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• Computers, Cool Technology

  The Virtual KVM

  04.23.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  These days at work I’m supporting both Macs and PC’s. With recent change in my job responsibilities, the PC side is eclipsing the Mac somewhat (and no, I’m not liking it so much!) I finally broke down this month and purchased a real live modern Windows XP machine to go on my desk (which replaced […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  Psystar — Still Hopeful

  04.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Earlier today I checked the Psystar website, and they must’ve been doing some maintenance on the server or changing something with the configuration; got nothing but errors. And the pit in my stomach came back.
  It was Sunday, so it wasn’t difficult to put it out of my mind for most of the day. When […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  The Psystar Saga — Riding It Out

  04.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  All the hysteria on Gizmodo and elsewhere over the Psystar saga had me all weirded out yesterday. I was ready to call them up to cancel my order, then take it to the credit card company if they balked.
  But then I had a decent night’s sleep, and woke up to see this insightful comment on […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Psystar Open

  Open Computer Update — The Screenshot

  04.17.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Not much new about the Psystar machine I ordered on Monday… But when I logged onto their website this morning, they had a blog entry with a screenshot from System Profiler running on the machine. At least that’s what they claim. (Click on the image below to see the full-size version.)

  Of course, something like this […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  Psystar — The CrabApple That Could

  04.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Psystar made a huge splash on the interwebs yesterday by introducing the OpenMac (later renamed “Open Computer” when they realized how badly that would piss off Apple.) The Open is essentially a white box Intel-based computer that can run unmodified OS X Leopard kernels, and can even be ordered with Leopard preinstalled. The computer’s specs […]

• Bikes, Cool Technology

  The Bamboo Bike

  02.24.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I’ve long wondered if building a bike frame from bamboo or some other wood species would be practical… I guess so, because Calfee Design has been doing it for a while now.

  What it comes down to is having a good set of lugs is the main thing — that sets the stage for getting […]

• Cool Technology, Geek, Mac Stuff, Work

  VNC on the Mac

  02.14.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  &otI’ve got need at work for running VNC on one of the machines so an app running on it can be shared with multiple users on the network. VNC is a great solution that’s been out there for a long time, but in general it kinda sucks because, 1. it’s slow, 2. the image resolution […]

• Cars!, Cool Technology

  The Singing Highway

  11.30.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s something interesting; grooves cut in the pavement on a dangerous highway make the tires “sing”, and help keep drivers alert. It’s called The Singing Highway in South Korea. Very cool!
  I’ve thought of something like this; there are stretches of road around here that have grooves cut in them to channel water off the pavement, […]

• Cool Technology, Old Things

  The John Deere B, aka Johnny Popper

  11.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  The kids & I passed a really lazy Sunday afternoon yesterday watching one of my favorite movies, Cars. One thing that struck me while watching it is that they could have cast the herd of tractors a little better; in the movie the likeness of an old Farmall tractor was used to portray the cow-like […]

• Cool Technology, Geek

  Wordpress Has Spoiled Me

  10.15.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  I did some old-fashioned html work this weekend, and discovered anew how much easier things are using a tool like Wordpress instead of doing it by hand. I don’t do coding regularly enough to know the stuff by heart, but holy cow! what a lot of the futzing I had to do to get things […]

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