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Holiday Giveaway
It can be really difficult to find a good book. More specifically a book that suits your preferences as a reader. And it’s not because such books do not exist. They do. But we lack a method of categorizing books in a way that describes what people like about them. Sure, we have genres and…
Slightly Less Vintage
Sometimes needs dictate choices. Like when your car becomes more expensive to maintain than a new car payment or when you switch careers and suddenly need a collection of suits. In my most recent case, it came down to Markdown editors and noise. I was (and still am) very fond of my Power Mac G4…
How to Use a Laptop
I know it sounds funny. How do you use a laptop? Just open the lid and go for it, right? Sure, that’s one approach. But I think a lot of laptop owners have only considered one use case. In the early days of personal computing, we had desktops. That was it. You sat at a…
Review of the New 14-inch MacBook Pro
I recently acquired a new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 chip. After a month or so of use, I am happy to say it is an excellent machine and I’m very pleased about taking the plunge. After years of Apple making questionable (even pointless) design decisions, the new MacBook Pro is a breath of…
Kensington Slimblade Review
Those of you who know me know that I have a thing for input devices. Particularly keyboards and mice. I spend a lot of time at the computer on an average day, so my primary input devices are important. Several years ago, The Kensington Slimblade arrived on the market. My daily-driver at the time was…
A Month with KDE
I decided to spend a month wtih KDE. This would expose me to all the bits and pieces and really give me an idea what the desktop is like.
