OpenSolaris NAS with ZFS

I read Jonathan Schwartz’s blog. I don’t know why. I am interested in what he has to say, despite the fact that his blog seems to be more PR than substance some times. Maybe I do it also because I admire Sun’s openness, want to support it and wish other companies would do the same. [...]

A Replacement for Notebook Apps

This discussion got me thinking. I’ve been playing with Notebook Apps for the past 3 years looking for the perfect solution for all my junk–snippets, saved webpages, random pdfs, hyperlinks, bits of short media I find on the web, pictures, and on an on. On the Mac, I’ve tried Mac Journal (the free version), Journler, [...]

750 Legal SXSW Songs on BitTorrrent

I’m almost 100% sure this is legal and sanctioned by SXSW. There are 750 songs from bands who appeared (is that the right word?) at SXSW on bit torrent, and like I said I’m pretty sure this was released by SXSW–so you can download with a clear conscience. I have not yet heard it, but [...]

Magically del.icio.us

UPDATED 3/22/2007:Similarly you can also view my tumblog.
Just a quick note…you may (or may not have) noticed a little list of my latest del.icio.us bookmarks over on the right there–no the other right. It is sort of my attempt to cut down on the “Here’s an interesting story…” posts which you may or may not [...]

Encrypted Disk Images in OS X

I was planning on writing a short tutorial on creating Encrypted Disk Images on Mac OS X. File encryption is an important weapon in your security and privacy arsenal no matter which OS you use and I suggest you use it. If you have a notebook with your sensitive data on it, or someone else’s [...]

AppleCare and the 90 day 1 year warranty

One of the most true statements I’ve ever heard is when someone said “If you don’t have Apple Care you’ll know what it feels like to be a redheaded stepchild.” This is certainly true, sadly. I experienced this about a year ago. I usually do not buy any sort of extended warranty since the cost [...]

No Brainer Backups on OS X with rsync

If you’re a Power User or Unix nut (like me) you already know about the power of rsync. However the casual Mac user is usually unaware of the powerful Unix OS that lies beneath the “lickable” Aqua face.
One of the most common complaints people have about OS X (pre-Leopard and Time Machine), especially when comparing [...]

How iTunes 7.x Screwed everything up

As anyone who ’s been paying even marginal attention to me might have noticed, I’ve had some major growing pains adjusting to iTunes 7.0 and 7.1. A lot of my problems seem to come from Coverflow and the adjustments made within iTunes to support it. All of this is ironic because as I’ve said a [...]

New NIN song released for Garageband

NIN, it what has become a tradition has released their (his) latest single in Garageband for you (if you have a Mac) to re-mix to your heart’s content. The site promises that little by little the entire album will be released this way. Trent did this as an experiment for two songs off the last [...]

DST–Those in the know say don’t do it

Alright I know I may be going overboard a little bit about the daylight savings time rants, especially since it was a few days ago, but it served as a reminder for me and a kick in the pants to be a little forward looking about it. What was most amazing about it was the [...]