because not enough websites start with the letter “Z”
Posted in nerdliness on Jul 18th, 2008
coconutBattery
isn’t just a tool which shows you only the current charge of your battery - it also shows you the current maximum capacity of it in relation to the original capacity your battery hadas it left the factory.
You also get information about the battery-loadcycles (how often did you fully load your battery), the current charger (coconutBattery even warns you if [...]
Posted in nerdliness on May 26th, 2008
iTunes allows you to back up your purchased media, in fact you can make a back up of your entire library. However, since most of my non-iTunes purchased media is already on CD, I don’t see a need to back up the iTunes version. My iTunes purchases include the introductory mini-series and first three seasons [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 13th, 2008
Most technology reviews happen shortly after the hardware or software is released, and the reviewer has had only a limited time to tinker with the product. Publishing is not without a sense of one-upsmanship, and getting your review to press first is the only way to win that game.
Here at Zanshin.net World Headquarters, I’ve [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Feb 6th, 2006
Over the weekend I decided to get (yet another) computer bag. Finding one that suits me, carries all my electronic toys, and looks good is not as easy as you’d think. Witness the FIVE other computer bags I now have in the closet. They were all good bags; each did what they were supposed to [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Aug 8th, 2005
Increasingly on television I am seeing Apple Powerbooks prominently displayed and yet camouflaged at the same time. Just this evening I watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where the crew was “watching” a video on an 15″ Aluminum Powerbook; only the Apple logo on the lid was covered by a wide piece of tape stretched from [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 31st, 2005
One of the many debates approaching near religious zeal in the Apple camp revolves around the continued one-button form factor Apple uses for their mice and track-pads. In order to access right-click menus or functions one must utilize the “CTRL” key or use a third-party mouse.
Today’s PowerBook refresh, while adding slight processor upgrades, Bluetooth 2.0, [...]
Posted in life on May 29th, 2004
An argument could be made that my Powerbook contributed to my, ah, abrupt departure from my last engagement. It was after all the base of my explorations in to TCP/IP networking, ssh, proxies, and NMap.
Curbing my enthusiasm and curiosity will be key in not running afoul of network access restrictions in the future. That, or [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 6th, 2004
This week marks the one year anniversary of our switch from Windows to Macintosh. Michele and I ventured into the Apple store in St. Louis on January 11, 2003 and haven’t looked back ever since.
She is very satisfied with her 17″ iMac and I love my 15″ Titanium PowerBook. Within days of getting the new [...]
Posted in nerdliness on Aug 22nd, 2003
I set a new uptime record earlier this week. Until I goofed my Powerbook had been running for over three weeks.
Mind you this machine makes a daily commute with me to work. I just shut the lid, unplug the mouse, and ethernet, and take off. Amazing.
Posted in nerdliness on Jan 16th, 2003
Michele and I took the Apple plunge this past weekend. On Saturday, pretty much on the spur of the moment, we headed south for St. Louis and the Apple store there. Initially we were just going to look and play, as the salesman in the Springfield store wasn’t helpful. Once in St. Louis however, things [...]
