Winter had been unkind to our old Honda Civic, so it was time for us to get a new vehicle. We considered a lot of very practical and responsible options, but thankfully poor impulse control and a lack of better judgment won out (again). So a couple of weeks ago I became the proud owner [...]
Isn’t winter supposed to be the slow season for agencies? When clients take a few weeks to ramp up after the holidays and figure out their budgets for the new year? Years ago I can remember using the first month of the year to catch up on books and tutorials I had been meaning to [...]
Just when I had nearly given up hope on my hopes for the iPhone, when I sold my shares of Apple stock and when I had gotten the hang of my navigating my new Treo 680 – Apple announces what it probably the most significant gadget ever (perhaps a very slight exaggeration). And it’s even [...]
When I came into work on Friday, I had an early surprise xmas present waiting for me: an orange Treo 680. Carolyn (my boss) knows my love for gadgets, and I had been mentioning that the 680 was coming out for a while now. But I was thinking more of a replacement for her thoroughly [...]
I love iTunes, but let’s face facts. Sound check, the feature that is supposed to make sure that the volume of all the tracks in my entire library are normalized, is less than stellar in it’s execution. It’s particularly noticeable when listening to the adjusted songs on the iPod, or through my new Alpine CDE-9852 [...]
Reason #12 my job rules: they gave me an Ambient Orb. Now, while it’s true that the orb is of dubious utility, that’s not really the point. If you’re looking for pure utility, it’s hard to beat Apple’s Dashboard feature in OS 10.4. Every day with the click of my 5th mouse button, I immediately [...]