If you already have a NAS and it’s not one of Apple’s fancy new Time Capsules, you can still use it to backup your Mac using the Time Machine app in OS X Leopard. Here’s how: Open Disk Utility. Click on “New Image” and then name your image. Set the type to “sparse bundle” and … Read more
Rumor has it that Apple, inc. is working on turning their iTunes-based payment system in the iTunes Store into a method for 3rd-party digital content vendors to sell and take payment for their digital goods. Currently, Apple already allows some 3rd party vendors to sell content in the iTMS – but this new system will … Read more
In this economic climate, it’s pretty likely that you’re busy trying to either build up your resume, or improve your value to give yourself more job security at your current job. You could go back to school, or dump money into online classes at a silly bird-named University that might have questionable accreditation. But in … Read more
Over the years, I’ve amassed quite a home theater setup. It’s not a big fancy room, but I’ve got really comfortable furniture and a big screen, surround sound system, HD satellite dish receiver, video game systems, a Roku Netflix player, an iPod system, a DVD player, and an HDMI switcher. With great technological power, comes … Read more
It’s one thing to sit at home in your underwear in front of the computer eating cheesy poofs and drinking your diet soda while making your draft picks for your Fantasy Football league. It’s another to party with celebs at VIP parties and rub elbows with Vegas showgirls while sitting in your underwear at your … Read more
The BBC has a really paranoid article about hackers being able to sniff out your keystrokes via the power circuit to which your computer may be connected. Obviously, this doesn’t apply to laptops, and from the article they’re only testing this out on PS/2 keyboards with really crappy shielding. Apparently due to poor shielding, data … Read more
The Associated Press (AP) has a story about Twitter users transmitting short cooking or baking recipes in 140 characters or less. (Check out the article for specific Twitterers that do this.) Why 140 characters? This is the hard limit Twitter sets on tweets so that it works in the confines of the SMS/text-messaging character limitations. … Read more