Ataxia is the thing with feathers.

802.11n

There are apparently no 802.11n USB doohickeys that operate on the 5GHz spectrum AND work on OS X. There are a couple that support 802.11n on the 2.4GHz frequency range, but using 2.4GHz is what I am trying to avoid because there are about 75 million 802.11g networks reachable from our living room.
I guess [...]

Rebates via Amazon.com

Thinking about buying something on amazon.com that has a rebate associated with it?
Don’t buy it and think you’re going to get the rebate.
I’ve been in customer support runaround for about 2 weeks because they’ve grossly botched even the process of providing the correct mail-in rebate form for the MacBook Pro I bought from them.
They now [...]

Happy 10th, iMac

Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since my friend Matt got a friend to drive him to New Hampshire to buy a brand new fancypants iMac, but lo and behold, the iMac indeed turns 10 today.
Check out the awesome specs the original iMac had:

233 MHz PowerPC 750 (a.k.a. G3)
32 MB of PC-100 RAM (expandable [...]

Psystar: Forward Into the Death [Thursday Linkdome]

Psystar Fights Back
I don’t envision any way Psystar can not lose this case Apple has brought against them. Also, is there someone backing Psystar financially in this matter who has some other motive? Hmm.
Hooray for Librarians
I fully appreciate that you, and some of your friends, strongly disagree with its viewpoint. But if the library is [...]

Steal This iPhone followup

The Eagle-Tribune published a follow-up story on the iPhone thefts, which is mostly a “how they did it” article. Read it here.
It also features a photo of my old (and clearly now ex-)manager dressed up in Arraignment Orange.
Yikes.

Steal This iPhone

One of my managers when I worked at the Apple Store Rockingham Park was arrested yesterday for stealing 332 iPhones from the store with his accomplice and Rock co-worker. (The former manager in question is the younger of the two mentioned in the article.)
I feel that this makes a good excuse to break out [...]

Mac Office 2008

… comes with Microsoft’s new fonts that shipped with Vista and Windows Office 2007.  I noticed when installing that there’s an option for Office Fonts, which includes Consolas, Calibri, and the others.