24 August 2006 ~ 4 Comments

Welcome to the family!

Hey, my Mac mini made a new friend! Who could it be?

Oh look! It’s not just any friend – it’s a Macbook!

I think they’re going to be such good friends!
[For those who care: the Macbook is a 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo with 1GB RAM, an 80GB SATA hard disk, and a combination DVD/CD burner. [...]

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21 August 2006 ~ 5 Comments

New Desk, Missing Posts

Well, I moved my computer out of its home into the dining room and into the living room. We bought a nice little desk at Ikea and a matching cabinet to hold my junk.

There are more cables there than you might think, but with some zip- or twist-ties, it should be fine. Luckily [...]

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15 March 2006 ~ Comments Off

Dear Google Desktop, Re: Quick Search Box

I know you guys are tired of hearing from me, but I’m just trying to help. I want what you want: the best products possible!
So I’ve been enjoying Google Desktop (when I’m not using my Mac mini), and now you’ve added the Quick Search Box which sounds pretty helpful, but the thing is that [...]

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24 December 2005 ~ 1 Comment

How do you fix the time zone in Mac OS X?

The other day I noticed that the time was a little off on my Mac mini, so I went to the Date & Time settings and noticed, the “Set date & time automatically:” option. I selected it, chose the “Apple Americas” NTP server, and it immediately corrected the time.
That’s good.
But that’s when things went [...]

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19 September 2005 ~ Comments Off

Dear Apple Computer, Re: mini

Dear Apple Computer,
Hi again. I’m sorry to keep bugging you guys, but I’m hoping you can do me another favor.
I love my Mac mini. I really do. And there are lots of good accessories available for it. That slim KVM that’s coming out this fall looks good. And there’s that [...]

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01 August 2005 ~ Comments Off

Mac’d Up House, To’ up Kid

As mentioned last week, I got a new Mac mini. It’s lovely. The box that they shipped it in was 24″ x 18.5″ x 12″. Inside that was a box that was 12.5″ x 12″ x 8.5″. Inside that was a box that was 8.5″ x 8.5″ x 5″. Inside [...]

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