Fire Sale on Previous-Gen MacBook Pros - Get’em While They’re Hot!

Date October 14, 2008

You may have noticed that today Apple released dramatically redesigned MacBooks and MacBook Pros.
I always like to check the prices on the old models after a nice refresh.  I was pleasantly surprised to see 15-inch MacBook Pro’s as low as $1349! Yesterday, this bad boy would have set you back $2000.  If you’re not pressed [...]

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Bye Bye Back Button and So Much More

Date July 23, 2008

If you happen to be fortunate enough to be using a MacBook Air or a Penryn-based MacBook Pro with a multi-touch trackpad, then you can get a lot of use out of Multiclutch, a preference pane app that will let you customize-the-crap out of your multi-touch trackpad. I am one of those weirdos who always [...]

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Dude, Firefox is Cool Again: Thanks, Mozilla

Date July 18, 2008

You may have seen my post last week about how Firefox 3 was making my MBP run about 10 to 15 degrees hotter than with Safari.  Well, on Wednesday, Mozilla released its Firefox 3.0.1 update, and I just noticed that my MBP is running somewhat cooler than before the update.  It’s only a couple of [...]

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Catch A Mac Thief With iAlertU

Date July 13, 2008

Earlier this week, I posted about Awaken, a neat little application I found a use for in the courtroom. Today, I’m talking about iAlertU. iAlertU is actually a pretty old app, having been out for about 2 years, and, as far as I can tell has never gotten out of beta. Nonetheless, the app is [...]

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A Small Firm’s Transition, Part I: Sharing Files

Date July 12, 2008

This is the first post in a short series of indeterminate number about our small firm’s transition to a Mac-centric law office. Being a good 20 years younger than the next youngest person in our firm, I am, by default, the IT guy, or, “guy who does the computer thingies.”
When I joined my present [...]

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Awaken: Sweet Little Courtroom App?

Date July 11, 2008

Awaken, an alarm clock app for Mac OS X, is a neat little program I got as a part of the second MacHeist bundle. At the conclusion of a 19 day trial this past Spring, each of the four lawyers doing a closing argument agreed to take 35 minutes.  Since I was not giving any [...]

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Dude, Firefox 3 is Hot! No, Seriously, It Burns!

Date July 10, 2008

So, I really do love Firefox 3. I was an avid user of Firefox 2 as well. However, I seem to be stuck in a never ending battle with myself in deciding between Firefox and Safari. Some time ago, I decided to give up the fight and just not decide. I just use whatever the [...]

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