it’s good to know things
Let’s say you’ve created a .DMG file in OS X and you want to make it a disk image before you burn it to CD or DVD. There’s no need to buy MagicISO or other programs. Simply open “Terminal” in your copy of OS X and type in the following: hdiutil convert /path/to/filename.dmg -format UDTO [...]
Sat, November 26 2011 » technology » Comments Off
Are you looking to buy an iPhone, iPad, or other Apple product? Here’s a quick list of things you should look into before buying any piece of Apple Hardware. Full disclosure statement: Back in the 80s my family owned an Apple IIC and in 2001 I purchased a Titanium G4 PowerBook. I use OS X, [...]
Wed, March 2 2011 » technology » Comments Off
New York, NY, December 10, 2010 – 2600 Magazine, a quarterly journal for the hacker community that has published since 1984, is speaking out against numerous media reports that hackers are responsible for a spate of attacks on numerous e-commerce corporations as part of the ongoing Wikileaks controversy. Denial of service attacks against PayPal, Amazon, [...]
Fri, December 10 2010 » technology » Comments Off
Below is a letter I sent to my local newspaper in response to an article in it where two parties that provide video content (aka television broadcasts) are at odds. I had a solution. I just finished reading David Willis’ article in Saturday’s edition of The Asbury Park Press about the negotiations between Cablevision and [...]
Sun, October 17 2010 » technology » Comments Off
Size really does matter when you’re talking 64GB of SSD goodness: http://wbjb.org/l/ux
Fri, August 20 2010 » incoming, technology, Tweets » Comments Off