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Posted on June 5, 2019 at 9:58 am

Thoughts on the 2019 Mac Pro pricing

What you think about the 2019 Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR pricing is probably dead wrong.

Posted on July 2, 2012 at 10:27 am

Twenty years

I have reached what I consider to be a rather significant milestone, especially when you consider the gauntlet through which the American economy has been. Today, I celebrate 20 years of working at the same company. Okay, two caveats: July 1 is listed on my service record as my first day. Back in 1992, that […]

Posted on September 22, 2011 at 12:01 pm

Why you need to stop complaining about Facebook’s redesign (hint: it’s a big improvement)

Absolutely true story: an acquaintance of mine was in a water cooler conversation and overheard someone comment that Facebook had undergone a new round of changes. His immediate response: “I HATE when Facebook does that! They change just because they can and won’t leave alone something that isn’t broken.” He was quick to bash Facebook […]

Posted on February 16, 2011 at 4:27 pm

Tyche is really far out

This afternoon, I caught a news item about a possible new giant planet orbiting our sun, and that the reason no one had ever really seen it before is because of how far away it orbits. This article from The Independent has a link to a PDF which tries to visualize its distance, but doesn’t […]

Posted on February 9, 2009 at 8:08 pm

A cool idea to help with Australia bushfire relief

***Addendum: As indicated in a the comment below, the actual sale hasn’t started yet. This entry will be updated again when it has.*** A friend and fellow ATPM colleague, Raena, sent an e-mail outlining a plan to sell some terrific books at discounted prices and contribute the proceeds to the bushfire relief efforts in Victoria, […]