Since moving almost two years ago, I realized that I hate physical media. I have a large CD collection and moving it was tedious and backbreaking. Those boxes of CDs now sit in a cubby under the stairs. Why? Because I had already ripped and encoded 98% of those CDs to the computer. Moving and storing [...]

I propose that no computer be equipped with video editing software. Should vendors choose to do so, they must have family recognition software thus only allowing one to edit home movies.
Stringing together a few clips pilfered from lord knows where doesn’t make someone an editor and certainly not an artiste. So just stop it. Please.

I have tried both of the big Windows emulators for Intel Macs and have to say they both suck. When they work, it’s nice. But when they act-up, which is far too often, only a restart will fix things.
For the most part, Fusion and Parallels are easy to set-up and get going. The applications take [...]

The summer of Dexter has officially come to a close. I watched the first two seasons of the TV show and just finished reading the third book. The third TV season begins in the fall, but I think I’ll wait until the entire season is available before watching. I like being able to see as [...]

I finally settled back to MythDora 4.0. While it was giving me fits, there is more included and just plain better. Not to mention, that I finally got it working.
What was the magic recipe? Umm…not positive. It was a matter of much trial and error. I know I did over 10 complete re-installs of MythDora [...]

If you want a horrible web hosting service, use dot5 hosting. They must be one of the worst service providers ever. They are the epitome of you get what you pay for. Cheap cost = horrible quality.
Their technical support is non-existant. If you open a ticket, you’re lucky to get a response. If [...]

Want an easy web server right on your Mac?
One that includes PHP, Apache, and a mySQL database?
One that sets-up in a minute or less?
One that requires no permissions set or separate package installations?
One that can be deleted in a second?
MAMP is the answer. Just download the package, copy it to your applications folder and start [...]