A co-worker had her Mac display go nuts a couple of months ago …
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A co-worker had her Mac display go nuts a couple of months ago …
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Saw this great quote today: The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone...
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I recently had to pick up the Apple QuickTime MPEG-2 playback add-on. Since I’m Canadian, I paid $30 … while the US price is $19.95. This is somewhat annoying, given that $20 US is actually worth only $19.60 Canadian today.
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Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
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Thanks to an extremely generous brother-in-law, I’m blogging this from my new iPod touch. Far, far, far too cool. Of course, I quickly picked up the $20 extra apps package from Apple, which really makes this useable as a mobile platform … Well, enough for now. I’m super-happy with the Touch, but I’m not...
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David and Goliath Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier Help – my cable is bigger than my camera! I must, must, must find a smaller cable than the monstrosity that Sony is shipping with all its cameras lately. Some MBA-type decided it would be easier to ship one cable that connects to both TVs and computers...
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??? Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier I simply cannot believe how some vitamin companies continue to create deceptive packaging. Essentially, they’re lying with their bottles. In this case, here’s a bottle of Jaimieson vitamin D that my wife picked up this week. I opened it today, shook one pill into my hand, and then looked...
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I tell you, I get the weirdest email sometimes … This one was in response to my Sony camcorder & Mac OS X: Not happy together? post from a year or so ago. i saw your blog about about the mac and sony cam! I am the victim of samsung not connecting with mac!...
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Sir Edmund Hilary Originally uploaded by johnkoetsier This is Ethan on Sunday earlier this week, climbing on park equipment. We’ve been having wonderful weather lately … sunny, warm, clear. I’m hoping it lasts!
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Terminator, the Sarah Conner Chronicles, is just about the first TV show that has become must-see-TV for me in the past couple of years (besides a few shows I watch with my wife, such as Survivor and Amazing Race). Now I hear that it’s in danger of being canceled. What?!? Sarah Conner Chronicles is...
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UPDATE Feb 21: pls note Trisha’s gracious reply below … I can’t believe believe people are still sending out link exchange requests: Hello, Recently I contacted you regarding a link exchange request. I was hoping that you’ve had the time to review this request and consider my proposal. We are developing a reciprocal link...
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Now this is amazing … a mechanical computer from 65 BC with differential gears. Reminds me of a Difference Engine …
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I don’t know where I found the link – probably popURLs – to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website, where you can read the last statements of executed prisoners. I find it amazing how many have obviously had jailhouse conversions and call on God to forgive them and receive them home. It’s also...
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Today, this seems like a very un-American thought: “I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.” - Thomas Jefferson I could not agree more. Worse...
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Just found out today that the November 2007 Today’s Parent had a story by Helaine Becker on one of my company’s products. I’m the director of product development at Premier, and we make student agendas – planners for kids in K-12 and higher education. It’s always cool when people are talking about you, and...
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