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iPhone Day Nears

In Technology on 23 June 2007

I’ve been trying not to get too interested in the iPhone, partly because I’m in contract with another wireless company, but also because I wondered if it could really be as good as the earlier demos and commercials made it out to be. If it is anywhere close to what’s shown on that video, it is slick. Oh. My. God, is it slick.

Plant your myriad gadgets

In Technology on 25 April 2006

This is awesome. Not $188 awesome though. Nowhere close. But I want one!

Apple’s software makes the Mac

In Technology on 9 February 2004

I shouldn’t really mock Windows users, since I was one for years, and still am, to some degree, but this is too funny.

Livejournal crossposting better than ever.

In Site, Technology on 4 February 2004

The ljcrosspost plugin has read my mind.

OmniWeb releases its newest browser.

In Technology on 3 February 2004

OmniWeb 5 public beta provides a stunning array of new features.

The iBook grows up.

In Technology on 10 January 2004

An Orlando Sentinel article on the difference between iBooks and PowerBooks misses the point by a mile.

Not without my iBook!

In Technology on 10 January 2004

I’ve been desperately trying to ignore all the hoopla about the iBook logicboard problems. However, this personal account struck closer to home.

My own, my precious, my iBook.

In Technology on 6 January 2004

Nothing is perfect, but I have enjoyed no computer as much as I have my new iBook.

Drexel Fireball

In Technology on 14 November 2003

John Gruber attended Drexel University.

Livejournal User plugin

In Internet, Technology, Weblogging on 8 May 2003

I wanted to make a macro that would detect ljuser:foo and change it into the pretty little thing that Livejournal does that gives you a link to the user’s userinfo page and journal. Unfortunately, I’m clueless about regular expressions, so instead, I copied the asin plugin and hacked it into a plugin that does what […]