Stacey on Software: Hardware

  • End User Experience - Why, Microsoft, why?

    I recently purchased a new laptop for one of my daughters, it came with Vista. This is the first Vista based computer in the house. Let me…

  • Am I a whiny little bitch because I want Java6 on my Mac?

    This post set me off today. Apparently, because I want a modern Java on my Mac, I'm being selfish. Actually more specifically I'm being a…

  • Learn Your Tools, Learn Others Too

    I've always lived at the fringe of computing, with a foot in the popular and a foot in the obscure. When I was a kid, I had a Tandy TRS-8…

  • iPhone Blogging

    I think blogging from a portable device will have to fall under the category of microblogging,.. Suffice to say this is my first iPhone blog…

  • iPhone Blogging 2.0

    I just got the native iPhone app for Wordpress. Wow. I take everything back I said - mobile blogging is now a dream. Even offline drafts. I…

  • Dissapointed In Dell

    I leased a nice Dell server this year to help stabilize our IT infrastructure at Three Wise Men. With it I purchased "next business day…

  • VMware ESXi At Long Last

    Today we finally got our Dell VM server going again. We had lost 2 disks from our 4 disk RAID5 so we needed to reinstall. So I decided to…

  • Securing Data on a USB Drive on Mac OS X

    I was looking for a good way to encrypt data on a portable disk on my Mac, and was surprised at the range of misleading information out on…

  • iPhone Applications and Intermediate Tooling Considered Harmful

    I have to say, I admire Steve Jobs for taking the hard line on so many issues. It isn't easy, and he's sure taking the flack for it these…

  • An American iPad in Canada

    My sister was so proud, she knew I wanted an iPad and she really did too, so on her recent trip to the US, she got one and texted me right…

  • Apple: Thank You for Leaving Flash Out

    Something has been weighing heavy on my mind for a while now. Years, in fact. I didn't realize it however until the past few weeks while…

  • Signed and Encrypted Email on OSX and iOS

    I'm writing this as much for me as I am for you, my fellow netizen. Signing and encrypting email on iOS is a black art. Get your incense and…

  • Retro Computing and Stewardship

    stew·ard·ship /ˈsto͞oərdˌSHip/ The job of supervising or taking care of something, such as an organization or property. "responsible…

  • Making a Small Pencil Tray

    Making a Small Pencil Tray I wanted to write this detailed walk-through to try and lay out visually some of the workflow I use on my…