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  • Family: HTD’s Commentary on “Guy Kawasaki on Parenting” Interview

    Publish date: September 11, 2007

    I read an interesting interview on Parent Wonder with Guy Kawasaki about fathering/parenting four children. This interview, while short, was intriguing to me as I have three children and frequently get wrapped up in technology…

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  • iPhone App: Telekinesis – remote access your Mac through mini web apps on iPhone

    Publish date: August 15, 2007

    Now this code creation really wow-ed me! I was searching to find out if LogMeIn worked on the iPhone. (It does, sort of, but impossible to mimic button clicks…yet. But that is another story.) So…

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  • Mac: Launch applications quickly with “Namely”

    Publish date: June 13, 2007

    I’m sure that many of you have already heard of QuickSilver which is one of the most powerful, free, “finder-replacement” tools out there. QS is simply amazing in letting you quickly launch programs, execute tasks,…

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  • Issues installing Mac Security Update 2007-004

    Publish date: April 20, 2007

    I guess I got lazy and did not follow my normal routine of backing up and repairing permissions PRIOR to installing software updates from Apple’s auto updates. So, last night, I simply installed the update…

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  • Windows Explorer Tip – “group by” helps with organization

    Publish date: February 7, 2007

    There is a nice little toggle within Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer, I’m talking about the way that you can look at your files on your hard drive) that allows you to “group” the files…

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  • Install Apple’s Front Row on Mac OS 10.4.8

    Publish date: November 14, 2006

    This is one of the “neater hacks” for those of us who cannot normally run Front Row (e.g., you don’t have a Built-in Infrared (IR) receiver). For the most part, it’s any of us with…

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  • Dual-boot: Mac OSX and Ubuntu (Part II)

    Publish date: November 13, 2006

    Well, I’m making this post from my 12″ Powerbook G4, wirelessly connected to the internet using Ubuntu. Yep, you guessed it, I got the wireless working. Not the most elegant of solutions, but it works.…

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  • Dual-boot: Mac OSX and Ubuntu (Part I)

    Publish date: November 12, 2006

    OK, I admit it…I was bored. And a bit envious of those Intel-macs that can dual boot to Windows (or run Parallels). So, I figured that I would have some fun with my 12″ Powerbook…

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  • Powerbook unboxing – Part 3

    Publish date: October 24, 2006

    So, I got my wonderful Powerbook back from Apple Care yesterday. Yes, they fixed the issue of the ALS (Ambient light sensor). Now I’m shopping around for a good local vendor to help install the…

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  • Bringing life to an old laptop

    Publish date: November 16, 2005

    More fun in techdom. My wife’s laptop hard drive was filling up…becoming more fragmented…and therefore, slowing down. I decided to give it the gift of a new life. I purchased a 100gig hard drive with…

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