The Personal Blog of...
Nil illegitimi carborundum : Don’t let the bastards grind you down

Browsing all posts tagged with Macintosh.

Steam for Mac OS is my Anti-Drug. Minus the Anti.

1 Comment

You know, this is a very funny post to be writing, especially considering that a fellow gamer geek and I were having a discussion earlier today about the viability of the Macintosh as a gaming platform. Well, today when I go to check my e-mail, I catch a story that was posted on MacWorld that [...]

Continue reading...

Adventures in Linux Day 2: Row, Row, Row Your Mouse, Gently Down the Screen

Leave a Comment

(Editor’s Note: Please understand, when I say “this morning”, “today”, etc. – I am referring to yesterday, when all this shit went down. When I say “yesterday”, I mean Monday, the 26th of October) This morning, my beloved Samara woke me up with a kiss and some good news – when she woke up last [...]

Continue reading...

Adventures in Linux: Day 1 – Attempting to Find a Working Distro

5 Comments

Today, my beloved Samara and I tried to install a couple of flavors of Linux onto my old Apple iBook G4. It is currently running Tiger with a minimum of fuss, so I should assume (quite rightly) that it can handle most modern GUIs and installs of Linux. Unfortunately, as I type this, I am [...]

Continue reading...

When I buy a Mac, I buy quality

Leave a Comment

I recently heard of a new “I am a PC” ad through Low End Mac and I started getting intrigued as to the actress “Lauren” (who we later find out is a member of the Screen Actors Guild) goes into an Apple Store (which she incorrectly refers to as a “Mac store”) and complains that [...]

Continue reading...

Time to Buy an Older Mac!

Leave a Comment

Transition is important, I will not lie. But it is also important for me to have a computer so I can start blogging every day. It’s also important because when I go to Thailand for my surgery, I want to have my own music, games and everything available to me. That and, well, I have [...]

Continue reading...