1. At the top left of your screen, open the Apple menu. 2. Click System Preferences… 3. Under Personal, click Langauge & Text. (On my system, this is the fifth icon from the left.) 4. Under the Language tab, drag English (or your preferred language) to the top of the list. In my case, I…Continue Reading…
“I hated high school. It was the worst time of my life. [Then] college … was just awful. When you’re in high school, everyone tells you, ‘There’s a lot of repetitive bullshit and standardized tests; it’ll all be better once you’re in college.’ And then you get to your first year of college and they’re…Continue Reading…
When people complain that the iPad doesn’t have multitasking, a camera, a full-fledged desktop OS, or an exposed filesystem, they’re missing the point. They’re forgetting what came before: a slew of tablets from the likes of HP, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Asus, Toshiba and others. What do all of these existing tablets have? That’s right: multitasking, cameras,…Continue Reading…
Have you heard of the T-Mobile Sidekick? The Sidekick is now dead. From what I’m reading, everyone– yes, everyone– who uses a Sidekick was affected by a network outage that began on October 2nd. Some people reset their devices or removed the batteries, and this causes them to lose all their data. That’s horrendous right…Continue Reading…
Now that my (still awesome) 15″ MacBook Pro is 2 generations behind the latest and greatest, I wonder: What would be the cheapest way for me to get a new Mac? Would it be with my ADC student membership? Or would it be with the standard student discount?
I bought my iPhone on the first day it was released. That was June 29, 2007 — well over a year ago. The battery still works well — usually lasting a full day under normal use. But if it’s taken to areas with weak cell coverage, and used extensively for maps, traffic, email, news, and…Continue Reading…