Category: rant

  • Earth to Apple – how about a webcast

    Apple makes its most important announcement in years and yet blocks everyone from watching on a webcast. It’s so 1980s…

  • Simple advice — do not install Tiger today

    In the history of personal computers, there is one iron-clad rule: never, ever, no matter what, do not, www.noway.com, no-how, nada, NEVER install an operating system upgrade the day it comes out. Brand new operating system upgrades are for loons, people who use computers mostly to watch the cute screen savers and reviewers who get…

  • Someday my phone will come…

    In the continuing saga of my seeking a new Sony Ericsson S710a cell phone that doesn’t cost $900, I discovered that Amazon.com is, or maybe is, selling the phone for just $420 and offering a $150 rebate making the final price just $270. That is an amount that could be in the budget. But —…