Monthly Archives: September 2006

My ‘It’s Showtime’ Predictions

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 Movies Section
Video Airport Express
10.4.8

I [...]

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 [...]