Author name: Arcterex

Quicky “jPod” Review

So after a minor speed bump at the start of my watching experience (brother-in-law coming over and hanging out for an hour), I finally managed to finish watching jPod…. here’s a few thoughts. First of all, the first episode is the “introductory” episode, so it’s a bit clunkier than I presume future episodes will be.

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I’m A New Dad! (Kinda)

So apparently the whining and slightly porkier look to my kitten Zoon was not just the Christmas season and extra turkey… I came home today after work and found her in a little nest we’d made her in the library with a tiny little striped kitten latched on! I’m giddly like a schoolgirl with a

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Downsides of The Mac Switch

Being a new Mac user and a computer user of 15-ish years, I figured I’d list some of the things that were not the garden of eden utopia that the idea of a mac sometimes is. Where possible, I’ve included my solutions or findings. Anyone out there in the lazyweb who has ideas to address

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Grooving to jPod

I have hardly been reading at all in ages, other than instruction manuals. One book I borrowed and, while it has a really cool concept (detection of lies, personality, etc through kinetics) I just have had trouble getting into it. I’m about a third of the way in and have to force myself to pick

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Mac Switcher…. Kinda

So I’m now a mac user….. kinda. Only in the work sense though. At the office Christmas party I asked the boss if when the next new hire is in the office they could get my current work laptop (an Acer somethingorother) and I could get a new low end Macbook. Mostly I spend my

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