My 2013 Mac Pro

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 …

My Keychron K6

I bought a Keychron K6 from eBay recently and have been using it for a few weeks. I deliberately purchased one with clicky blue switches to test out the loudest option. I like this keyboard from a design perspective. It has a small form factor, about the size of an Apple Magic Keyboard. It doesn’t …

My iPhone 5

This was originally supposed to be a post about what new iPhone models I thought Apple would announce on Tuesday.  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.  Then I read John Gruber's thoughts in his …