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One more reason why Microsoft doesn't get it
At work, I use Windows Vista Ultimate Edition. I tried to install Vista SP1 on my computer yesterday. I created a restore point, just in case something went badly, and started the install. Here’s the...
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Cigna increases premiums while CEO gets more pay
Our medical insurance policy is with Cigna. We’re on the Open Access Plus plan. After I renewed my Cigna policy recently, I got our new insurance cards, and noticed that the premiums and copays...
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Hardware review: WD My Book Studio Edition II
I have been working daily with a WD My Book Studio Edition II drive for the past eight months (since April ’08). I mentioned it back in July in my popular “What’s on my desk” post. It is a quad...
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Our economy: a very distinctive photoplay
I found this photo of a truck advertising the Rialto Theatre on Shorpy. What perked my interest was the juxtaposition of the truck in front of the US Treasury Building. Although the photo was taken in...
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The Crystal Trio in Venice
The Crystal Trio are a Russian group from Siberia who play on special instruments made of glass: the verrophone, the glass harp, and the glass flute. The glass harp is the key instrument used in their...
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Hardware preview: DroboPro
:arrow: Updated 11/23/09: The new DroboElite is now available. It differs from the DroboPro because it offers two Gigabit Ethernet ports instead of one, multi-host support, and up to 255 Smart...
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Perpetuum Jazzile
My wife pointed me to a video on YouTube — a performance of Toto’s “Africa”, by a Slovenian jazz choir called Perpetuum Jazzile. “Africa” by Perpetuum Jazzile I hadn’t heard of them before, and it’s...
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Is the M3 is more economical than the Prius?
Which car would you rather drive: the BMW M3 or the Toyota Prius? I’d take the M3. It’d be no competition for me. As it turns out, Top Gear tested these two cars around the track. The M3 got better...
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To split or not to split your Mac’s Fusion Drive
In a recent post, I wrote about upgrading the original (and failing) blade SSD in my iMac to a bigger and faster NVMe module. During that upgrade process, I wondered whether splitting my Mac’s Fusion...
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A repair to my wife’s Mac Mini
My wife’s computer is a unibody, late-2012 Mac Mini, model A1347 with Fusion Drive, which we’ve had since then, having ordered it to our specs directly from Apple. We’re happy with it. It’s a lovely...
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