This review won't be very long. Essentially, HBO Go is awesome! HBO Go is an online archive of every HBO series created, with a sprinkling of first run movies thrown into … more
Steve Jobs and gang announced quite a bit on Monday to kick off this year's WWDC, but there was quite a bit to digest, especially with all the E3 announcements at the same time. As … more
Let me preface this review by saying I have no idea how one goes about writing a song, but I've always had an interest in music, audio recording, and midi technologies. I took piano lessons … more
On a recent cross-country flight with my soon-to-be two year old daughter, I discovered the true magical nature of the iPad -- its ability to keep her entertained for several hours while confined to her … more
The Apple TV (second generation) was released last week, and like the dutiful Apple Fan Boy that I am, I picked mine up as soon as it appeared in the Apple Store. After a full weekend of playing … more
Although I generally consider myself a "power user" when it comes to home computing and electronics, I've always kinda considered networking devices as a second class citizen. I felt … more
The Los Angeles Java Users Group's (LAJUG) study group recently started reading the book, JAVA: Persistence with Hibernate. The book is an excellent resource for anyone using Hibernate for … more
After a surprisingly positive experience at the Apple store (I picked up my reserved iPad at noon on Launch Day and was able to walk in and get helped immediately), I'm now 24+ hours into my iPad … more
The Airport Express from Apple is one of those great products that just about everyone could use, but no one knows about it. In the last week, I've been asked numerous times about how to get music … more
It's difficult to write a review of a product that I've never used, but I'm so excited about Apple's iPad, that I couldn't help myself. I will admit, I've been watching the rumors … more
EDIT: I forgot to mention the price -- Remote Buddy is $20 Euro or about $30. Controlling your Mac with a remote control WITHOUT using Remote Buddy is like having hamburger … more
This is a follow-up to my recent review of the Elgato EyeTV 250 device for the Macintosh. This review will address the iPhone application specifically. If you want to know my impressions about … more
I picked up the Elgato EyeTV as part of my experiment to see if I could cut out my DirecTV service entirely. The short answer is... "no", at least not quite yet. … more
How many times has SuperDuper saved my bacon? Let me count the ways.... SuperDuper creates bootable backups of your Hard Drive. It can run in the background while you're … more
The Apple Airport Express is a pretty cool device with an identity crisis. It seems to have a very cool feature-set, but depending on your configuration, you may only be able to use a subset of … more
Boxee is a media center type application that you can install on a Mac or Linux system as well as the AppleTV and other standalone media devices (apparently a Windows version is coming soon). The … more