There are times when items in my Mac Museum cross over and provide function in my real life. One example is the Mac mini I bought as a backup server – I didn't have the 2010 design in my collection yet and I actually use it for regular tasks. It runs the Backblaze client on macOS …
BlueSCSI
I've had success installing both CF-to-IDE adapters and 2.5" SSD-to-IDE drives in my older computers, but those only cover about â…” of my collection. The rest of my machines, Macs from the late '80s and early '90s, don't use IDE at all; they use SCSI – an older and more expensive interface. Replacing SCSI drives …
The Mac Museum Has Moved
... To my basement! After allowing five Macs to pile up in the office and trip people, I finally decided to move them to what would eventually be their final home. Â I lugged them down last night, cleaned up my darkroom, and set them up. I was able to get all but one of them …
This is How I Feel About the iPhone 4s
I was going to write a big article about the hoopla around the iPhone 4s, but John Gruber beat me to it. I agree with him completely and I am one of those 3GS users to whom the 4s is a huge upgrade. I'm also a photographer and I appreciate all the work that Apple …
My iPhone 5
This was originally supposed to be a post about what new iPhone models I thought Apple would announce on Tuesday. Â I thought that they'd announce two models - a low-end model that looks like the iPhone 4 and a high-end model that had a new case design. Â Then I read John Gruber's thoughts in his …
Mac Museum
I got into Macs when I was in middle school typing class.  We mostly had green-screened console-driven Apple IIs but there were also five  graphical mouse-able Macs that we rotated through. The Macs were old even for that time, consisting mostly of Mac Classic, LC, and II models.  Some were color, some were black and …
iPod: What's Next? – How Did I Do?
In late June I posted my thoughts about what Apple would release for iPods at its annual September music event. Â The post was prompted mostly by the release of the iPhone 4 and got me thinking about how its technology would trickle down to the consumer-oriented and unsubsidized iPod Touch. Â My predictions were based partially …
My First iPhone App!
I've created my first iPhone app!!! Â I've wanted to get into iPhone programming for a few years now but have never really had a good idea to work on. Â I could always create the next flashlight or unit converter, but I wanted to make something that was actually useful to me. Â Sally and I play …
iPhone OS 4 Preview: The Genius of Multitasking
Apple today unveiled 7 of 100 new features to be included with iPhone OS 4, the software upgrade that will be available for iPhone users this summer. The largest of those 7 features was multitasking. Apple has been blasted by the media, blogsphere, and competitors since the iPhone’s inception due to its lack of multitasking. …
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