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Archive for March, 2006

Getting back at a scammer: The Powerbook Prank

By Emile • Mar 21st, 2006 • Category: General, Noteworthy, WWW

Masterful… absolutely masterful…



This just in…

By Emile • Mar 20th, 2006 • Category: Blogging, Entertainment, General, WWW

I still don’t get podcasting… even the good ones. I find most radio broadcasters stale and unentertaining, and to think that there are more people (thousands, if not millions) that look to enter the fray just kinda boggles me. Podcasts aren’t visual mediums but purely aural ones that depend on not only what […]



Google ≠ Netscape ???

By Emile • Mar 19th, 2006 • Category: Design, General, Software, WWW

I had proposed the idea that Google was becoming the new Netscape, on the heels of news that Google had acquired Writely and MeasureMap, and later learned that they had also acquired @Last Software, makers of the fun-yet-powerful Sketchup.
But in a seemingly odd cue of events, I stumbled upon a couple of articles that talk […]



More about XP on a Mac

By Emile • Mar 18th, 2006 • Category: Design, General, Software

For those who are less-enthusiastic or just don’t care about XP on Apple hardware, you may find company with other readers of the TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog). In the poll results pictured above, it a fair number of Mac users are indifferent to the possible presence of XP on Apple. For […]



Windows XP On A Mac is here!!!

By Emile • Mar 16th, 2006 • Category: General

So, it has been done and it looks to be pretty nice (at least from the web videos that are floating around). Perhaps the hazy dream of playing Half-Life 2 on Apple hardware isn’t such a pipe dream after all!
It remains to be seen if Vista will be bootable on a Mac, but since […]



A little post can go a long way.

By Emile • Mar 10th, 2006 • Category: FileMaker, General, Software, WWW

There are so many things wandering on my blogging plate that I’m going to let you see them all and sort the chocolatey goodness from the creamy nougat by yourselves:

I’m an Encouraging Creator c/o Personal DNA
FileMaker officially runs under Rosetta, while FileMaker Server does not (both of these statements obviously apply to running the software […]



Courage & Katrina

By Emile • Mar 7th, 2006 • Category: General

I’m a huge Dave Letterman fan (long before the video of below) and with all of the words and emotions that were coming out of New York City at the time of 9/11, this was Dave at his best (in his first broadcast after 9/11), when the city was still reeling with shock.

I am also […]