Archive for January, 2005

Rachelicious Birthday

Monday, January 31st, 2005

More soon, but here is a pic from my sister’s birthday visit to Boston.

Snow Bomb

Saturday, January 22nd, 2005

Maybe a Noreaster is God’s way of protecting Boston from terrorists.

Quote

Wednesday, January 19th, 2005

Certainly there are many applications to the study of ethics. You gave the example of law and ethics. Another might be a media class studying FAA regulations. –Professor Baeten
I am not sure how likely that conversation is to take place in that particular class, but I do know that FCC Chairman Michael Powell does […]

Free Mac Mini

Thursday, January 13th, 2005

After getting a free iPod through the same company, I enthusiastically participate in this promotion for a free Mac Mini. Here’s the deal:

Sign up.
Complete a free trial offer.
Cancel free trial before it charges your credit card.
Refer 10 friends and have them do the same.

No, these types of promotions are not scams. My personal […]

MWSF: HD Announcements

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Several product announcements have me intrigued. This year has been a great year for awesome product announcements at Expo, particularly for high-definition. It’s here folks and, as Emerson has been preaching since I arrived, there is no life left in standard definition programming.

Elgato EyeTV 500 adds digital cable support: This means that if […]

5 Mac OS X Default Settings to Instantly Change

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Here are five default settings in Mac OS X that I instantly change on any new install.

Turn on file extensions. We live in a Windows dominated world. Accept this fact and turn on file extensions. This option is found in Finder > Preferences : Advanced
Turn on Full Keyboard Access. When I use […]

2005 Site Improvements

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Okay, I need some feedback from the hundreds of people who visit my site daily e.g. YOU!
I am planning a series of minor and massive updates to my blog and am looking for suggestions. Comment to this entry what I could do to improve my blog. Here are a few things people have […]

How I’m coping with the loss of the Macworld Expo keynote web stream

Monday, January 10th, 2005

For the first time ever since I even became a Mac user, Apple will not webcast Steve Jobs’ keynote speech at Macworld Expo San Francisco. And being that Ryan had to be silly and get an internship that would not permit him to attend, I cancelled my plans to attend Expo this year.
Double bummer.
So […]

Free Personal Video Player

Monday, January 10th, 2005

Sorry Steve, but the iPod needs video. You are so wrong on this one. But what Steve doesn’t give, Archos does. And this site gives them away for free.
After getting a free iPod through a similar promotion, I have set my sights on a Personal Video Player. Here’s the deal:

Sign up.
Complete […]

Is it really?

Friday, January 7th, 2005

It just kinda snuck up on me. I decided to watch Tuck Everlasting before going to bed because it arrived from Netflix. Just as the movie ended, I received an e-mail from Cary. Cary is one of three friends over in Cambodia right now working on a documentary. I am updating […]