General Blather

Yesterday I posted that my Astropad Luna Display update had broken my ability to use my iPad as an external display for my MacBook Pro. Today the kind people at Astropad responded with a link for the previous version. more »

I have an old iPad Mini, first gen. It hasn't received an OS update since iOS 9, and most apps have passed it by. Yesterday, the last useful thing I used it for also passed it by. more »

The Mac Mini that the kids use is showing its age. With the new hardware and their demands for school and video and such, it seemed like a good time to get updated. more »

I thought I'd try to give this new Apple ecosystem a try. more »

The company I work for provides laptops to ensure we've got something decent when we go to our client sites. There's a schedule of replacing older systems, and this year mine came due. A large number of people have been opting for the Macbook Pro, and… more »

Someone else (with a little more electronics-level know how than I have) seems to have agreed with my design for a simple slate PC by taking a laptop and pulling the keyboard off. Of course, my description is conversationally over-simplified. Kudos to… more »

Yeah, a mini. Tiny is more like it. Thing's literally the size of a stack of about six CD cases--came in a box about the size of a 6-pack of beer. I put it under my desk-lamp--zero space lost, just a few extra cables (that were actually wrapped around… more »