Recreational Reading

Tag: apple

  • A Day Long Remembered

    After coming over for a beer tonight, a friend of mine sent me a text. “Steve Jobs died.” Impossible. Steve Jobes doesn’t die. He can’t die. Unfortunately, this is not true. It’s sobering to reacquaint ourselves with our own mortality, but Steve is no more. While I was not the first of my friends to…

  • Farewell, iMac

    A long time ago, back in 2006, I got my second Mac. It was a Core Duo iMac, and at the time it was the most tricked-out Mac you could get your hands on: half-terabyte hard drive, 2GB of RAM, 128MB dedicated graphics card, SuperDrive, and a 20″ screen. It took a week to ship…

  • StarCraft II, or why my iMac Sucks

    Four and a half years ago I spent an entire summer working an internship in the accounting department of a manufacturing firm in town. It wasn’t exactly awful…but it was definitely one of those life experiences that you look back on, shudder a bit, and appreciate the job you have now that much more. It…

  • Re: Apple Store Geniuses

    I’d like to start by saying this: I love Apple stuff. iMacs, MacBook Pros, my iPod Touch, my AppleTV, etc. For the most part (there will be a forthcoming highlight of the most useless Apple stuff out there right now) I am a pretty happy Apple guy, and I’ll still recommend a Mac to just…