Phil on August 10th, 2009

Tr.im has gone belly-up, leaving a bunch of twits all consternated and a bunch of links likely to become dead-ends in a short while.
I have no pity for anyone in this matter.  For Tr.im: well, if your business plan has no actual “revenue” portion, that’s hardly our fault, now is it?  For Twitter users: your [...]

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Phil on July 16th, 2009

Getting Mom’s old files transferred has made for a resourceful morning.

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Phil on July 14th, 2009

…please don’t think otherwise because I’m giving you a computer with Windows Vista on it.
Your loving son,
-phil
Ok, seriously – Vista was a horrible idea.  I’m pretty sure I can get it configured to where it’s not going to hassle Mom too bad, but it’s gotten me close to a killing rage.  What company in their [...]

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Phil on July 9th, 2009

My preview copy of Microsoft’s latest OS, “Windows 7″ is downloading now. Given my office’s network performance it should be done about the time Windows 8 is released.
I’ll need to do a good chunk of work to make room for a third operating system on my home computer, but it might be worth the [...]

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Phil on June 24th, 2009

Darn it, Apple. Why do you have to tempt me with the little “0% financing” link dancing around slinkily underneath the “buy it now!” button??

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Phil on January 16th, 2009

Tom’s Hardware Guide is leading off with a rumor that the long-awaited Apple Mac Mini refresh may be coming in March.
…with an Atom processor.
For those of you who don’t follow the personal computer technology biz quite as intensely as I do, the Intel Atom line of processors is extremely power-efficient.  …and not exactly performance-driven.  They’re [...]

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