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Apple stock still a bargain.

Apple stock has been on a steep rise the last month but may not be anywhere near the top yet.

                    ( AAPL Stock Prices History – Two Years )

According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, via Mac Observer, the target price for Apple stock is from $160 to $205, $20 to $60 above current … Read More

How To: Installing an Airport Extreme Card in an Intel Mac Pro

Installing an Apple Airport Extreme Card in a Intel Mac Pro is not considered by Apple to be a user installed option so you’ll find little or no instructional help from Apple.

It’s not a job for the timid.  You’ll need a steady hand and patience.  It will also help if you have small fingers. … Read More

Eight Things Previously Unknown – No Tagbacks

Yesterday, Louis Gray tagged me for Eight Things Previously Unknown.  I normally don’t take part in these type of things but I thought this once i would give it a honest effort.

So without further ado, here’s eight things you probably didn’t know about me:

1. I was raised on a small farm and grew … Read More

Quick Look: Movie – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – Rated PG-13:  I’m not a huge fan or follower of Harry Potter. I’ve never read any of the Harry Potter books and I’ve only seen a few of the movies, mostly after they’ve come out on DVD.

During this recent wedding weekend there was time … Read More

Video: 2-year old using iPhone

There’s a video of a 2-year old operating the iPhone that has been making the rounds on the Internet.  If there was ever question about the iPhone being revolutionary…

The video has since been marked private, probably in order to protect the child.  I did manage to see it and it was amazing to see … Read More

A nice weekend for a wedding

This past weekend was my step-daughters wedding.  It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony at the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens (DSBG) in  Belmont, NC.

There were concerns about the weather when the date was first set for July 14th, outdoors, summer, in the south.  However, the weather cooperated better then we could of ever hoped.  It … Read More

CUPS, most popular Linux printing system, purchased by Apple

Apple has purchased the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).  CUPS is widely used by most UNIX and almost all Linux distributions, including Ubuntu.

CUPS became the basis of the Mac’s printing system beginning with OS X version 10.2 (Jaguar).

According to Linux-Watch:

Previously, CUPS and its trademarks belonged to Easy Software Products, which was founded

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Quick Look: Movies – Ratatouille and Transformers

It’s been an unusual week in that my wife and I have been to see two movies.  Normally we seldom do a movie a month.  You no doubt will not need to be told which one of the movies was my pick.

Here’s what we saw and my impressions:

Ratatouille – Rated G:  The story … Read More

Apple: ITunes 7.3.1 and Quicktime 7.2 updates released

Apple released updates for both Quicktime and iTunes today to fix on-going issues as well as to add new features.

The iTunes 7.3.1 update fixed issues some people were having accessing their music library.  I personally didn’t experience this problem but have read of people who have.

The  QuickTime 7.2 update added full screen viewing … Read More

Quick Look: Bad Sinatra

I watched Episode I of Steve Gillmor’s “Bad Sinatra” videocast last night.  After a few hours sleep here are my initial thoughts on it:

  • Overall, interesting first effort.;
  • It was too long.  I found myself looking to see how much time was left. I’d suggest shortening them to 20 minutes maximum and saving the remainder
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Tips for making blogging a positive experience

The fact is, it’s hard blogging.  It’s even harder not to get discouraged by the blogging process.  Many people become so discouraged that they quit.

If you’ve start blogging thinking within a few months you’re going to be one of the top bloggers, you’ll likely be disappointed.  The odds are against that happening unless you’ve … Read More

Is an iPhone based iPod in our future?

Today, while reading some of my Mac feeds, I came across a post in MacNN noting analysts at the research firm Piper Jaffray who suggest that the next generation of iPods will be based on the iPhone’s touch-screen interface. 

To me this seem an almost sure bet.  However, there would be some concern about cannibalizing … Read More

Quick Look: Nisus Writer Pro

[ Disclaimer:  I purchased both Nisus Writer Express and Nisus Writer Pro with my own funds at the listed price. ]

I’ve been using Nisus Writer Express as my main word processor for some time but with the recent release of Nisus Writer Pro I decided to upgrade.  The upgrade was a reasonable $45 and … Read More

One more way to get deleted from the reading list

Kent’s recent post at Newsome.org outlined the 7 quickest ways to get yourself deleted from his reading list.  His list was comprised of items that would annoy most of us readers.  No huge surprises there.

The item that I thought was most interesting was his Number 7, ignore/dismiss the other side of the issue.  I’ve … Read More

10 Tips for Connecting with Others

The English Poet, John Donne, wrote that “No man is an Island, entire of itself…“  As such, we all need friends and contacts to be happy and successful in both life and business.

Connecting with people seldom happens on it’s own.  If you want to enhance the process and build a network of … Read More