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Sync Mac 10.5 iCal and Google Calendar

In the past this was a difficult task on Leopard. It required *gasp* the purchase of software. Typically I am against that, but if the software is good, or performs a task that there is no free alternative for, I’ll buy it.
This was the case with Spanning Sync. I want [...]

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Apple picks up some awards and new iPhone to market soon

To begin with someone close to the 3G iPhone project has mentioned that it should be released sometime next month.  3G should finally bring full fledged high speed internet to the phone, which some people have been waiting for.  Also there may be a different color of the iPhone on the horizon, don’t get too [...]

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Two slick apps worth checking out… forward hotmail to gmail… and keeping your apps fresh.

I’ve been looking for some better ways to do things recently. I found two pretty cool apps that make computer life a little simpler.
If I’m anything like you, I’m sure you have one too many email addresses. I recently started looking for a way to consolidate several of them to my [...]

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Getting things done with RTM and Jott

I’ve always wanted a personal secretary.  Then again who hasn’t?  I am constantly forgetting things, unless I write it down.  My system never worked all that well.  I could never find a pen or a suitable piece of paper when I was scrambling to write a thought down.
Recently I have found something pretty cool.  I’ve [...]

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A month with Leopard

I finally got Leopard setup on my PowerBook. So far so good. I went out on a limb and decided not to do a fresh install. I would never have done that on windows. Oddly enough everything works. Everything but UNO, but I don’t really need to use it because Leopard has a [...]

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Why Vista gained .18% of all internet users

I read this article this morning from Computerworld. The article points out that Vista is going to over take Tiger in web usage by August. That’s fine, however, the article fails to mention a rather important point.
The reason that this is happening is because current XP users are upgrading to Vista.

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Memory Upgrades to my Powerbook

I felt it was time to upgrade my 12″ PowerBook from 512 to a nice healthy gig. Hawk suggested to me MemoryTogo. (I’m not linking for a reason) He had done business with them and felt they were a pretty good company.
I’d placed the order yesterday for about 144 dollars with shipping. I get a [...]

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Um, a status update.

I haven’t written anything recently. I’ve been pretty busy with all the back to school stuff/festivities. I recently became a mac owner again. This time I got myself a 12″ Powerbook G4 for 500 bucks which works a lot better then my g3 did. Its funny too because they day after [...]

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Projects

Right now I’m working on a few things… side projects to work that is…..

PVR using MythTV and an Xbox.
UMD Facebook theme
12″ Powerbook G4 upgrade

The PVR, hopefully will be based on an old computer of one of my very good friends. That is if she’ll let me have it. We’ll see… I’ve got a [...]

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