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Category Archives: Apple

WWDC Comedown

15-Jun-08

It’s been a full two days since WWDC ended, which I think is enough time for any residual effects of the Reality Distortion Field to subside. I thought I’d share a little bit about my first WWDC experience.
In summary, it was well worth it for me, and I’d go again. I can see how [...]

What I’ve been up to…

17-Apr-08

The frustrating thing about most projects I’ve worked on in the past is that they’re so technical or specialized or intangible that I can’t even describe to friends and family what I’ve been spending all my time on.  Not so this time around.  If you want to see what I’ve been working on (and you [...]

FastMac MacBook Pro Battery

16-Feb-08

My original MacBook Pro battery went from providing a reasonable 2 hours of use to less than 10 minutes practically overnight. Also, this happened only weeks after the one-year warranty on my battery expired. Attempts to finagle a replacement battery failed.
Once bitten, I wasn’t all that thrilled about forking over $129 to Apple to replace [...]

Interview and Preview at MacMost

14-Feb-08

Quick one: I just noticed that the MacMost video interview and preview of NEAT Receipts for Mac has been posted.

smbd party!

02-Feb-08

I happened to look at Activity Monitor earlier today and noticed a “few” smbd processes running

 
I figured it was just a fluke and so I just restarted. However, all those smbd’s were not deterred that easily. They’re back, and in greater numbers:
$ ps waux | grep smbd | wc -l
148
I’m not even sure [...]

MacBook Air at Macworld

02-Feb-08

Better late than never I guess.
Also, viddler is hosting the video this time. I heard about via TUAW and so far it seems like a nice service.

AppleCare Treasure Hunt

26-Jan-08

SMARTReporter (which is free and highly recommended), has alerted me that my Mac Mini’s internal hard disk is knock-knock-knockin’ on heaven’s door.
The good news is that the mini was purchased with AppleCare. The bad news is I don’t remember exactly when it was purchased, and the extended warranty may have expired.
I recall looking up [...]

Keynote, ‘Cloverfield’ Style

23-Jan-08

Heres some shaky low-quality video I nabbed at Macworld.

I have more photos and videos I want to share, they’re all on my mini, and SMARTReporter says that its drive is about to die. They’ll be up once I get the data out of harm’s way.
P.S. I haven’t actually seen Cloverfield. Any good?

More NR Mac Press

20-Jan-08

We also got some mention on TUAW and MacRumors. Excitement builds.

The end is near

18-Jan-08

Macworld has been an absolute whirlwind. I was hoping to post with some frequency, but I’ve been working the booth practically non-stop, and ‘net access here kinda sucks.
You can find a couple pics of us hard at work on the NEAT blog, and also check out the Macworld’s preview of NEAT Receipts for Mac.