by patrick | Mar 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve been doing a lot of PHP coding lately for work. We are putting up some really fun stuff soon, but its taking its toll on me. I need to find a few good PHP coders that are willing to work cheap. Ideally, if you are in the Minneapolis, MN area and looking for...
by patrick | Jan 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
Cool, Finally got the Zune working with my Mac via Parallels, I am free of my PC laptop and no more booting into Boot Camp to make it work. Kudos to the guys (and gals?) at Parallels for making some amazing strides to keep competitive with VMWare’s Fusion Beta...
by patrick | Jan 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
Time for my annual predictions for 2007 -Apple will launch a cell phone with iTunes built in via their own carrier network and feature data services-Apple will launch a tablet like laptop, possibly preloaded with Windows Vista-Apple will launch iTV not as a cable box...
by patrick | Dec 28, 2006 | Uncategorized
Never would have found this one on my own… Make sure the Illustrator Appearance tab is visible and not closed. Open Illustrator file with compound shape on an intel mac in CS 2 Mac OSX 10.4.8.Select all, use pathfinder or type in a coordinate to move...
by patrick | Dec 24, 2006 | Uncategorized
Per per use models are doomed to fail. They have one goal, to simplify the costs of buying or paying for the incremental costs of a product or service. There isn’t a single successful pay per use model that consumers are unanimously supportive of. Take music for...
by patrick | Nov 25, 2006 | Uncategorized
Well, had my Zune for just over a week, and so far, so good… Highlights, subscription plan seems to rock, download all I want, pay $15 / month.? Video is good once you convert the movies. Low points… Battery Life watching movies is about 3-4 hours...
by patrick | Nov 16, 2006 | Uncategorized
Well, still liking the Zune…? Might have to just stop looking for holes in it and realize that there is no perfect device or model for music out there.? They all have their ups and downs. Smart / Auto playlists…? Seems to be a software on the PC only...
by patrick | Nov 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
Ok, Color me impressed.? My new Black Zune from Microsoft is impressing me even after day 1. Highlights from the first day with my Zune: Able to download about 300 songs without paying for each one, granted they will only play for the first 14 days on my free code,...
by patrick | Nov 15, 2006 | Uncategorized
Well, after much debate… I broke down and bought a black Zune. Install was a piece of cake, found my Xbox 360 gamertag and linked it to the Zune, had to reboot once, no errors at all. Had to do a firmware upgrade, shocking for launch day. Entered my 14day trial...
by patrick | Oct 30, 2006 | Uncategorized
Mozilla Firefox has been released!? I installed this and had a few issues, but after removing it, reinstalling, all seems good. Much faster browsing, cleaner interface… Can’t wait till some of my favorite add-ons are available.? Missing some of those...
