Being only hours away from Steve Job’s “It’s Showtime” keynote, I thought it would be a good time to give my predictions for the event. I foresee: Widescreen Video iPod iTunes Movie Store (Disney Buy & Rent, Other Studios Rent Only) iTunes 7 With Enhanced Video Playback Updated Version of Front Row to Handle New [...]
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Targus’ 15.4-inch Gerney Notebook Backpack
A couple of months ago, I stopped in at my local Best Buy and went backpack hunting. The mission was to find a backpack that would hold my newly purchased Macbook. I already owned a WaterField Sleevecase but did not feel comfortable just throwing it in my existing non-laptop backpack. After a good half hour [...]
How to Watch More Than Just Movies in Front Row
I love Front Row. It’s a clean interface which works wonders for watching videos on a Mac. There’s only one limitation – it can only play videos that are in iTunes or in your Movies folder. Luckily, you can easily get around that by created what is called an Alias, a small file which severs [...]
Paper: Managing It in a Digital World
Nowadays, almost everything I do is online. I correspond with people through email and chat, I pay for things online, and I even fill out forms such as the FAFSA online. All of these online activities have replaced paper. I don’t receive letters, I rarely have a receipt that isn’t in my inbox, and I [...]
Cisco’s VPNClient and Potential Issues
Yesterday was my freshman orientation for Penn State, and among the various information that was given, I received information regarding the campus network. Apparently to connect to the campus network via WiFi, I need to connect to their VPN. That’s fine and dandy, but I can’t use just any VPN software, like the VPN client [...]