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Shep — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:40:38 +0000

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Twitter Killed My Blog

Shep — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:27:14 +0000

I’m sorry, blogging is out. Twitter is in. There’s nothing to see here. Not until I want to express something in more than 140 characters anyway.

From MacBook to MacBook Pro

Shep — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:53:41 +0000

First of all, my wife is wonderful. Without much arm twisting at all, she let me upgrade from my white MacBook to the new unibody Macbook Pro. I just wanted to list a few of the things that I have enjoyed since making the switch: Bigger, more brilliant screen - The difference between a [...]

Days of the Week

Shep — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:10:18 +0000

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Taco Tuesday, Wednesday Hump Day, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Thursday. Saturday gets left out of the crowd.

Apple Christmas Wishlist

Shep — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:09:00 +0000

I have toyed with the idea of buying several things from Apple for Christmas this year. The thing is, any combination of the following items doesn’t fit in the budget, (a budget!) so I can only choose one. Wishes Apple Airport Extreme - our Dlink router just isn’t cutting it. I get disconnected from my [...]

Boxee - Mac Media Center

Shep — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:36:19 +0000

Boxee is an open-source media center application for the Mac that allows you to network with friends and give recommendations on media that you enjoy. Your friends can also view your Boxee activity. Installing Boxee Installation is a snap, just go to boxee.tv and sign up as an alpha tester. Within a few days, you’ll get [...]

My Lifestream

Shep — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:32:21 +0000

I set up a Lifestream using Sweetcron and I have to say that I think that it is pretty cool. What’s a Lifestream? Good question! I like the following definition: A Lifestream is a blog-like website featuring real-time flow of a person’s activity across various websites. Right now I am only aggregating my Twitter, Flickr, and blog feeds, but [...]

Free iPhone Ringtones on Audiko

Shep — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:57:35 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I stumbled upon (not by using StumbleUpon) a site that offers the ability to upload, edit, and download ringtones for free. Audiko.net is very easy to use and after visiting the site my total number of iPhone ringtones went from 2 to over 50! I will say that I don’t [...]

Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is

Shep — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:22:40 +0000

I recently opened an account with an online stock trading platform and made my first stock purchase. I know, I know- slumping economy, bad market, the end of the world- every reason in the world not to invest. I guess I’m just exercising some faith in capitalism? Truth is, I just want to learn [...]

Leopard 10.5.5 - Blue Screen of Death

Shep — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:21:09 +0000

Blue Screen of Death on a Mac? I had my first major issue with my MacBook the other day. Before going to work, I shut down my computer instead of just closing it to sleep for the drive to work. When I got to work, I turned on my MacBook and after the Apple [...]