Refurbished iMac: Overall Experience

Some of you know that I ordered a refurbished 24″ aluminum iMac last August. The ordeal proved to be an exercise is in my patience and sanity, but now that the dust has settled I can make a few conclusions. The biggest problem was the faulty displays that shipped in my first two iMacs. I [...]

Big Ideas for a Mac mini

I’ve long dreamed of setting up a Mac based media center. So during the past few days I’ve been testing out some solutions to this little problem. There are the obvious ones, like the AppleTV, and then some more complicated mixtures of hardware and applications.  My goal is to sync or stream all of my [...]

Refurbished 24″ iMac

As some of you are painfully aware (due to my lack of progress on a few projects) I’m in the process of getting a new computer. I had been using a MacBook as a desktop replacement, but I was starting to feel the lousy integrated graphics, the slow 2.5″ HD and the overall irritation of [...]

Under the Weather…

You’ll notice the site looks a little funny right now. There are a few complications related to the WordPress 2.6 and K2 RC7 updates that I’ll work through in short order. Sorry for the trouble. UPDATE: Downloads and everything less the photography section are working again. I’m planning something different there anyway.

Finishing the Themes

The folks at MyBB claim that Beta 4 will be the last release before 1.4 is sent out into the world this weekend. I have mixed feelings about this release. The team has made great progress, squashing countless bugs and refining the interface. There are a few remaining problems that don’t seem to be fixed [...]