Recent Notable URLsXML

A self-purchase for my family and I. Upgrading from an old Sony Mini DV camcorder.

Interpol's got PhotoShop Skillz

Interpol has been able to reverse image effects unmasking a pedophile.

Amazon Launches DRM-Free MP3 Store

Cheaper than iTunes. Better quality than iTunes. DRM Free.

Raytheon brings the Pain Gun

"This machine has the ability to inflict limitless, unbearable pain."

How to Solve a Maze with Adobe Photoshop

This is the best hack of PhotoShop I have ever seen.

Urban Dictionary: Prewalking

Walking down the subway platform so that when you board the train, you'll be close to the exit or transfer point when the train reaches its destination.

How to Schedule MySQL Backups in Windows

Gotta love it when something you thought might be challenging is explained to be so easy.

Nintendo to release official MP3 Player for the Nintendo DS

The best handheld gaming system gets a media add-on. Nice.

Laptop sleeves like monster muppets

I don't care how much I like monsters and cartoons and such, I'd feel like the world's biggest homo if I actually carried this in public.

"Pee-wee's Playhouse" joining Cartoon Network's Adult Swim

Saturday mornings were so awesome as a kid.

[ more ]

Recent User Comments

ErikG on ColdFusion MX and iText for PDF Generation

Dominic Watson on ColdFusion MX and iText for PDF Generation

Gustavo on ColdFusion MX and iText for PDF Generation

Wil on Got a Sony Vaio notebook like me? Hate the touchpad like me?

David Marc on ColdFusion MX and iText for PDF Generation

ErikG on Tips for presenting with Apple Keynote

Tammy on Tips for presenting with Apple Keynote

diwakar on CD-RW doesn't have ASPI drivers in Win XP

ErikG on Tips for presenting with Apple Keynote

Steve on Tips for presenting with Apple Keynote

David on Speaking on ColdFusion in 2007

Jeff Gladnick on Google Co-Op : Roll Your Own Custom Search Engine

cjia on Tips for presenting with Apple Keynote

Jacob Munson on Secure web passwords with SuperGenPass

Blog Archive

2008
Jan

2007
Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

2006
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Dec

2005
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2004
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Oct Nov Dec

2003
Jan Feb Mar May Jun Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2002
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec

2001
Oct Nov Dec

Friends and others

Michael; Nate & Val; BJay; Jessica; Joel; Steven Ng; AJ; Kirker; Derek;

All content on this site (including text, photographs, artwork, and any other original works), unless otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Below is an archived blog entry added on Thursday, February 1st 2007

Bloguary

In September of 2005 I did what I labeled "Blogging Semptember" where I forced myself to blog each weekday of the month. It turned out pretty good, I got 22 entries in... since then I have averaged just over 3 entries a month, with a monthly max of 6 and one month with nada. It's not that I have nothing to say, I actually have a lot I would like to write about - but a mixture of being lazy, prone to procrastinating, and also super busy with work makes it hard to blog.

In the following months I want to use my blog to promote my upcoming speaking engagements at CFUNITED 2007 and Boise Code Camp 2.0... as well as other things going on. So I am once again going to force myself to blog each weekday this month... and maybe give myself a prize at the end if I meet the goal.

One thing I will spend a decent portion of my entries on is my first Mac, which I purchased in December and received last month. I am not a "switcher", I still plan on using my PC as my main system, but I do love my little MacBook Pro - and I have to admit that it is my main source of inspiration on things I want to write about currently.

Here is a Flickr set to checkout the day my MBPro arrived:

3 Comments

User Comments

Friday, February 2nd 2007

I'll be curious to hear your experiences with the Mac. 2 things have kept me away from them so far (aside from lack of software/hardware which isn't that much of a problem anymore). One, they're kind of spendy. Two, I'm not really into the 'super easy to use' crowd. I like things to be easy, but not if they also take away powerful features. Steve Jobs once said, "Who needs more than one mouse button?" I know they've got the mighty mouse now, but the mentality still exists at Apple as far as I can tell.

Friday, February 2nd 2007

I will be writing about the Mac a lot.

I won't lie and say Apple hardware is cheap, but they do offer a decent line of system to cover different budgets.

Apple Notebooks: $1099 - $2799
Apple Desktops: $599 - $2499

Dell Notebooks: $689 - $2999
Dell Desktops: $359 - $5499

These are all the starting prices for the different model lines, upgrades of course will push the prices higher, but from my experience the Dell prices jump $500+ very quickly with a few tweaks.

As you can see, the prices aren't too far off... I think I feel a future blog entry on this topic... I *did* consider going Dell instead of Apple for my new notebook. But with Bootcamp (the ability to run Windows on Mac hardware), my knowledge of Apple's great battery life, and that I really could not price a comparable Dell at a lower price, I went for the MacBook Pro.

As for the single mouse button... yes it's the stupidest thing ever. I think Macs only have 1 button just because Apple/Jobs is being stubborn and don't want to admit that they are wrong.

I have gotten quite familiar with using the CTRL button with my mouse clicks to simulate the right mouse click. Also, I have bought myself a Bluetooth Logitech mouse which is a lot more advanced than the lame Mighty Mouse, which to me is a joke of a mouse.

I have never used the mouse supplied with any Dell desktop I have purchased, I have always gone after-market with Logitech - this just holds true with the Mac as well.

Friday, February 2nd 2007

The good point I've heard for Macs being expensive is that you get a lot of really cool software with it. Personally, I'd rather pay less and pick and chose what software it comes with.

I also don't like that Apple charges for point upgrades. Those should be free, IMO.

Add your own comment

Comment system temporarilty off-line.