Tag Archives: 'macbook'

• Stealing Software

  I started writing this post while sitting half-asleep on a modern uncomfortable sofa in the Amsterdam airport while I was waiting for my connection to Warsaw without the benefit of wireless internet. I used WriteRoom — a software package I find myself using more and more often to write without distraction. (It actually works.) I [...]

• MacBook Redux

  When I purchased my MacBook, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it, or so I believed, unlike when I purchased my desktop Dell four years earlier. When I was researching for computers back then, I simply wanted all-of-the-above. Did I want a dual-layer DVD burner? Of course, although to this day, I [...]

• OAK

  My wife and I are en route to Maui for a week. We are in the Oakland airport, which now offers free wireless. I knew it was a good idea to bring my new MacBook. It has already paid for itself. First, I checked my email during breakfast. Then I checked Flickr. Then email again. [...]

• MacBook Presser

  I’ve been peppered with a lot of emails since my hinting and then confirming of my recent purchase of a MacBook. And longtime readers have known of my desire to return home for a long, long time. Instead of answering these emails individually, I have decided to host a press-conference on the subject. Here goes… [...]

• MacBook

  I’m back, and it feels good. Image: Insanely Great Tees