While Parallels may have got the jump on VMWare in the Mac virtualization market, VMWare Fusion is looking better all the time. I first tried Fusion out of frustration over not being able to install the latest versions of Linux on Parallels. VMWare has a much longer history in the VM market and [...]
VMWare Fusion: Looking Better Than Ever
by Jim on 07. Jun, 2007 in Apple, Mac OS X, Screencasts, Tech
Microsoft confirms that it has lost its mind – announces $10,000 table!
by Jim on 30. May, 2007 in Fun, Tech
The internet is buzzing today with people raving about the new Microsoft Surface technology announcement. Hopefully people will soon get over the initial hype generated by the fantasy videos on Microsoft’s website and take a more practical look at this MS announcement. Come on people, multi-touch technology is nothing new! According to [...]
Install Ubuntu 7.04 on Your Intel Mac with VMware Fusion
by Jim on 02. May, 2007 in Apple, Linux, Mac OS X, Open Source, Screencasts, Software, Tech, Ubuntu
The latest version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, has been getting a lot of press recently. With news that Dell will soon be pre-installing Ubuntu on some of its systems, it’s almost certain that Ubuntu will only become more popular in the coming months. If you have an Intel Mac and would like to [...]
KeyFixer – Firefox Version
by Jim on 20. Apr, 2007 in Apple, Mac OS X, Software, Tech
To help in the ongoing search to make the “home” and “end” keys work in Mac OS X like they work in other operating systems, I give you the Firefox version of KeyFixer. (See here and here for background on the problem and info on how to fix this issue in other apps besides [...]
GTD Tools For Your Mac
by Jim on 09. Feb, 2007 in GTD, Software
I’ve recently been getting into David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done” and trying to get a good GTD system set up on my Mac. It doesn’t take much looking around to find a plethora of new GTD apps for Mac OS X. Here’s just a few of the apps that I’ve come across.
kGTD
kGTD [...]
10 Ways The Nokia N800 Is Better Than Apple’s iPhone
by Jim on 12. Jan, 2007 in Apple, Linux, Nokia N800, Open Source
Looking for the N900? Find out how it’s also better than the iPhone! New article here.
Get the Nokia N800 and accessories
All the buzz these days is about the Apple iPhone (not to be confused with the Linksys iPhone). I have to admit, the iPhone is pretty cool, and I was really excited about it [...]
New Browser Stats
by Jim on 24. Dec, 2006 in Fun, Software, Tech
Starry Hope Readers Are Smart
One of the smartest things you can do to protect yourself online these days is to simply not use Internet Explorer. The thing is so full of holes that using it is just asking for trouble. The December 17, 2006 stats release from W3 Counter shows world-wide usage of [...]
Parallels vs CrossOver Prizefight
by Jim on 23. Dec, 2006 in Apple, Mac OS X, Software, Tech
The past few days have been full of announcements in the area of running Windows applications on your Intel Mac. First, Parallels released a new beta version of their virtual machine, then VMware released a public beta of their virtual machine. Today, CodeWeavers made release candidate 1 of CrossOver Mac, their Windows compatibility [...]
Parallels Screencast
by Jim on 22. Dec, 2006 in Apple, Mac OS X, Software, Tech
Parallels Desktop for Mac Update Beta2 (Build 3094) was released today. Here’s a screencast that shows off some of my favorite features.
Place Windows applications on your Mac desktop or in your application dock. Just click to launch them directly from OS X!
Use Command+tab to cycle through Windows and Mac applications simultaneously, and hide [...]
10 Great OS X Application Icons
by Jim on 21. Dec, 2006 in Apple, Mac OS X, Software, Tech
The latest generation of Mac applications have really focused on the way an application looks. Developers are creating beautiful user interfaces and slick looking icons that make their apps more pleasing to look at. I appreciate the time and energy that people have put into making their apps look great.
Here’s a [...]

