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April 2nd, 2009 | Tags: drive, obama, times | Category: Opinionation | I’ll say it up front: I’m not a pot smoker, but I used to be. I used to smoke like a chimney, too. I was the designated joint roller for my friends as I could do anything from fatties to pinners in the blink of an eye. I have not, however, smoked anything but cigarettes for the past 15+ years and I have been a father for 11 years. I don’t even drink very much at all, and I consider myself a beer snob!
Why am I saying these things? Recently, our amazingly cool, smart, educated, and well spoken President cancelled “Drug War” operations against medical marijuana stores. Los Angeles superstar Police Chief William Bratton who famously cleaned up New York City crime and was brought to LA to do the same, has stated that Obama’s actions are stupid. Bratton loudly proclaimed that Marijuana is a “gateway” drug. You, sir, are an ass.
Continue reading Chief Bratton Is Wrong
February 16th, 2009 | Tags: drive, fun, media, mobodojo, wireless | Category: General News | MSI has announced their new Wind NetOn All-in-one (AIO) desktop system. MSI is billing it as the thinnest AIO there is, and at 35mm, I’m inclined to believe them. Other than that, its your standard Atom-based system with an N270 CPU, up to 2GBs of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, GM950 shared video with up to [...]
January 25th, 2009 | Tags: CES, drive, mobodojo | Category: General News | HP is now offering their Compaq Presario CQ2009F mini desktop (nettop, if you like) for sale at prices starting at a very nice US$269. The unit is very compact but offers a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 160GB hard drive, GMA950 graphics with 64MBs of dedicated RAM, a SuperMulti CD/DVD writer/player (what I’m now [...]
January 14th, 2009 | Tags: 2008, CES, drive, fun, games, life, mac, mobodojo, office, Opinion, review, social, wireless | Category: Opinionation |  If you’ve been reading me for a while you likely already know that I’m not a huge fan of Windows. I’ll admit, I am a huge fan of Windows 2000 which, in my opinion, was the best OS ever made in Redmond. After a few years, Windows XP made my #2 fave of all time Microsoft OS. That’s saying a lot for a dyed in the wool Macintosh guy.
When Vista was announced, it was reveled that Microsoft’s Windows team was yanking features (including WinFS, their new filesystem baby), and then its system requirements, I knew we were in for a rocky road with Microsoft’s obsession with making Windows more Mac-like. I was far from wrong. Vista has turned out to be Microsoft’s least liked OS ever (even less popular than Windows Me, though not nearly as hated as BOB).
Microsoft even stooped to tricking people into liking Vista by showing them Mojave, a tweaked version of Vista. Now, if they’re willing to modify the system to make all references to Vista become Mojave instead, what else were they willing to change… but I digress. I reported here that I would not be upgrading, and for some time I didn’t, but since Microsoft had sent me a press kit with a copy of Vista Ultimate, I couldn’t resist for long.
Continue reading Impressions Of Windows 7 On A Netbook
January 6th, 2009 | Tags: 2008, CES, drive, fun, iphone, ipod, life, mac, macworld, media, mobile | Category: Opinionation |  I think, after much reflection and ruminating, that I have a clear idea of what the problem is for Apple and why Steve Jobs is no longer needing Apple to be as prolific as it has been in the marketplace. Apple announced last month (Dec. 2008) that they would no longer be attending MacWorld shows. I don’t think this is the right choice or the logical choice based on the issues Apple will be facing in the next decade of the Cupertino giant, but I do think Steve Jobs was right to change the way Apple operates.
Apple has reached a point where they are now the defacto name of cool in the technical space. Apple has a cachet which Microsoft never had and it looks like Apple is now trying to capitalize on that. The simple truth is that cool doesn’t carry, and Apple will have to fundamentally modify its strategy to continue to grow. Its become clear that Steve may have figured out that no matter how many moves of the chess pieces he orchestrates, there is no longer anything new Apple can do that will have the Zing Factor of the iPhone.
Continue reading Why Apple Is Done With MacWorld
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