Have you ever had a friend disappear for a while and then suddenly reappear weighing 50 pounds less? Changed the diet. Went to 24 Hour Fitness. I always feel amazed at this transformation: looks like …
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So I was driving home from work late Wednesday night wondering why in the world all these teenage girls would be lined up three miles from the nearest Apple Store at 9 PM on a Wednesday night. My first thought was “Wow, females get REALLY pissed when their left hand interferes with the iPhone’s ability to be a phone.” Then of course I realized, after rounding the block (and with the help of a bright and hugely impressive marquee) that these girls didn’t want their money back, they wanted to spend money to see the bare naked chest of some young hunky werewolf as he beat the crap out of his sparkly fanged teenaged rival.
“Holy cow! Look at them all!” I chuckled to myself as I slowed down to gawk. I whipped out my new iPhone 4 and started snapping pictures with the blazingly quick new 5 megapixel camera of all those crazy people lining up hours early for something as stupid as a movie. Ultra marOOns! “And it’s not even in Disney 3D. Don’t they get it’ll be here ‘all week’?” So all these people were obsessing over Stephenie Meyer’s new thrilling Twilight installment: Eclair. I’m sorry. Eclipse – google on my iPhone just corrected me. So I could now gawk, even after having left the scene, using my little pride and joy’s crisp new ‘retina display’. I had even managed to get some video of the whole mad-cap. “Hey, I should round the block again and get some footage from a different angle so I can make a movie with iMovie on my iPhone! I could upload it to my MobileMe account,” I thought, “or better yet FaceBook, since the new mobile version of FaceBook allows video uploading. I could make a really clever quip about it and possibly get a bunch of thumbs up “likes” from my huge cadre of friends!” Ha HA! But then after looking at my iCal for iPhone, I realized I had an early engagement at the Genius Bar the next morning to discuss options about the iPhone 4’s blotchy yellow corners. Really I should get going… Read the whole story »
Call it what you will, Apple’s a conundrum. Even in the face of submitting a possible dud for public consumption, many frothing, finger-wiggling Apple fans were unhindered and eager to unleash their wallets and all …
Though vendor neutral, ArcSource technical consultants regularly recommend HP printers and plotters. If you own an HP printer or plotter in your home or office, these tips are for you.
1. Most HP printers, after reaching a pre-determined …
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ArcSource CEO Dave Monk will be speaking at the American Institute of Architects East Bay Professional Practice Forum on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at 12PM. We will be exploring the latest IT trends in …
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After attempting to update my own laptop running OS X 10.5.5 and several iMacs earlier this week, it was apparent that there was a bug during the 10.5.6 update installation.
Apple has acknowledged the issue and …
I’m restoring my iPhone right now. Again. I bricked it while trying to install the 2.2 software update. The worst part is, I know the correct way to install updates! I just always forget or …
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