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The Fight Club / Mactintosh Connection
Trivia for Fight Club (1999): I found this in the trivia to the IMDb entry on "Fight Club." One of Project Mayhem's acts of vandalism is the destruction of a display of Apple Macintosh computers. The explosion occurs at exactly 84 minutes into the film, an ironic reference to Apple's ...
Published: October 25, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 1000
Nvu 1.0
Nvu - The Complete Web Authoring System for Linux, Macintosh: Nvu made it to a 1.0 release earlier today. I'm a big fan of this software. It's like an un-crapped-up version of FrontPage. And it's free.
Published: June 29, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 903
The Democrats' Finest Moment
Dems face off in 'Rock the Vote': Here's really the most important issue to come out of the Democratic presidential debate tonight. "Early on, the forum provided light moments when the audience learned that most of the presidential candidates prefer PCs over Macintosh computers..."
Published: November 4, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 894
The briQ
The briQ is a computer the size of a CD-ROM drive that can actually be 'plugged' into your existing computer. "Need an in-dash MP3 player? Need two computers in the space of one? Slide a briQ into the expansion bay of your x86 or Macintosh computer!"
Published: August 7, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 887
1984 Apple Ad
1984 Apple Newsweek Advertising Insert: And this guy scanned the whole thing. In the Fall of 1984 Apple published a 16-page (with fold-out) advertising insert in Newsweek magazine. For many, this was the first "up-close" experience with a Macintosh -- detailing the radical features of this new computer.
Published: April 26, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 886
Jef Raskin, 1943 to 2005
Jef Raskin, a key figure in the evolution of the user interface for Macintosh computers, father of the one-button mouse, and all-around uber-geek, passed away on February 26, 2005, of pancreatic cancer. May you rest in peace, Jef, and may your family and friends be comforted in this time of ...
Published: February 27, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 879
Boot Camp
Apple releases software to let Macs run Windows: Could this be a joke? Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday rolled out a software patch that enables its Intel-based Macintosh computers to install and run Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system. Apple said that the new software, called "Boot Camp" is available ...
Published: April 5, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 871
Linux as a Desktop Replacement
Open-source gets serious: A new window on Linux: USA Today reviews five Linux distros as Windows replacements. None proved to be the clear front-runner. Rather, three of the solutions the ones from Lindows.com, Lycoris and Xandros proved evenly matched and ideally suited to replace either Windows or Macintosh ...
Published: March 11, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 860
Apple Store Afficionados
News & Info About Apple's Retail Stores: This guy really likes Apple stores. Did you ever stand in front of an Apple retail store all night? I have...and it's an interesting experience. This Web site is devoted to those who camp in front of (ifo) Apple's stores, and to Macintosh ...
Published: December 10, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 859
The iBox Hits a Wall
Supply Snag Slows Down Mac Cloner: We wrote a long time ago how this guy was going to get sued into oblivion, but evidently Apple has to make an end-run to get at him they've ordered his motherboard supplier to stop doing business with him. Fraser used Apple-made motherboards ...
Published: June 17, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 858
Jargonary
Can't tell the difference between Internet and Intranet? Jargonary can help. "Jargonary is a dictionary for computer Jargon. It lets you look up Jargons in the definition database stored in your computer. The database contains explanations for more than 13000 computer Jargons. Jargonary features: Detailed explanations for more than 13000 ...
Published: August 28, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 854
Mac OS Forge
Mac OS Forge: According to this article, this site is endorsed by Apple itself. Mac OS X includes a wide variety of open source software from FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, the GNU Project, and many more projects each its own vibrant developer community. Mac OS Forge is dedicated to supporting the ...
Published: September 2, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 854
The Mac Plus
It was 20 years ago today January 16th, 1986 that the Macintosh Plus was introduced. Its introductory price was $2599, and it had an 8 MHz Motorola 68000, 1MB of RAM (expandable to 4MB), no hard drive, and System 3.0 for its native OS. The Plus has the ...
Published: January 16, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 851
More Macs In Space
Here's a funny video from a space shuttle flight that features a Macintosh. I can't tell from the video or the hosting site what mission it's from, but the machine is a Mac Portable, which was introduced in mid-1989. We've talked before about Macs in Space; one thing I didn't ...
Published: March 12, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 848
Office 12 and the New UI
R.I.P. WYSIWYG - Results-Oriented UI Coming: Interesting post on the future of UI. For the last twenty-five years, one user interface style has reigned supreme: the Macintosh-style graphical user interface. It's now reached its limits, however, and will be replaced by a style that partly reverses some of its most ...
Published: October 11, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 840
Mac Users Can't Find Jobs
Need a job? Don't use a Mac: Couldn't resist this one. When it comes to some big-name companies, Macintosh users may have a tough time landing a job. It's not just that the business world is dominated by Windows-based computers. It's because, at a number of large companies, Mac users ...
Published: October 28, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 836
Mac Supercomputer Speed Results
'Big Mac' supercomputer one of world's fastest: Fast and cheap the Pam Anderson of supercomputers. "A supercomputer built by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PCs looks likely to rank with the five fastest machines in the world, despite costing a relative pittance. In ...
Published: October 23, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 835
Israel Suspends Contracts with Microsoft
Microsoft's Mac Hebrew snub prompts Israeli AntiTrust complaint: It seems like a small thing, but this has resulted in a suspension of Microsoft contracts with the Israeli government through the end of next year. "Microsoft's refusal to provide Hebrew support in its Macintosh Internet Explorer browser or Office suite has ...
