I’m not a big fan of clothing with logos on it. I still remember my grandmother commenting that companies should pay you to wear clothes with logos, not the other way around. And I still agree. You’re paying to endorse a product or brand when you buy a logo item. So, I do my best [...]
When I was growing up I wanted an IBM Selectric. It was the Rolls Royce of typewriters, and conjured up images of smoky newsrooms as well as sleek high-tech offices. I never got one; back in 1980 a Selectric II typewriter cost more than a computer does today (the last typewriter I owned was a [...]
I finally found a good use for Photoshop’s Liquify filter—I used this image to illustrate a post I wrote for Engadget on a rumor that Windows XP could cause the fans in Intel-based Macs to stop running, potentially turning the hardware into an oozing mass of melted plastic and metal. The good news is that [...]
Ever since I heard Microsoft and Intel were working on a concept for an “ultramobile portable PC,” I wanted one. It sounded like the perfect secondary (or tertiary) computer: large display, good battery life, hard drive, lightweight, wireless-enabled. Unfortunately, reality has a way of intruding upon even the best-laid plans, and when the first UMPCs [...]