Monthly Archives: October 2009

Apropos a Hackintosh and Other Assorted Geekery

A few days ago I posted about my decision to turn a Hewlett-Packard dv7 laptop into a Hackintosh – i.e., a standard PC that is running a flavor of Mac OS X. This isn’t all that easy to do, nor … Continue reading

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I Take It All Back

From time to time over the past few months I’ve posted a few screeds lambasting opera as naught but foolishness, second-rate entertainment aimed at the lowest common denominator, musical twaddle, and the like. I take it all back. I retract … Continue reading

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Exploring My Inner Geek

I’m having myself a bit of geeky fun today, for no particular reason other than the opportunity presented itself. I’ve had a fairly nice 17" HP laptop computer in my collection for some time now, although I have no real … Continue reading

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Windows 7?

So yesterday Oct. 22 I made contact with my inner geek/masochist and bought the upgrade for Windows 7, as a present for my nice little Dell XPS Studio laptop. There is no real reason to do this, mind you; I … Continue reading

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(Re)Discovery

I was ten years old when the Beatles made their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show. Given that, like all proper red-blooded American families, we tuned into Sullivan every Sunday night, I have no doubt that I watched them. … Continue reading

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Wordless wonders

Of late I’ve gotten some odd stares from certain of my colleagues, as they ponder me wondering if I’m altogether OK or if over the course of the past some-odd years a few screws have started working their way loose. … Continue reading

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