Published: October 15, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 829
Konfabulator Seeks Refugee Status
Though he claims it's not in direct response to Apple's annexing of his territory, Arlo Rose is set to release a Windows version of Konfabulator shortly. Rose, who once worked at Apple and now heads up a small company called Pixoria, said the new version will be available Monday. "We're ...
Published: November 4, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 828
Revenge By Font Exclusion
Macintosh OS X 10.3 Panther: no Microsoft web fonts?: Ho ho, you may build a better OS, but you can't have our fonts! Try to imagine a world without verdana, Dave, just try. "I'm not sure about this, but Apple may have stopped including the Microsoft core web fonts in ...
Published: October 29, 2003  Geek Popularity Factor: 821
Dvorak: Microsoft should buy Opera
Is Opera in Microsoft's future?: Dvorak says Microsoft should dump IE altogether and buy Opera lock, stock, and barrel. This week Microsoft announced that it wouldn't upgrade the Internet Explorer for the Macintosh, leaving that market segment to apparently languish and gravitate towards the Safari browser and Firefox. Microsoft does ...
Published: December 22, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 820
Macs Are Less Expensive Than PC's
The common perception is that because you can find PC's for under $500, a PC is a better value than an Apple Macintosh. I've always felt that you get what you pay for a cheap PC is just that and because of its ease of use, higher quality ...
Published: October 1, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 811
Macs In Space
Space.com has an article about the computers controlling the Mars rovers; turns out they're using RAD6000 processors, which are glorified PowerPC chips designed for the rigors of extra-terrestrial duty. Kissin' cousins to the G4 on my desk! "This has become a real workhorse for space missions," Scuderi said. "We currently ...
Published: January 29, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 810
Spyware Removal Testing
Review: Testing anti-spyware programs: CNN tests spyware removers. No clear winner he did the best by running two different progams at the same time. [...] I tested Webroot Software Inc.'s Spy Sweeper, LavaSoft's Ad-Aware, Tenebril Inc.'s SpyCatcher, Spybot Search & Destroy and Computer Associates Inc.'s eTrust PestPatrol. To ensure ...
Published: November 1, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 809
Not So Cheap Knockoff
I saw something yesterday about a new computer that Sony just released the VIAO VA TV-PC and my first thought was, "Great. Another cheap iMac G5 knockoff." Then I saw the price. $1,999.99 for the 17" model and $2,199.99 for the 20". Crimony! Compare that to the iMacs ...
Published: October 20, 2005  Geek Popularity Factor: 808
TABLE vs CSS
Tables Vs. CSS - A Fight to the Death: So which is better building page layouts using TABLE tags or using DIVs and CSS? This guy set out to find out. He built the same site both ways, and documented the experience and results. On Table-based design... I've seen ...
Published: May 27, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 798
Every OS Sucks
Here's a hilarious modern-day balad from DeadTroll.com about the state of computer operating systems. There's something for everybody in this song; it me laugh out loud a couple of times (much to my embarassment, as I sit here at work, almost alone.) This stanza was particularly funny to me: Now ...
Published: January 2, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 796
"Dealers of Lightning"
This is the story of Xerox's famed Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). PARC was created as a research playground for Xerox engineers in the sixties. By the time its heyday was over 15 or so years later, PARC had developed such products as the laser printer, the mouse, the graphical ...
Published: October 5, 2002  Geek Popularity Factor: 777
TechTool Protege
In the days before OS X, if you had trouble with a hard drive, you could simply stick a utility disk in the CD drive & boot into a working Finder, fix the problem, plus a whole lot more, just booted from the CD. With OS X, you can still ...
Published: June 4, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 765
The Tech of Sky Captain
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW / **** (PG): Some interesting information in Ebert's gushing review of this movie (it hits theaters today). Apparently there were no physical sets. Much will be written about the technique, about how the first-time director, Kerry Conran, labored for years to bring forth ...
Published: September 17, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 765
New Xeon-Powered Mac Pro; Anybody Surprised?
I know this is late, and you've probably already heard, but today Apple cut loose the new Mac Pro the successor to the G5 Power Macintosh. Prices start at $2,199 for a dual-processor, dual-core 2GHz machine. An extra $1,100 will replace the 2GHz Xeons with 3GHz processors. The exterior ...
Published: August 7, 2006  Geek Popularity Factor: 763
iMac on ATX Kit
Judging by the number of websites detailing the strange ways of case modding PC's, there must be a huge number of geeky individuals that enjoy rolling their own hardware. And yes, there are those (me included) that like to tinker with case mods for Macs, despite Apple's relatively small market ...
Published: November 16, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 759
More iMac G5 Details
While we re waiting for the first round of iMac G5 reviews to hit the net, MacMinute found Apple s Developer Note on the new system. I found a few interesting tidbits amidst the technical stuff. Available as a fully-integrated, build-to-order option, Bluetooth is an open specification that enables short-range wireless connections ...
Published: September 10, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 745
OS X Malware: How's this for "Openers?"
Lots of discussion on MacInTouch the last few days regarding the Opener malware that's been caught in the wild recently: Our take on the whole thing is that it's a Macintosh security wake-up call but not yet an immediate, widespread threat. The two most disturbing aspects are that malware apparently ...
Published: November 1, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 741
Thoughts on MacWorld San Francisco
I must admit I wasn't expecting anything earth-shattering from Steve Jobs yesterday and for the most part I wasn't disappointed. While unveiling some pretty cool toys, both hardware and software, he failed to deliver anything that on it's surface will immediately sway a consumer to purchase a Mac over a ...
Published: January 7, 2004  Geek Popularity Factor: 739
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