On Giving Advice
“Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Year: 2004
What is Mac OS X?
The answer to that question may be found in a very detailed article at kernelthread.com. Written by a recent Mac convert who was asked to give an overview of OS X to a … Read more
Macworld Expo 2004
The Macworld Expo is being held this week in San Francisco. Being a relatively new Mac owner, I thought I would check out the event in person (having seen it on the local … Read more
Lake George, New York
The other day I followed Dave’s link to Susan Kitchen’s detailed and very interesting Mars update site. Being naturally curious, I went exploring and stumbled across a very nicely done multimedia story located … Read more
Giant Land Barnacles
Apparently seeking a brief respite from dealing with a variety of sysadmin issues, Ken accurately observes that the Charcoal Kilns south of Lone Pine very much resemble Giant Land Barnacles. I took another … Read more
The Mysterious Red Planet
Just why is it that so many attempts to study Mars up close and personal result in apparent failure? Everyone has their own pet theories, many of them involving martians of some sort. … Read more
Barlow Blogs
Worth noting: former Dead lyricist, co-founder of the EFF (join today!) and respected author, (he wrote a Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace), John Perry Barlow has started a blog. Having long enjoyed … Read more
Merry Mac Holidays
Happy New Year! Random observations after a week of mac-hacking: Dreamweaver mostly sucks, but I don’t know of anything better for small web site management (for managing my non-Movabletype content). Iview Media Pro … Read more