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17″ MacBook Pro thus far

So, I’ve had the new 17″ MacBook Pro for a couple of days now, using it enough to form more than just the cursory first impressions ( pretty, big, fast, cool, etc… ). Here’s a quick rundown on what’s struck me as the most significant & impressive elements of this beast so far. The Screen: It’s [...]
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Bohemian (old school geek) Rhapsody

This is way, way cool! (yes, I’m a tech geek, and I’m ok with it…) The sounds of those old drives and components is just, well, comforting. And to hear it used for the good of one of Queen’s greatest hits? Well, that’s just a sublime experience, now isn’t it? -ghp
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Musings on my iPhone connectivity setup

Now it’s time for the second in my three part series of posts on my entry into the iPhone world. Part one dealt with general musings on iPhone usability, and part three will deal with my favorite iPhone apps. In this second part, however, I’m going to write about what I’ve cobbled together in order [...]
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Musings on iPhone usability

So, I’ve had my iPhone for just over a month now, and I must say that it’s still just about the niftiest device that I’ve ever used. Seriously, it’s right up there with my MacBook Pro & the DirecTV DVR, which were heretofore the best and/or biggest game-changing pieces of technology that I’ve ever owned. The [...]
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Happy 25th to the Mac! (with thanks to Laura Behling)

This bad boy turned 25 years old this past week! I almost got one of the original 128k Macs, in August of 1984, but ended up with an Apple IIc instead, much to my everlasting chagrin. I had to wait 3.5 years until I got my first Mac, but that’s not the anecdote I want [...]
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Getting off the Trail

I know that The Wittenberg Trail is reasonably en vogue as the social networking site of choice in the online Lutheran world. I must confess, however, that it’s always been a bit too much for me. At first, it was largely because I just didn’t like the idea/concept of the whole social networking thing – [...]
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Blackberry fun

One of the bad things about what I do for a living is that I have to carry a cell phone. One of the good things about that bad thing is that, for various & sundry reasons, it gets to be a Blackberry “smartphone” device. That’s good because, if I’m going to have to carry [...]
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