According to MacDailyNews.com, Apple may make their $99/year MobileMe service a completely free service in the near future. They reported the following on May 7th: We have received a tip that we cannot confirm, hence our “RUMOR” designation, that nonetheless has at least an air of credibility about it that says, “Apple is planning to…
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(A Very Brief) iPad Review
Last week we went up to our local Apple Retail Store and got to actually touch the new iPad! And, yes… it was fantastic, as advertised. I thought it might be fun to highlight a couple of things that I noticed and would say make the iPad worth the purchase. Certainly you may have a…
StumbleUpon: Discover Great Stuff
I have a recommendation for you today. A long while ago, I was introduced to a website/technology called StumbleUpon. You may have noticed the little icon down in the “Share this post” bar below… . Well, that’s for StumbleUpon. How it works is, you set up your free account with them, and then bring up…
Where Do You Get Your News?
In the olden days, Grandpa would read the newspaper every morning to catch up on the latest local, national, and world news. Our parents’ generation tuned their TV sets to the national news from their favorite of the three broadcast networks: ABC, CBS, or NBC. (And of course, just before bed there was the local…
iPad: Coming April 3rd
I have received a couple promo emails from Apple today, and thought perhaps I’d pass it along here. The iPad will be shipping April 3rd. Some of you can’t wait. I am going to wait. I am excited to play with it, but I really think that this will be a bit like the iPhone,…
Fan Boy?
On the half-hour drive home from celebrating our daughter’s 6th birthday, we somehow remembered the famous Get A Mac ads that Apple has so brilliantly done for the past several years. I think it started with our oldest son and I quoting from one of them. Well, from there we remembered that the complete library…
(Over) Ambitious Reading List
I seem to read books in spurts. I’ll go a long time without making time to read anything more than email and the daily news. But then, I’ll hear of or see a book or two… and get inspired to make the time to read them. Now is such a time! Between books I want…
Ain’t That The Way It Goes?
I do web design. All facets of web design. From the graphic design of a site, to the writing of code (in several different programming languages), to the configuring of servers and software, to the maintenance of said websites. Today as I was going about my business, and after some positive interaction with my main…
iPad: Apple’s Most “Magical” Device?
Well it is finally here. The long-awaited, oft-rumored Apple tablet. It’s called the iPad. (iPad? Is that really the best name for it?) Though Apple calls this new gizmo “magical,” I must admit, I’m still not impressed. I’ve never been one calling for the tablet. I just don’t get it. I don’t need such a…
Is The Apple Tablet Rumor About To Become Reality?
If you’ve followed this blog for very long, you know that I am a huge fan of all things Apple. In previous years (with fewer kids? fewer jobs?) I would follow the Apple rumor sites (like this one) and report diligently on the speculation of others, and even my own. (That was a pretty good…