Apple’s Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 – Drastic Improvement

Published: 1 year, 5 months ago (Aug 22, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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Counter-Strike Source is pretty much the only “graphics intense” game I play, and since many of Valve’s creations have now been ported to OSX, users are anticipating the day when framerates and overall performance on a Mac will be comparable to that on Windows. I’m not saying that Apple’s latest graphics update for Snow Leopard […]

Android Saving Motorola

Published: 1 year, 6 months ago (Jul 26, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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Ten years ago, Motorola’s strength in the technology market was well known. At some point, the Motorola RAZR was the phone everyone wanted – sleek, futuristic look… incredibly thin… something which had never been done with a clamshell phone before. With over 100 million handsets sold, it seemed that Motorola’s stock would continue to plunge […]

iPhone 4 Connectivity Issues

Published: 1 year, 7 months ago (Jul 4, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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Whether or not you own an iPhone 4, if you’re aware of the latest reviews, you know that many consumers are complaining about dropped calls and weaker signals compared to their iPhone 3G/3GS. Apple has basically replied with two responses – a.) you’re holding the phone “incorrectly” and b.) there’s a software glitch which shows […]

Thoughts on WWDC 2010

Published: 1 year, 8 months ago (Jun 7, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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Steve Jobs presented his keynote at WWDC 2010 a few hours ago, and I’ve come to one conclusion – the iPhone 4G has lived up to its hype. You can read up on the feature set and specifications on Apple’s website to see just why it might be the biggest thing since the first iPhone […]

CSS Sprite Mistake

Published: 1 year, 8 months ago (Jun 6, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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From time to time, people will ask me to validate and/or optimize their web code to streamline performance. People are now getting comfortable with using CSS sprites on their sites, but unfortunately I’ve seen this very easy-to-fix problem twice, and thought I should let people know how to resolve it.

Not An Apple Fan Boy

Published: 1 year, 8 months ago (May 26, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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So it’s been brought to my attention that at least one person thinks I’m an “Apple fan boy.” I found this incredibly amusing considering how much I despise the fan boys myself, but let’s get one thing straight… I’m not.

How Long Will Flash Survive?

Published: 1 year, 8 months ago (May 23, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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HTML5 has been on the horizon for quite some time, but the breadth of Flash-based web applications has continued to expand over the last few years. Apple dealt their first major blow to Flash by not supporting it on their flagship tablet device, the iPad. This caused media giants like Vimeo, ESPN, Time, CBS, and […]

My Workstation – The Overmind

Published: 1 year, 9 months ago (May 1, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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With the addition of an incredibly priced SSD from NewEgg, my budget Hackintosh workstation (dubbed “The Overmind”) is officially complete. I did an XBench benchmark and submitted the results to their online database (link to entry).

Mandatory Technology in Medical School

Published: 1 year, 10 months ago (Apr 4, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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I’ve been reading some health blogs dealing with the possibility of mandating devices like the iPad, iPhone, etc. for medical students. Apparently, many are under the impression that increasing the tuition by $1000 is justified if it enables students to carry around their digital textbooks, contacts, calendar, lecture notes, and “the Internet” in a portable […]

Apple – Great Software, Questionable Hardware

Published: 1 year, 12 months ago (Feb 8, 2010) in Sci/Tech
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The more I think about it, I’m convinced that the guys in Cupertino are able to provide a rock solid mainstream operating system in Snow Leopard, fantastic developer APIs, and programs with useful, integrative feature sets. At the same time, it’s interesting to compare the rate of hardware advancement vs. software advancement in the general […]