Monthly Archives: February 2006

Mac Mini switches to Intel

Posted on 28 February 2006 by tychay

It wasn’t more than a year ago when I wrote in my OSCON bio:
Terry Chay is the only Mac user at Plaxo, where he develops the web-based version of their product (they tolerate him because he stinks at CounterStrike).
A few … Continue reading →

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Back to Palm…again

Posted on 27 February 2006 by tychay

Michael at work just got a Treo 650 and because I have a Palm T|X (review roundup), he was wondering how to get up using the Palm features.
In my opinion the two are not the same product, there are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Macintosh, Palm, Plaxo | 2 Comments

Rip Different

Posted on 21 February 2006 by tychay

I saw on BoingBoing that Macrovision is threatening VersionTracker for listing MacTheRipper. I had forgotten what a wonderfully useful program

Posted in Macintosh | 1 Comment

Clothing security tags

Posted on 20 February 2006 by tychay

A shirt I got from SportMart had one of these left on it:

Everyone knows this as an EAS or clothing security tag, inktag, or whatever. Luckily, mine didn’t have any ink.

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Lunch 2.0 l(a)unches

Posted on 17 February 2006 by tychay

In 1999, I used to eat lunches in Novell’s offices (now eBay’s headquarters). In 2000, Dave visited me and I showed him all the crappiest food in the valley. In 2001, Dave came to the Valley and we decided we … Continue reading →

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Opera 9 preview 2

Posted on 11 February 2006 by tychay

Preview 2 of Opera 9 is out. The big thing is the integrated BitTorrent client.
I’m not planning on using Opera but because Microsoft Internet Explorer for the Mac is dead, it might be fun to have it lying around to … Continue reading →

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You can be sure if it’s Slashdot…it’s wrong

Posted on 6 February 2006 by tychay

I read this article today about Toshiba buying out Westinghouse Electric.
I shouldn’t be surprised that Slashdot gets it wrong again. Really wrong.
First of all, Westinghouse hasn’t made blenders since around the time I was born. They sold off the appliances … Continue reading →

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Taking football seriously

Posted on 4 February 2006 by tychay

My obligatory Superbowl blog entry:
“You can’t believe how seriously these people take their football.”
—overheard, “Gridiron City”
The quote above comes from an op-ed in today’s New York Times. The answer is, “Yes, I can believe,” because, like Holly, I grew up … Continue reading →

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dSLR for $500

Posted on 1 February 2006 by tychay

When I was in Costco the other day, I noticed that Pentax’s dSLR was undercutting the Nikon D50 kit by a couple bucks. Then, I read today that the Pentax *st DL with 18-55mm kit lens dropped another $200 to … Continue reading →

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