drive twenty miles to the local Amiga store to purchase applications on floppies that came in a…
Not only is the box really small, but when you open it you realize you just spent $3 for a literal handful of crackers. I’d have to say a full dollar of the purchase price is in the packaging; a full cardboard box and plastic bag for what amounts to…
I’ve been doing this computer thing for a while now, so I get the privilege of being able to pipe up on various forums and social media posts when someone is looking for some esoteric bit of technical information from “the good old days” of computers and / or the…